Newton polyhedra of discriminants of projections

Discrete and Computational Geometry

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 96-148

  Esterov, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

Cayley trick; Discriminant; Dual defectiveness; Elimination theory; Euler obstruction; Mixed fiber polyhedron; Mixed volume; Newton polyhedron

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952011733     PISSN: 01795376     EISSN: 14320444     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00454-010-9242-7     Document Type: Article

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