The Cayley-Menger determinant is irreducible for $n\geq 3$
Commutative Algebra
2007-05-23 v1 Metric Geometry
Abstract
We prove that the Cayley-Menger determinant of an -dimensional simplex is an absolutely irreducible polynomial for We also study the irreducibility of polynomials associated to related geometric constructions.
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@article{arxiv.math/0406359,
title = {The Cayley-Menger determinant is irreducible for $n\geq 3$},
author = {Carlos D'Andrea and Martin Sombra},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0406359},
year = {2007}
}
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7 pages, 4 figures