Let
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class="mathmlsrc">class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0001870816305102&_mathId=si2.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0001870816305102&_rdoc=1&_issn=00018708&md5=3ae0d8bfbbdf8f4b05347e4f3ef8a6c4" title="Click to view the MathML source">Q>1class="mathContainer hidden">class="mathCode"> be a real parameter and
class="mathmlsrc">class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0001870816305102&_mathId=si3.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0001870816305102&_rdoc=1&_issn=00018708&md5=d200cdee0fb98a06eb0dc8e5a823a057" title="Click to view the MathML source">Pn(Q)class="mathContainer hidden">class="mathCode"> denote
the set of polynomials over
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n and height at most
Q . In this paper we investigate
the following counting problems regarding polynomials with small discriminant
class="mathmlsrc">class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0001870816305102&_mathId=si5.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0001870816305102&_rdoc=1&_issn=00018708&md5=ebec00685221dd4d2f8cd9e78ed885b6" title="Click to view the MathML source">D(P)class="mathContainer hidden">class="mathCode"> and pairs of polynomials with small resultant
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class="listitem" id="list_ls0010">- class="label">(i)
given class="mathmlsrc">class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0001870816305102&_mathId=si20.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0001870816305102&_rdoc=1&_issn=00018708&md5=331d6e225db9a5ea2c0faa083f16f519" title="Click to view the MathML source">0≤v≤n−1class="mathContainer hidden">class="mathCode">and a sufficiently large Q, estimate the number of polynomials class="mathmlsrc">class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0001870816305102&_mathId=si8.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0001870816305102&_rdoc=1&_issn=00018708&md5=838ca5d6e565edd32723798dbba0cfb7" title="Click to view the MathML source">P∈Pn(Q)class="mathContainer hidden">class="mathCode">such that
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- class="label">(ii)
given class="mathmlsrc">class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0001870816305102&_mathId=si10.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0001870816305102&_rdoc=1&_issn=00018708&md5=6bdbaa140976c4618e3ae6acdc931463" title="Click to view the MathML source">0≤w≤nclass="mathContainer hidden">class="mathCode">and a sufficiently large Q, estimate the number of pairs of polynomials class="mathmlsrc">class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0001870816305102&_mathId=si11.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0001870816305102&_rdoc=1&_issn=00018708&md5=2315931ce053fd414e0f3b7451e364e1" title="Click to view the MathML source">P1,P2∈Pn(Q)class="mathContainer hidden">class="mathCode">such that
class="formula" id="fm0020">
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Our main results provide lower bounds within
the context of
the above problems. We believe that
these bounds are best possible as
they correspond to
the solutions of naturally arising linear optimisation problems. Using a counting result for
the number of rational points near planar curves due to R. C. Vaughan and S. Velani we also obtain
the complementary optimal upper bound regarding
the discriminants of quadratic polynomials.