Re: discriminant of quad

[Kevin Ryde <user42_kevin@yahoo.com.au>]

Kurt Foster <drsardonicus@earthlink.net> writes:
>
> ? n.pol
> %4 = x^2 + 3

Ah, I see that's the poly of the quad basis, so not the same as
charpoly().

Karim Belabas <Karim.Belabas@math.u-bordeaux.fr> writes:
>
> But I see none of these two are documented, I'll fix that.

Perhaps a couple of words in the quadratic numbers introduction (the GP
bit) where discriminants are described.  Could have a brief
cross-reference under quadgen() too as that could show up in the help
system rather than reading the whole.