dispersion

Usage

dispersion p
dispersion(p, q)

Parameter	Type	Description
p,q	${\mathbb{Q}}[n]$	Nonzero polynomials

Returns

dispersion(p,q) returns the largest $m \ge 0$ such that $\deg(\gcd(p(n),q(n+m)) > 0$, or $-1$ if that $\gcd(p(n),q(n+m)) = 1$ for all $m \ge 0$, while dispersion(p) returns dispersion(p, p).

See Also

spread