---- a hasya kavi once said Chaar laina sunaonga Pasand aayi to theek hai Nahi to chaar aur sunaounga :-) ---- Discriminant is different from determinant. ? Discriminant : The discriminant of the quadratic polynomial $a x^2 + b x + c$ is $b^2 - 4 a c$ : More info at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discriminant ? Determinant : The determinant of a 2 × 2 matrix is $ \begin{vmatrix} a & b\\c & d \end{vmatrix} = ad-bc$ : More info at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Determinant ----