Canonizant

In mathematical invariant theory, the canonizant or canonisant is a covariant of forms related to a canonical form for them.

Canonizants of a binary form

The canonizant of a binary form of degree 2n – 1 is a covariant of degree n and order n, given by the catalecticant of the penultimate emanant, which is the determinant of the n by n Hankel matrix with entries a_i+''jx'' + a_i+''j+1y'' for 0 ≤ i,''j < n''.