Abstract
Polynomial remainder sequences contain the intermediate results of the
Euclidean algorithm when applied to (non-)commutative polynomials. The running
time of the algorithm is dependent on the size of the coefficients of the
remainders. Different ways have been studied to make these as small as
possible. The subresultant sequence of two polynomials is a polynomial
remainder sequence in which the size of the coefficients is optimal in the
generic case, but when taking the input from applications, the coefficients are
often larger than necessary. We generalize two improvements of the subresultant
sequence to Ore polynomials and derive a new bound for the minimal coefficient
size. Our approach also yields a new proof for the results in the commutative
case, providing a new point of view on the origin of the extraneous factors of
the coefficients.
