Resolvent

In mathematics, resolvent meaning "that which resolves" may refer to:
 * Resolvent formalism in operator theory
 * Resolvent set in operator theory, the set of points where an operator is "well-behaved"
 * in probability theory
 * Resolvent (Galois theory) of an equation for a permutation group, in particular:
 * Resolvent quadratic of a cubic equation
 * Resolvent cubic of a quartic equation

In logic:
 * Resolvent (logic), the clause produced by a resolution
 * In the consensus theorem, the term produced by a consensus in Boolean logic