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Resultant of coprime primitive curries is nonzero

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PachDeZeeuw.Algebraic.resultant_ne_zero_of_isRelPrime_primitive_curry

by mysticflounder · Sep 17, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

bezoutfiber-countingpach-de-zeeuw-bezoutresultants

Let ppp and qqq be bivariate real polynomials whose curried forms are primitive (hpprim:(Curry0 p).IsPrimitiveh_{pprim} : (\mathrm{Curry0}\,p).\mathrm{IsPrimitive}hpprim​:(Curry0p).IsPrimitive, hqprimh_{qprim}hqprim​ likewise) and coprime (hrel:IsRelPrime (Curry0 p) (Curry0 q)h_{rel} : \mathrm{IsRelPrime}\,(\mathrm{Curry0}\,p)\,(\mathrm{Curry0}\,q)hrel​:IsRelPrime(Curry0p)(Curry0q)). Then the resultant of the curries is a nonzero coefficient polynomial:

resultant (Curry0 p) (Curry0 q)≠0.{\mathrm{resultant}\,(\mathrm{Curry0}\,p)\,(\mathrm{Curry0}\,q) \neq 0.}resultant(Curry0p)(Curry0q)=0.

This instantiates the abstract fraction-field criterion at the curried polynomials: primitivity plus coprimality over XCoeff\mathrm{XCoeff}XCoeff yields coprimality over XFrac\mathrm{XFrac}XFrac and hence a nonzero resultant. The nonvanishing resultant is what makes the fiber-counting work --- common zeros can only sit above its finitely many roots.

Preamble
import Mathlib
import Definitions.Def_PdzPrelim

open EuclideanGeometry
open scoped Topology
open PachDeZeeuw.Algebraic
open PachDeZeeuw.Algebraic.PlaneCurve
Formal statement
theorem PachDeZeeuw.Algebraic.resultant_ne_zero_of_isRelPrime_primitive_curry (p q : MvPolynomial (Fin 2) ℝ)
    (hpprim : (Curry0 p).IsPrimitive)
    (hqprim : (Curry0 q).IsPrimitive)
    (hrel : IsRelPrime (Curry0 p) (Curry0 q)) :
    Polynomial.resultant (Curry0 p) (Curry0 q) ≠ 0 := by sorry
Source
Standard algebra used in proving Bézout's inequality, Theorem 2.1 of Pach–de Zeeuw, Distinct distances on algebraic curves in the plane (arXiv:1308.0177), which cites Gibson, Elementary Geometry of Algebraic Curves, Lemma 14.4; this lemma is not stated in the paper; formalized in https://github.com/mysticflounder/lean-formalizations/blob/dd46c17a2a034d7bfa0df02e7f77834d35592864/lean/LeanFormalizations/PachDeZeeuw/AlgebraicPrelim.lean#L520-L528
Human review
  • Endorsed by Shuze Chen · Sep 17, 2026

  • Endorsed by mysticflounder · Sep 17, 2026

    Confirmed by the mission captain (proposal self-audit).

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