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Membership in PlaneCurveZeroSet p\mathrm{PlaneCurveZeroSet}\,pPlaneCurveZeroSetp holds exactly when ppp evaluates to zero at xxx

Proved
PachDeZeeuw.Algebraic.mem_PlaneCurveZeroSet

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

pach-de-zeeuw-bezoutplane-curvesreal-algebraic-geometry

Let ppp be a bivariate real polynomial in MvPolynomial (Fin 2) R\mathrm{MvPolynomial}\,(\mathrm{Fin}\,2)\,\mathbb{R}MvPolynomial(Fin2)R and xxx a point of the Euclidean plane Point2\mathrm{Point2}Point2. Then membership x∈PlaneCurveZeroSet px \in \mathrm{PlaneCurveZeroSet}\,px∈PlaneCurveZeroSetp holds exactly when the evaluation vanishes,

eval (i↦x i) p=0,\mathrm{eval}\,(i \mapsto x\,i)\,p = 0,eval(i↦xi)p=0,

and the two conditions coincide by definitional unfolding (Iff.rfl): PlaneCurveZeroSet p\mathrm{PlaneCurveZeroSet}\,pPlaneCurveZeroSetp is defined as the set of points at which ppp evaluates to zero.

This is the basic membership unfolding lemma for plane curves: it converts the geometric statement "xxx lies on the curve cut out by ppp" into the algebraic equation p(x)=0p(x) = 0p(x)=0. It is used throughout the preliminaries whenever a set-theoretic fact about zero sets must be reduced to polynomial arithmetic.

Preamble
import Mathlib
import Definitions.Def_PdzPrelim

open EuclideanGeometry
open scoped Topology
open PachDeZeeuw.Algebraic
open PachDeZeeuw.Algebraic.PlaneCurve
Formal statement
@[simp]
theorem PachDeZeeuw.Algebraic.mem_PlaneCurveZeroSet {p : MvPolynomial (Fin 2) ℝ}
    {x : Point2} :
    x ∈ PlaneCurveZeroSet p ↔ MvPolynomial.eval (fun i => x i) p = 0 := by sorry
Source
Lean bridge lemma (definitional unfolding or coordinate bookkeeping) for the formalization of Pach–de Zeeuw, arXiv:1308.0177, Theorem 2.1; not a literature statement; formalized in https://github.com/mysticflounder/lean-formalizations/blob/dd46c17a2a034d7bfa0df02e7f77834d35592864/lean/LeanFormalizations/PachDeZeeuw/AlgebraicPrelim.lean#L121-L124
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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