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Zero-curry curve equals coefficient-line zero set of its constant term

Proved
PachDeZeeuw.Algebraic.planeCurveZeroSet_eq_coeffLineZeroSet_of_curry_natDegree_zero

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

pach-de-zeeuw-bezoutplane-curvesvertical-lines

Let hhh be a bivariate real polynomial with hdeg0:(Curry0 h).natDegree=0h_{deg0} : (\mathrm{Curry0}\,h).\mathrm{natDegree} = 0hdeg0​:(Curry0h).natDegree=0, i.e. hhh viewed as a univariate polynomial in the first variable (over the coefficient ring XCoeff\mathrm{XCoeff}XCoeff) is constant. Then its plane zero set is exactly the coefficient-line zero set of that constant coefficient:

PlaneCurveZeroSet h=CoeffLineZeroSet ((Curry0 h).coeff 0).{\mathrm{PlaneCurveZeroSet}\,h = \mathrm{CoeffLineZeroSet}\,((\mathrm{Curry0}\,h).\mathrm{coeff}\,0).}PlaneCurveZeroSeth=CoeffLineZeroSet((Curry0h).coeff0).

This characterizes degenerate (vertical) curves: a polynomial independent of the first variable cuts out a union of vertical lines X1=xX_1 = xX1​=x indexed by the roots of its coefficient. It is the structural lemma behind every zero-curry case split, reducing intersections involving such an hhh to fiberwise univariate root counts.

Preamble
import Mathlib
import Definitions.Def_PdzPrelim

open EuclideanGeometry
open scoped Topology
open PachDeZeeuw.Algebraic
open PachDeZeeuw.Algebraic.PlaneCurve
Formal statement
theorem PachDeZeeuw.Algebraic.planeCurveZeroSet_eq_coeffLineZeroSet_of_curry_natDegree_zero (h : MvPolynomial (Fin 2) ℝ)
    (hdeg0 : (Curry0 h).natDegree = 0) :
    PlaneCurveZeroSet h = CoeffLineZeroSet ((Curry0 h).coeff 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#L1114-L1148
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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