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Normalized factor hhh of ppp satisfies totalDegree bound

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PachDeZeeuw.Algebraic.normalized_factor_degree_le

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

degree-boundsfactorizationpach-de-zeeuw-bezout

Let ppp and hhh be bivariate real polynomials with hp0:p≠0h_{p0} : p \neq 0hp0​:p=0, and let hhh_hhh​ witness that hhh is one of the normalized factors of ppp in the unique factorization monoid MvPolynomial (Fin 2) R\mathrm{MvPolynomial}\,(\mathrm{Fin}\,2)\,\mathbb{R}MvPolynomial(Fin2)R. Then the total degree does not grow on passing to a factor:

h.totalDegree≤p.totalDegree.{h.\mathrm{totalDegree} \leq p.\mathrm{totalDegree}.}h.totalDegree≤p.totalDegree.

The proof extracts h∣ph \mid ph∣p from membership in the normalized factors and applies MvPolynomial.totalDegree_le_of_dvd_of_isDomain. This degree monotonicity lets the development pass global degree hypotheses on a reducible curve down to each irreducible factor, so that the per-pair bound of irreducible_pair_intersection_bound, namely (d1+d2+1)4(d_1 + d_2 + 1)^4(d1​+d2​+1)4, applies to every factor pair and can be summed in factorized_bezout_bound; it is used the same way in factor_intersection_bound.

Preamble
import Mathlib
import Definitions.Def_PdzPrelim

open EuclideanGeometry
open scoped Topology
open PachDeZeeuw.Algebraic
open PachDeZeeuw.Algebraic.PlaneCurve
Formal statement
theorem PachDeZeeuw.Algebraic.normalized_factor_degree_le {p h : MvPolynomial (Fin 2) ℝ} (hp0 : p ≠ 0)
    (hh : h ∈ UniqueFactorizationMonoid.normalizedFactors p) :
    h.totalDegree ≤ p.totalDegree := 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#L1498-L1504
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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