Curves that are irreducible over the base field but split over an extension have at most d^2+d projective base-field points.
theorem
CCDN.projective_plane_rational_count
{d : ℕ}
(f : MvPolynomial (Fin 3) ℚ)
(hf : f.IsHomogeneous d)
(hd : 2 ≤ d)
(hir : Irreducible f)
{B : ℝ}
(hB : 1 ≤ B)
:
↑(projectiveCount (projectiveZeroLocus f) B) ≤ projectivePlaneAbsoluteConstant * ↑d ^ 4 * B ^ (2 / ↑d)
The uniform plane bound for every rational irreducible homogeneous equation of degree at least two, whether or not geometrically irreducible.