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LeanPool.MarkoffModP.BGS.CorvajaZannier.PlaneCurveCanonicalDegreeBound

The canonical different degree of a plane function field #

This module combines the sharp finite different bound with the complementary bound above infinity. Keeping the actual polynomial discriminant as the intermediate budget makes its degree cancel between the two contributions. The result is the expected first-projection canonical bound

2 * degreeOf 0 f * degreeOf 1 f - 2 * degreeOf 0 f - 2 * degreeOf 1 f.

No algebraic closure of the constant field is assumed.

Every bivariate polynomial has its tautological support-wise bidegree bound given by its two degreeOf values.

The second-coordinate equation's discriminant satisfies the sharp bidegree estimate at the curve's actual coordinate degrees.

The sharp finite-different estimate implies the usual bidegree-only finite discriminant budget. The canonical theorem below retains the sharper intermediate discriminant so that it cancels against the infinity complement.

The canonical different divisor of the first-coordinate plane function field has the sharp bidegree bound.