Bidegree bounds for finite torus-curve intersections #
For an irreducible bivariate curve with positive degree in both coordinates,
every coordinate fiber is cut out by a nonzero univariate polynomial. Counting
roots in each fiber gives the sharp elementary estimates
firstOrder * secondDegree and secondOrder * firstDegree; their minimum is
the elementary divisor bound used at the Corvaja--Zannier endpoint.
The irreducibility and positive-coordinate-degree hypotheses are essential: a polynomial with a vertical or horizontal component can contain an entire row or column of the torsion grid.
Specialize the first coordinate of a bivariate polynomial, leaving a univariate polynomial in the second coordinate.
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An irreducible curve of positive second-coordinate degree has no identically zero fiber over a fixed first coordinate.
A support-wise bidegree bound controls every specialized fiber degree.
Specialization cannot increase the second-coordinate degree.
Fiber counting over first-coordinate roots of unity, stated using an explicit second-coordinate degree bound.
The torsion intersection has at most firstOrder * secondDegree points.
Swap the two coordinates of a bivariate polynomial.
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Swapping both curve coordinates and torsion orders preserves the torsion intersection.
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Coordinate swapping preserves the torsion-intersection cardinality.
The torsion intersection has at most secondOrder * firstDegree points.
The sharp elementary bidegree/order bound under the precise algebraic hypotheses needed for fiber counting.
The sharp elementary bidegree/order bound for an admissible torus curve.