Bézout's theorem
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Bézout's theorem
[′bā‚zōz ‚thir·əm] (mathematics)
The theorem that the product of the degrees of two algebraic plane curves that lack a common component equals the number of their points of intersection, counted to the degree of their multiplicity, including points of intersection at infinity.
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