Bézout's theorem

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Named after Étienne Bézout.

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Bézout's theorem

  1. (mathematics) A statement in algebraic geometry concerning the number of common zeros of n polynomials in n indeterminates. In its original form, the theorem states that in general the number of common zeros equals the product of the degrees of the polynomials.