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The strong Bézout theorem says that if two projective plane algebraic curves over have degrees and no common irreducible component, their intersection is finite and
Each intersection multiplicity is a positive integer. Scheme-theoretic multiplicities, rather than just distinct intersection points, are essential: tangencies and singularities can make individual terms larger than one.

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