Solution

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For , choose coprime integer coordinates and define the projective height
Write the morphism as , where are homogeneous of degree with no common zero. Bounding each polynomial by the sum of the absolute values of its coefficients gives
Because and have no common projective zero, the Projective Nullstellensatz gives an integer and homogeneous polynomials such that suitable nonzero integer multiples of and lie in the ideal . Evaluating at primitive coordinates and using the same coefficient bound gives
after absorbing the bounded common divisor of and into . Therefore
This is height growth under a morphism of the projective line.

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