 Degree of a projective scheme (source code)

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= Degree of a projective scheme

For a pure $k$-dimensional projective scheme $X\subseteq\mathbb P^m$, its degree is $k!$ times the leading coefficient of its Hilbert polynomial, equivalently $\int_XH^k$.

This extends <degree of an algebraic variety> to retain scheme multiplicities.

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