Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2019 iii Paper 125 5 a Solution 2026-10-03
For , choose coprime integer coordinates and define the projective heightWrite 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 givesafter absorbing the bounded common divisor of and into . ThereforeThis is height growth under a morphism of the projective line.