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Smoothness of a nonzero homogeneous level set

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Let f be homogeneous of positive degree d over a field whose characteristic does not divide d. The Euler homogeneous function theorem gives
∑i​xi​∂xi​∂f​=df.
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On the level set f=c=0, the gradient cannot vanish, so Z(f−c) is a smooth hypersurface.

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