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This section uses only a few concepts and facts from algebra. It assumes a certain familiarity with polynomial rings K [X1,..., Xn]over a field, in particular that K[X] is a principal ideal domain,and that K[X1,..., Xn] is a unique factorization domain in general. Also, ideals and quotient rings will be used. Finally, one must know that an algebraically closed field has in infinitely many elements.
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(2005). Ane Algebraic Curves. In: Introduction to Plane Algebraic Curves. Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-8176-4443-1_1
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