Talk:Bézout's theorem

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Please update this rating as the article progresses, or if the rating is inaccurate. Click to show/hide comments. Please add to or update the comments to suggest improvements to the article. More structure and references would help. Geometry guy 14:48, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Who was Bezout? -- Zoe

I think it was Etienne Bézout. -- Anon.

This article could also be made a whole lot clearer: at the moment, it's very imprecise, and confusing. -- Anon.

What do you find imprecise and confusing? --Bernard Helmstetter 18:43, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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An hyperbola? Charles Matthews 12:43, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I think it is A hyperbola. --Bernard Helmstetter 18:43, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] why speak about mathematics in general before algebraic geometry ?

The text begins with a somewhat vague definition of the theorem in mathematics in general, and then only in algebraic geometry. I don't understand this distinction; to me, the theorem is really about algebraic geometry. --Bernard Helmstetter 18:31, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Bezout's is a fundamental theorem in projective geometry, although any study of algebraic geometry requires it (since we do algebra on projective varieties mostly).