Dehomogenization with respect to the 0th coordinate: substitutes x₀ = 1 in a
homogeneous polynomial in three variables to land in the affine chart k[x₁, x₂].
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The affine coordinates of a projective point p in the 0th affine chart x₀ ≠ 0,
obtained by dividing by the 0th homogeneous coordinate.
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A plane curve X is singular at a projective point p (with p in the chart
x₀ ≠ 0) if the multiplicity of its dehomogenization at the corresponding affine point
is at least two.
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Projective intersection multiplicity of two plane curves at a point p (in the
x₀ ≠ 0 chart), defined as the affine intersection multiplicity of their
dehomogenizations.
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If f has multiplicity ≥ 2 at the common zero p, then the intersection
multiplicity of f and g at p is at least two.
Symmetric version: if g has multiplicity ≥ 2 at the common zero p, then the
intersection multiplicity of f and g at p is at least two.
Projective version: if X is singular at the common point p, the intersection
multiplicity of X and Y at p exceeds one.
Projective version: if Y is singular at the common point p, the intersection
multiplicity of X and Y at p exceeds one.
Corollary 20 (Lec 5): for two plane curves through a common point p, the
intersection multiplicity at p exceeds one iff at least one curve is singular there.