Exercise 2.2.13

Let g 1 , g 2 F [ x 1 , , x n ] be homogeneous of total degree d 1 , d 2 .

(a)
Show that g 1 g 2 is homogeneous of total degree d 1 + d 2 .
(b)
When is g 1 + g 2 homogeneous ?

Answers

Proof.

(a)
Every term m of g 1 g 2 is a product of a term m 1 of g 1 with a term m 2 of g 2 . deg ( m ) = deg ( m 1 m 2 ) = deg ( m 1 ) + deg ( m 2 ) = d 1 + d 2 . So g 1 g 2 is homogeneous of degree d 1 + d 2 .
(b)

g 1 + g 2 is homogeneous iff d 1 = d 2 .

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