Lemma 13.1. Assuming that:

  • f1,f2∈ℚ[X1,X2] coprime homogeneous polynomials of degree d

  • let

    F:ℙ1→ℙ1(x1:x2)↦(f1(x1,x2):f2(x1,x2))

Then there exist c1,c2>0 such that for all P∈ℙ1(ℚ),
c1H(P)d≤H(F(P))≤c2H(P)d.