Sum of degrees of irreducible factors for polynomials in several variables (Q933501)

For a non-zero polynomial in \(\mathbb C[X_1,\dots,X_k]\) whose factorization is \(f=\prod_{i=1}^s p_i^{a_i}\), where the \(p_i\)'s are irreducible and pairwise coprime, and all \(a_i\) are positive, put \[ n_0(f)=\deg\left( \prod_{i=1}^s p_i \right), \qquad n_1(f)=\deg\left( \prod_{1\leq i\leq s,\;a_i=1} p_i \right). \] Using Mason's \(abc\)-theorem, Brindza derived lower bounds for \(n_0(f)\) and \(n_1(f)\) in the univariate case, and later Pintér gave lower bounds for \(n_0(f+g)\) and \(n_1(f+g)\), when \(f\) and \(g\) are relatively prime polynomials in \(\mathbb C[X]\). In the present paper, the author proves lower bounds for \(n_0(f_1+\dots+f_n)\) and \(n_1(f_1+\dots+f_n)\), when \(f_1, \dots f_n\) are pairwise relatively prime polynomials of several variables with complex coefficients.