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<p>of a quadratic form.</p>

<p>Homogeneous polynomials are ubiquitous in mathematics and physics. They play a fundamental role in <a href="page.php?w=algebraic_geometry">algebraic geometry</a>, as a <a href="page.php?w=projective_algebraic_variety">projective algebraic variety</a> is defined as the set of  the common zeros of a set of homogeneous polynomials.</p>

<p><big>Properties</big></p>
<p>A homogeneous polynomial defines a <a href="page.php?w=homogeneous_function">homogeneous function</a>. This means that, if a <a href="page.php?w=multivariate_polynomial">multivariate polynomial</a></p><p>
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