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I want to solve this question but I don't understand what "height" of an algebraic equation is:

Find the number of solutions of the set of all algebraic equations of height 2.

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    Where did the question come from? If from a text, there should be a definition. And what set do the variables and constants in your equation come from? If it is $\mathbb{R}$, even linear equations have continuum many solutions.2011-10-08
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    Googling "height of an algebraic equation" finds a few references to a definition by Cantor: the sum of the absolute values of the coefficients plus the degree minus 1. There's also [height of a polynomial](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Height_of_a_polynomial), which is similar but different.2011-10-08
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    @lhf's suggestion fits well with the question here. This definition is commonly part of an argument that there are countably many algebraic numbers.2011-10-08
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    Agree with Henning. For the purposes of enumerating algebraic numbers it is essential that there are only finitely many algebraic equations of a given height. The height of a polynomial fails in that score even though it is useful in other contexts.2016-07-08

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You can find it in Rudin, Principles of Mathematical Analysis, page 43, problem 2, the sum of the absolute values given there is called the height of an algebraic equation.