User blog comment:Ynought/The degree function/@comment-25601061-20181229190510/@comment-35470197-20181229231651

> The minimum of what? The value of n?

It is the minimum of a natural number appearing 4.1.

> Is n the same as the one we calculated in 4.1.1.

Why not.

> \(a_1\), \(b_1\)

I guess so, too. But it is ambiguous. (I could not understand them at first.)