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Bounding the degree of the counting polynomial

For factor f, let d_f bound its total polynomial degree after collecting terms. Let every replacement coefficient have degree at most L in T. On a fixed original assignment, each replacement is then a polynomial of degree at most L. A monomial of total degree d_f becomes a product with T-degree at most d_f*L. Adding the monomials cannot increase this bound. Multiplying all factors and summing over assignments therefore gives the bound d_H=L times the sum of d_f for H. Cancellation may lower the actual degree. The zero polynomial satisfies this nonnegative bound too. In the auxiliary construction L=R-1; using L=R gives a weaker valid bound.

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