For an affine algebraic variety X over k, the canonical map X → Spec Γ(X, O_X) is an
isomorphism.
The global sections ring Γ(X, O_X) of an affine algebraic variety is reduced.
The structure map k → Γ(X, O_X) of an affine algebraic variety is of finite type, i.e.
Γ(X, O_X) is a finitely generated k-algebra.
Forward direction of Theorem 3.1: an affine algebraic variety X satisfies X ≅ Spec Γ(X),
its global sections form a reduced finitely-generated k-algebra.
Converse direction: if A is a reduced finitely-generated k-algebra, then Spec A is an
affine algebraic variety over k.
Combined two directions of Theorem 3.1: an algebraic variety X over k is affine if and
only if it is Spec A for some reduced finitely-generated k-algebra A.
Theorem 3.1 (Lec 2/3): Over an algebraically closed field k, an algebraic variety is affine
iff it is Spec A for some reduced finitely-generated k-algebra A.