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Atlas.AlgebraicGeometryI.code.AffineVarietyCharacterization

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.