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Atlas.AlgebraicGeometryI.code.Lec19Prop32SmoothCompletion

Proposition 32 (Lecture 19). A Noetherian local k-algebra R of dimension d with residue field k is regular (smooth) iff its m-adic completion is isomorphic to the formal power series ring k[[t_1,…,t_d]].

A Noetherian local ring is regular iff the dimension of its Zariski cotangent space matches its Krull dimension.

Numeric form of the regularity criterion: a Noetherian local ring of Krull dimension d is regular iff its cotangent space has dimension d.