Theorem 1.1 (Lecture 1, essential Nullstellensatz). Any field extension K/k that is
finitely generated as a k-algebra is algebraic over k.
Algebraically closed form of Theorem 1.1: if k = k̄ is algebraically closed and K/k
is a finitely generated k-algebra that is a field, then the structure map k → K is
bijective, i.e. K = k.
A subset is Zariski closed iff it is the zero locus of some ideal of polynomials; equivalence between cutting out by a set of polynomials and by the ideal it generates.
The vanishing ideal I(V) of any subset of affine space is a radical ideal.
An ideal and its radical have the same zero locus: V(I) = V(√I).
Hilbert's Nullstellensatz (over an algebraically closed field): I(V(I)) = √I.
For a radical ideal I over k̄, we have I(V(I)) = I: passing to the zero locus and
back recovers a radical ideal.
For any ideal I over k̄, the iterated operation V(I(V(I))) recovers V(I).
Theorem 1.2 (Lecture 1). Over an algebraically closed field with finitely many variables,
there is a bijection between radical ideals of k[x_σ] and Zariski-closed subsets of k^σ,
given by I ↦ V(I) with inverse V ↦ I(V).
Instances For
The classical Zariski topology on affine space k^σ: closed sets are the zero loci of
ideals in k[x_σ].
The Yoneda-style pullback sending a scheme morphism X → Spec A to the induced ring map
A → Γ(X, 𝒪_X).
Instances For
A bundling of the affine variety condition: A is a finite-type k-algebra and Spec A
represents the functor X ↦ Hom_{Ring}(A, Γ(X, 𝒪_X)).
- finiteType : Algebra.FiniteType k A
- yoneda_bijective (X : AlgebraicGeometry.Scheme) : Function.Bijective (yonedaPullback (CommRingCat.of A) X)
Instances For
The fundamental Spec-Γ adjunction packaged as a bijection: scheme morphisms
X → Spec A correspond to ring maps A → Γ(X, 𝒪_X).
Instances For
Any finitely generated k-algebra A defines an affine variety in the sense of
IsAffineVariety': Spec A represents Hom from A.
Spec A is an affine scheme.