Definition 3: An algebraic variety over k is a scheme X with a morphism f : X → Spec k
that is locally of finite type, quasicompact, and whose total space is reduced.
- locallyOfFiniteType : AlgebraicGeometry.LocallyOfFiniteType f
- quasiCompact : AlgebraicGeometry.QuasiCompact f
- reduced : AlgebraicGeometry.IsReduced X
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Theorem 2.2 (forward direction): An affine algebraic variety X over k is canonically
isomorphic to Spec Γ(X, ⊤), with reduced and finite-type global sections.
Theorem 2.2 (backward direction): For any finitely generated reduced k-algebra A,
the affine scheme Spec A is an algebraic variety over k.
Theorem 2.2 (full characterisation): A scheme over k is an affine algebraic variety
iff it is Spec A for a finitely generated reduced k-algebra A.
Restatement of the affine-variety characterisation, packaged under the index used in Lecture 3.
Lemma 2 (part 1): A closed subscheme of an affine scheme is affine.
Lemma 2 (part 2): A closed immersion into an affine scheme induces a surjection on global sections.
Lemma 2 (combined): A closed subscheme of an affine scheme is affine and the closed immersion is surjective on global sections.
Corollary 2: A reduced closed subscheme of an algebraic variety is again an algebraic
variety (with composed structure map to Spec k).
Theorem 2.3 (Hilbert basis): The polynomial ring k[x₁, …, xₙ] over a field is
Noetherian.
The natural ℕ-grading of k[x₀, …, xₙ] by total degree, used to define ℙⁿ_k = Proj.
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The degree-grading of k[x₀, …, xₙ] gives it the structure of a graded ring.
Definition 4: The projective n-space ℙⁿ_k, realised as Proj k[x₀, …, xₙ].
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The underlying topological space of ℙⁿ_k.
The structure sheaf O_{ℙⁿ_k} of projective space.