Noether normalization (integral form): a finitely generated k-algebra A contains a polynomial subring k[x_1,...,x_d] over which A is integral (Lemma 1, Lecture 2).
Noether normalization (module-finite form): A is a finitely generated module over some polynomial subring k[x_1,...,x_d] (Theorem 3.2, Lecture 3).
Geometric form of Noether normalization: the induced map on spectra Spec A → Spec k[x_1,...,x_d] is surjective.
Zariski's lemma via Noether normalization: any finitely generated k-algebra that is a field must be algebraic over k.
Strengthened Zariski lemma: a finitely generated k-algebra which is a field is in fact finite-dimensional as a k-vector space.
Noether normalization computes the Krull dimension: the integer d such that A is module-finite over k[x_1,...,x_d] equals dim A.
The Krull dimension of any finitely generated algebra over a field is a natural number (finite and non-negative).
A finite injective ring extension preserves Krull dimension: going-up and incomparability give matching prime chains in A and B.
Noether normalization for quotients of polynomial rings: for a proper ideal I in k[x_1,...,x_n], the quotient is integral over some k[y_1,...,y_s] with s ≤ n.
An algebraic variety over a field has finite (natural number) Krull dimension as a topological space.