The product of two closed embeddings is a closed embedding: if f : X₁ → Y₁ and
g : X₂ → Y₂ are closed embeddings, then so is Prod.map f g : X₁ × X₂ → Y₁ × Y₂. This
is the topological input to showing that products of separated schemes are separated.
A product of two closed sets is closed in the product topology.
The tensor product of two surjective linear maps is surjective: if f : M → M' and
g : N → N' are surjective, then f ⊗ g : M ⊗ N → M' ⊗ N' is surjective. This is the
algebraic counterpart of the closed embedding fact for products of affine schemes.
The tensor product of two surjective R-algebra homomorphisms is surjective. Used to
show that closed immersions are preserved under taking products of schemes over a base.
Two ring homomorphisms f, g : A → B into a domain B that satisfy the cross-ratio
relation f a · g s = g a · f s for all a, with g s ≠ 0, are equal. A separation-style
cancellation lemma used in the proof that the diagonal of a variety is closed.
Two ring homomorphisms out of a localization S = M⁻¹R are equal as soon as they
agree on the image of the base ring R. The universal property of localization.
Two field homomorphisms out of a fraction field K = Frac(A) are equal as soon as
they agree on the image of the domain A. Specialization of the localization universal
property to fraction fields.