The maximal ideal of polynomials in k[X_1, ..., X_n] vanishing at the point x.
Instances For
The maximal ideal at a point is genuinely maximal.
The image of the maximal ideal at x in the quotient k[X]/I, for I contained
in that maximal ideal.
Instances For
The image maximal ideal in the quotient is maximal.
The image maximal ideal in the quotient is prime.
The local ring of the variety V(I) at the point x.
Instances For
For a variety cut out by f_1, ..., f_m at a point x where all f_i vanish, the
cotangent space dimension equals n − rank(Jacobian).
Forward direction of Proposition 31 (Jacobian criterion): if m local generators
with m × n Jacobian of maximal rank m cut out a V of dimension n − m at x,
then the local ring at x is regular.
Converse direction of Proposition 31: if the local ring is regular and of dimension
n − m, then I is locally generated by m polynomials with linearly independent
differentials.
Proposition 31 (Jacobian criterion): smoothness at x is equivalent to existence of
m local generators of I with linearly independent differentials at x.