The maximal ideal of k[x₁,…,xₙ] corresponding to a k-rational point x:
the kernel of evaluation at x.
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maxIdealOfPoint_SJC x is maximal: evaluation at a rational point gives a
ring homomorphism onto the field k.
Image of the point-maximal-ideal in the quotient k[x]/I: the maximal ideal
of the closed point x in the affine variety V(I).
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The image of the point ideal in the quotient is maximal.
The image of the point ideal in the quotient is prime (follows from maximal).
The local ring at a k-rational point x of an affine variety V(I):
the localization of k[x]/I at the maximal ideal of x.
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Cotangent dimension formula: at a rational point x of V(f₁,…,fₘ), the
dimension of the cotangent space 𝔪/𝔪² equals n − rank J(x), where J is the
Jacobian matrix.
Corollary 23 (Jacobian Criterion for Smoothness): when the Krull dimension
of the local ring at x equals n - m, the Jacobian rank is m (full rank)
iff the local ring at x is regular, i.e., the variety is smooth at x.
Hypersurface Jacobian rank criterion: for a single polynomial P
vanishing at x, the Jacobian has full rank 1 iff some partial derivative
∂P/∂xᵢ is non-zero at x.
Smoothness criterion for hypersurfaces (Corollary 23): a hypersurface
V(P) of dimension n - 1 is smooth at x iff some partial derivative of P
is non-zero at x — the classical "gradient is non-zero" criterion.