Evaluation at a point $P \in X$ as a ring homomorphism $\bar{k}[X] \to \bar{k}$ from the coordinate ring.
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Evaluating the class of $g$ in the coordinate ring gives $g(P)$.
If a polynomial map sends $X$ into $Y$, then its substitution operator $\mathrm{bind}_1$ pulls back the vanishing ideal of $Y$ into the vanishing ideal of $X$.
The pullback ring homomorphism $\varphi^* : \bar{k}[Y] \to \bar{k}[X]$ induced by an affine morphism $\varphi : X \to Y$.
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Pullback acts on the class of $g$ by substituting the components of $\varphi$ into $g$.
Evaluation commutes with pullback: $\mathrm{ev}_P(\varphi^* g) = \mathrm{ev}_{\varphi(P)}(g)$.
Any $\bar{k}$-algebra map $\theta : \bar{k}[Y] \to \bar{k}[X]$ is determined on the variable classes; evaluating $\mathrm{ev}_P \circ \theta$ at the class of $g$ equals evaluating $g$ at the point given by the chosen polynomial lifts.
(Corollary 14.9 / 15.9) Every $\bar{k}$-algebra homomorphism $\theta : \bar{k}[Y] \to \bar{k}[X]$ is induced by an affine morphism: there exist polynomials whose induced map sends $X$ into $Y$ and whose pullback is $\theta$.
The pullback is contravariantly functorial: $(\psi \circ \varphi)^* = \varphi^* \circ \psi^*$.