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Commutative Algebra 34

Nakayama’s Lemma The following is a short statement which has far-reaching applications. Since its main applications are for local rings, we will state the result in this context. Throughout this section, is a fixed local ring. Theorem (Nakayama’s Lemma). Let … Continue reading

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Commutative Algebra 11

Coordinate Rings as k-algebras Let k be an algebraically closed field. Recall that a closed subset is identified by its coordinate ring k[V], which is a finitely generated k-algebra since Definition. An affine k-variety is a finitely generated k-algebra A which is … Continue reading

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