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A classical morphism pulls Zariski closed sets back to closed sets

Statement

An affine-target morphism ϕ:UY pulls every Zariski closed subset of Y back to a relatively closed subset of U, hence is continuous. The zero set of every regular function on any open of an affine algebraic set is relatively closed. For every open WY and every regular function s on W, sϕ is regular on ϕ1(W).

Facts & Assumptions

Given: An algebraically closed field k, an open U in an affine algebraic set X, an affine algebraic target Y, and a morphism ϕ:UY in the global-pullback definition.

[F1]

Closed subsets of Y are simultaneous coordinate polynomial zero loci (Classical affine zero loci form the Zariski closed sets).

[F2]

Regular functions are locally quotients of polynomial functions (A regular function on an open subset of a classical affine variety).

[F3]

Global regular functions pull back to regular functions (A morphism from an open subset of a classical affine variety to an affine variety).

Proof

technique · direct
1.1

If r is regular on an open U and r(x)0, write r=a/b near x with b nowhere zero. Intersect that neighbourhood with D(a); it is a neighbourhood of x where r is nowhere zero. Thus the nonvanishing set of r is open, and its zero set is relatively closed in U.

F2given
2.1

Write C=YV(S). Each coordinate polynomial restricted to Y is globally regular (its denominator is 1), so F3 makes its pullback regular. Therefore ϕ1(C) is the intersection of their closed zero sets by step 1.1. This proves continuity, including empty and full closed sets.

F1F3step 1.1
3.1

For xϕ1(W), take a neighbourhood W0W of ϕ(x) where s=g/h with h nowhere zero. On the open ϕ1(W0), gϕ,hϕ are regular and the latter is nowhere zero. Near x, write them as a/b,c/d with b,d nonzero. Shrink further to where c0 using step 1.1. Then sϕ=ad/(bc) is a valid local quotient, proving the local pullback property.

F2F3step 1.1step 2.1algebra

Sources

Source comparison: Milne, Algebraic Geometry, v6.10, §3d and Proposition 3.26, pp. 64–67. Conventions here distinguish arbitrary affine algebraic sets from nonempty irreducible varieties.

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