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A classical morphism pulls Zariski closed sets back to closed sets
Statement
An affine-target morphism pulls every Zariski closed subset of back to a relatively closed subset of , hence is continuous. The zero set of every regular function on any open of an affine algebraic set is relatively closed. For every open and every regular function on , is regular on .
Facts & Assumptions
Given: An algebraically closed field , an open in an affine algebraic set , an affine algebraic target , and a morphism in the global-pullback definition.
Closed subsets of Y are simultaneous coordinate polynomial zero loci (Classical affine zero loci form the Zariski closed sets).
Regular functions are locally quotients of polynomial functions (A regular function on an open subset of a classical affine variety).
Global regular functions pull back to regular functions (A morphism from an open subset of a classical affine variety to an affine variety).
Proof
If is regular on an open and , write near with nowhere zero. Intersect that neighbourhood with ; it is a neighbourhood of where is nowhere zero. Thus the nonvanishing set of is open, and its zero set is relatively closed in .
Write . Each coordinate polynomial restricted to is globally regular (its denominator is 1), so F3 makes its pullback regular. Therefore is the intersection of their closed zero sets by step 1.1. This proves continuity, including empty and full closed sets.
For , take a neighbourhood of where with nowhere zero. On the open , are regular and the latter is nowhere zero. Near , write them as with nonzero. Shrink further to where using step 1.1. Then is a valid local quotient, proving the local pullback property.
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.
Depends on
Used by
- Dominant classical morphisms and rational maps Definition
- Integral classical varieties in the compatible affine-atlas register Definition
- Affine-source morphisms agreeing on a dense open agree everywhere Lemma
- Compatible classical morphisms to an affine target glue over an open cover Lemma
- Dominant maps pull back function fields functorially Lemma
- Dominant rational maps compose on nonempty open domains Lemma
- Morphisms defined on an open source and agreeing on a dense open agree on their common domain Lemma
- Classical affine morphisms are contravariantly equivalent to coordinate-ring homomorphisms Theorem
- Every nonempty principal open is a classical affine variety Theorem
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Sources
- J. S. Milne, Algebraic Geometry v6.10, §3d and Proposition 3.26, pp. 64–67 (standard reference, not scraped)