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Dominant affine images contain a principal open

Statement

The image of a dominant morphism f:X→Y between irreducible affine varieties contains a nonempty principal open subset of Y.

Work over a fixed algebraically closed field k, with the Axiom of Choice. Classical varieties are separated and admit finite affine covers; they may be reducible or empty unless irreducibility is specified. Irreducible means nonempty. All fibres and points below are classical closed-point fibres and points.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The objects and hypotheses in the statement.

[F1]

Let f:X→Y be dominant between irreducible affine varieties, put A=k[Y]⊆B=k[X], and let r=trdeg⁡k(Y)k(X). There are 0≠a∈A and elements t1,…,tr∈Ba, algebraically independent over Aa, such that Ba is module-finite over Aa[t1,…,tr]. Work over a fixed algebraically closed field k, with the Axiom of Choice. Classical varieties are separated and admit finite affine covers; they may be reducible or empty unless irreducibility is specified. Irreducible means nonempty. All fibres and points below are classical closed-point fibres and points. (A dominant affine map factors finitely over relative affine space after shrinking the base).

[F2]

Assume the Axiom of Choice. Let f:A→B be an integral ring map, and let p∈Spec⁡(A) with ker⁡f⊆p. Then there exists a prime ideal q∈Spec⁡(B) such that f−1(q)=p. (Lying over for integral ring maps).

[F3]

Elements of the coordinate ring of a classical affine variety are polynomial functions on its points (The coordinate ring of a classical affine algebraic set).

[A1]

The lying-over theorem is invoked under the stated Axiom of Choice (The Axiom of Choice).

Proof

1.1F1F3

Use normalization over an open to obtain 0≠a∈A=k[Y] with Ba=k[X]a finite over the injected polynomial algebra R=Aa[t1,…,tr]. The open DY(a) is nonempty: by [F3], a is a nonzero polynomial function on Y, so it is nonzero at some point.

2.1A1F2F3step 1.1∎

Fix y∈DY(a) and the maximal ideal n=(my,t1,…,tr)⊂R, whose quotient is k. By [A1] and [F2], lying over gives a prime q⊂Ba contracting to n. The domain Ba/q is finite over k. Every nonzero element acts injectively on this finite-dimensional vector space, hence surjectively, so the domain is a field. Algebraic closedness forces it to be k. The resulting k-algebra homomorphism B→Ba→Ba/q=k evaluates the finitely many affine-coordinate classes at elements of k. All defining polynomials of X vanish at this tuple because their classes are zero in B; the restrictions of A=k[Y] evaluate at y because q∩R=n. Hence this tuple is a classical point x∈X with f(x)=y. Thus DY(a) lies in the image, including when r=0.

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