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Dominant affine images contain a principal open

Statement

The image of a dominant morphism f:XY 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:XY be dominant between irreducible affine varieties, put A=k[Y]B=k[X], and let r=trdegk(Y)k(X). There are 0aA and elements t1,,trBa, 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:AB be an integral ring map, and let pSpec(A) with kerfp. Then there exists a prime ideal qSpec(B) such that f1(q)=p. (Lying over for integral ring maps).

[F3]

Assume the Axiom of Choice. Let k be an algebraically closed field. 1. The assignments XI(X),JV(J) induce mutually inverse inclusion-reversing correspondences between affine algebraic sets XAkn and radical ideals Jk[x1,,xn]. 2. Under this correspondence, nonempty irreducible affine algebraic sets correspond exactly to prime ideals. (Affine algebraic sets correspond to radical ideals, and irreducible ones to prime ideals).

Proof

1.1

Use normalization over an open to obtain 0aA=k[Y] with Ba=k[X]a finite over the injected polynomial algebra R=Aa[t1,,tr]. The open DY(a) is nonempty: if a vanished at every point it would be zero in the reduced coordinate ring by the Nullstellensatz.

F1F3
2.1

Fix yDY(a) and the maximal ideal n=(my,t1,,tr)R, whose quotient is k. Lying over gives a prime qBa 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. Images of the affine coordinates therefore give a classical point of X lying over y, with a nonzero. Thus every such y lies in the image, including when r=0.

F2step 1.1

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