Paper 1, Section II, G

Algebraic Geometry
Part II, 2010

(i) Let X={(x,y)C2x2=y3}X=\left\{(x, y) \in \mathbb{C}^{2} \mid x^{2}=y^{3}\right\}. Show that XX is birational to A1\mathbf{A}^{1}, but not isomorphic to it.

(ii) Let XX be an affine variety. Define the dimension of XX in terms of the tangent spaces of XX.

(iii) Let fk[x1,,xn]f \in k\left[x_{1}, \ldots, x_{n}\right] be an irreducible polynomial, where kk is an algebraically closed field of arbitrary characteristic. Show that dimZ(f)=n1\operatorname{dim} Z(f)=n-1.

[You may assume the Nullstellensatz.]