Paper 1, Section II, I
Part II, 2021
Let be an algebraically closed field and let be a non-empty affine variety. Show that is a finite union of irreducible subvarieties.
Let and be subvarieties of given by the vanishing loci of ideals and respectively. Prove the following assertions.
(i) The variety is equal to the vanishing locus of the ideal .
(ii) The variety is equal to the vanishing locus of the ideal .
Decompose the vanishing locus
into irreducible components.
Let be the union of the three coordinate axes. Let be the union of three distinct lines through the point in . Prove that is not isomorphic to .