Weak nullstellensatz for algebraically closed fields
Statement
Suppose is an algebraically closed field. Then, the following equivalent statements hold true:
- Any field , which is finitely generated as a -algebra, must be itself (i.e. isomorphic to as a -algebra)
- For any maximal ideal of the polynomial ring in finitely many variables over , the quotient field is
- The maximal ideals in the polynomial ring are in bijection with the points in , where the maximal ideal corresponding to a point is the ideal
- The max-spectrum of , with the max-spec topology, is homeomorphic to with the Zariski topology, where the bijection is as described above
- Any proper ideal of has a nonempty vanishing set in
- If a system of polynomial equations over (in variables) is consistent (i.e. one cannot derive the equation by manipulating them) then the system has a solution in