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Regular Map (algebraic Geometry)
In algebraic geometry, a morphism between algebraic varieties is a function between the varieties that is given locally by polynomials. It is also called a regular map. A morphism from an algebraic variety to the affine line is also called a regular function. A regular map whose inverse is also regular is called biregular, and the biregular maps are the isomorphisms of algebraic varieties. Because regular and biregular are very restrictive conditions – there are no non-constant regular functions on projective varieties – the concepts of rational and birational maps are widely used as well; they are partial functions that are defined locally by rational fractions instead of polynomials. An algebraic variety has naturally the structure of a locally ringed space; a morphism between algebraic varieties is precisely a morphism of the underlying locally ringed spaces. Definition If ''X'' and ''Y'' are closed subvarieties of \mathbb^n and \mathbb^m (so they are affine varieties ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algebraic Geometry
Algebraic geometry is a branch of mathematics which uses abstract algebraic techniques, mainly from commutative algebra, to solve geometry, geometrical problems. Classically, it studies zero of a function, zeros of multivariate polynomials; the modern approach generalizes this in a few different aspects. The fundamental objects of study in algebraic geometry are algebraic variety, algebraic varieties, which are geometric manifestations of solution set, solutions of systems of polynomial equations. Examples of the most studied classes of algebraic varieties are line (geometry), lines, circles, parabolas, ellipses, hyperbolas, cubic curves like elliptic curves, and quartic curves like lemniscate of Bernoulli, lemniscates and Cassini ovals. These are plane algebraic curves. A point of the plane lies on an algebraic curve if its coordinates satisfy a given polynomial equation. Basic questions involve the study of points of special interest like singular point of a curve, singular p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ringed Space
In mathematics, a ringed space is a family of (commutative) rings parametrized by open subsets of a topological space together with ring homomorphisms that play roles of restrictions. Precisely, it is a topological space equipped with a sheaf of rings called a structure sheaf. It is an abstraction of the concept of the rings of continuous (scalar-valued) functions on open subsets. Among ringed spaces, especially important and prominent is a locally ringed space: a ringed space in which the analogy between the stalk at a point and the ring of germs of functions at a point is valid. Ringed spaces appear in analysis as well as complex algebraic geometry and the scheme theory of algebraic geometry. Note: In the definition of a ringed space, most expositions tend to restrict the rings to be commutative rings, including Hartshorne and Wikipedia. ''Éléments de géométrie algébrique'', on the other hand, does not impose the commutativity assumption, although the book mostly co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Image (mathematics)
In mathematics, for a function f: X \to Y, the image of an input value x is the single output value produced by f when passed x. The preimage of an output value y is the set of input values that produce y. More generally, evaluating f at each Element (mathematics), element of a given subset A of its Domain of a function, domain X produces a set, called the "image of A under (or through) f". Similarly, the inverse image (or preimage) of a given subset B of the codomain Y is the set of all elements of X that map to a member of B. The image of the function f is the set of all output values it may produce, that is, the image of X. The preimage of f is the preimage of the codomain Y. Because it always equals X (the domain of f), it is rarely used. Image and inverse image may also be defined for general Binary relation#Operations, binary relations, not just functions. Definition The word "image" is used in three related ways. In these definitions, f : X \to Y is a Function (mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Affine Scheme
In commutative algebra, the prime spectrum (or simply the spectrum) of a commutative ring R is the set of all prime ideals of R, and is usually denoted by \operatorname; in algebraic geometry it is simultaneously a topological space equipped with a sheaf of rings. Zariski topology For any ideal I of R, define V_I to be the set of prime ideals containing I. We can put a topology on \operatorname(R) by defining the collection of closed sets to be :\big\. This topology is called the Zariski topology. A basis for the Zariski topology can be constructed as follows: For f\in R, define D_f to be the set of prime ideals of R not containing f. Then each D_f is an open subset of \operatorname(R), and \big\ is a basis for the Zariski topology. \operatorname(R) is a compact space, but almost never Hausdorff: In fact, the maximal ideals in R are precisely the closed points in this topology. By the same reasoning, \operatorname(R) is not, in general, a T1 space. However, \operat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Projective Variety
In algebraic geometry, a projective variety is an algebraic variety that is a closed subvariety of a projective space. That is, it is the zero-locus in \mathbb^n of some finite family of homogeneous polynomials that generate a prime ideal, the defining ideal of the variety. A projective variety is a projective curve if its dimension is one; it is a projective surface if its dimension is two; it is a projective hypersurface if its dimension is one less than the dimension of the containing projective space; in this case it is the set of zeros of a single homogeneous polynomial. If ''X'' is a projective variety defined by a homogeneous prime ideal ''I'', then the quotient ring :k _0, \ldots, x_nI is called the homogeneous coordinate ring of ''X''. Basic invariants of ''X'' such as the degree and the dimension can be read off the Hilbert polynomial of this graded ring. Projective varieties arise in many ways. They are complete, which roughly can be expressed by saying t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homogeneous Coordinate Ring
In algebraic geometry, the homogeneous coordinate ring is a certain commutative ring assigned to any projective variety. If ''V'' is an algebraic variety given as a subvariety of projective space of a given dimension ''N'', its homogeneous coordinate ring is by definition the quotient ring :''R'' = ''K'' 'X''0, ''X''1, ''X''2, ..., ''X''''N''thinsp;/''I'' where ''I'' is the homogeneous ideal defining ''V'', ''K'' is the algebraically closed field over which ''V'' is defined, and :''K'' 'X''0, ''X''1, ''X''2, ..., ''X''''N'' is the polynomial ring in ''N'' + 1 variables ''X''''i''. The polynomial ring is therefore the homogeneous coordinate ring of the projective space itself, and the variables are the homogeneous coordinates, for a given choice of basis (in the vector space underlying the projective space). The choice of basis means this definition is not intrinsic, but it can be made so by using the symmetric algebra. The definition mimics the coordinate ring as it is introduc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quasi-projective Variety
In mathematics, a quasi-projective variety in algebraic geometry is a locally closed subset of a projective variety, i.e., the intersection inside some projective space of a Zariski-open and a Zariski topology, Zariski-closed subset. A similar definition is used in Scheme (mathematics), scheme theory, where a ''quasi-projective scheme'' is a locally closed subscheme of some Algebraic geometry of projective spaces, projective space. Relationship to affine varieties An affine space is a Zariski-open subset of a projective space, and since any closed affine subset U can be expressed as an intersection of the Homogeneous polynomial#Homogenization, projective completion \bar and the affine space embedded in the projective space, this implies that any affine variety is quasiprojective. There are locally closed subsets of projective space that are not affine, so that quasi-projective is more general than affine. Taking the complement of a single point in projective space of dimension at le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rational Function
In mathematics, a rational function is any function that can be defined by a rational fraction, which is an algebraic fraction such that both the numerator and the denominator are polynomials. The coefficients of the polynomials need not be rational numbers; they may be taken in any field . In this case, one speaks of a rational function and a rational fraction ''over ''. The values of the variables may be taken in any field containing . Then the domain of the function is the set of the values of the variables for which the denominator is not zero, and the codomain is . The set of rational functions over a field is a field, the field of fractions of the ring of the polynomial functions over . Definitions A function f is called a rational function if it can be written in the form : f(x) = \frac where P and Q are polynomial functions of x and Q is not the zero function. The domain of f is the set of all values of x for which the denominator Q(x) is not zero. How ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Complex Analysis
Complex analysis, traditionally known as the theory of functions of a complex variable, is the branch of mathematical analysis that investigates functions of complex numbers. It is helpful in many branches of mathematics, including algebraic geometry, number theory, analytic combinatorics, and applied mathematics, as well as in physics, including the branches of hydrodynamics, thermodynamics, quantum mechanics, and twistor theory. By extension, use of complex analysis also has applications in engineering fields such as nuclear, aerospace, mechanical and electrical engineering. As a differentiable function of a complex variable is equal to the sum function given by its Taylor series (that is, it is analytic), complex analysis is particularly concerned with analytic functions of a complex variable, that is, '' holomorphic functions''. The concept can be extended to functions of several complex variables. Complex analysis is contrasted with real analysis, which dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liouville's Theorem (complex Analysis)
In complex analysis, Liouville's theorem, named after Joseph Liouville (although the theorem was first proven by Cauchy in 1844), states that every bounded entire function must be constant. That is, every holomorphic function f for which there exists a positive number M such that , f(z), \leq M for all z\in\Complex is constant. Equivalently, non-constant holomorphic functions on \Complex have unbounded images. The theorem is considerably improved by Picard's little theorem, which says that every entire function whose image omits two or more complex numbers must be constant. Statement Liouville's theorem: Every holomorphic function f:\mathbb C \to \mathbb C for which there exists a positive number M such that , f(z), \leq M for all z\in\Complex is constant. More succinctly, Liouville's theorem states that every bounded entire function must be constant. Proof This important theorem has several proofs. A standard analytical proof uses the fact that holomorphic functi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ring Of Regular Functions
In algebraic geometry, an affine variety or affine algebraic variety is a certain kind of algebraic variety that can be described as a subset of an affine space. More formally, an affine algebraic set is the set of the common zeros over an algebraically closed field of some family of polynomials in the polynomial ring k _1, \ldots,x_n An affine variety is an affine algebraic set which is not the union of two smaller algebraic sets; algebraically, this means that (the radical of) the ideal generated by the defining polynomials is prime. One-dimensional affine varieties are called affine algebraic curves, while two-dimensional ones are affine algebraic surfaces. Some texts use the term ''variety'' for any algebraic set, and ''irreducible variety'' an algebraic set whose defining ideal is prime (affine variety in the above sense). In some contexts (see, for example, Hilbert's Nullstellensatz), it is useful to distinguish the field in which the coefficients are considered, from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smooth Function
In mathematical analysis, the smoothness of a function is a property measured by the number of continuous derivatives (''differentiability class)'' it has over its domain. A function of class C^k is a function of smoothness at least ; that is, a function of class C^k is a function that has a th derivative that is continuous in its domain. A function of class C^\infty or C^\infty-function (pronounced C-infinity function) is an infinitely differentiable function, that is, a function that has derivatives of all orders (this implies that all these derivatives are continuous). Generally, the term smooth function refers to a C^-function. However, it may also mean "sufficiently differentiable" for the problem under consideration. Differentiability classes Differentiability class is a classification of functions according to the properties of their derivatives. It is a measure of the highest order of derivative that exists and is continuous for a function. Consider an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
