Chevalley’s theorem in algebraic geometry

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Chevalley’s theorem in algebraic geometry is a fundamental result stating that the image of a morphism of finite type between schemes (or varieties) is a constructible set, playing a key role in understanding how geometric properties behave under mappings.

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instanceOf theorem in algebraic geometry ⓘ
appearsIn Grothendieck’s Éléments de géométrie algébrique (EGA) ⓘ
Hartshorne’s Algebraic Geometry ⓘ
standard textbooks on scheme theory ⓘ
appliesTo morphisms of finite type of schemes ⓘ
morphisms of finite type of varieties ⓘ
assumes morphism is of finite type to guarantee constructibility of the image ⓘ
clarifies how algebraic maps behave with respect to the Zariski topology ⓘ
conclusion image of a finite type morphism is constructible in the Zariski topology ⓘ
contrastsWith continuous maps of general topological spaces, whose images need not be constructible ⓘ
domain scheme theory ⓘ
theory of varieties ⓘ
field algebraic geometry ⓘ
generalizes classical results on images of polynomial maps between affine varieties ⓘ
hasVariant Chevalley’s theorem for constructible images in the setting of varieties over an algebraically closed field ⓘ
Chevalley’s theorem for morphisms of finite type of Noetherian schemes ⓘ
historicalContext proved in the mid-20th century in the development of modern algebraic geometry ⓘ
holdsUnderAssumption schemes are Noetherian in many standard formulations ⓘ
source scheme is of finite type over the target scheme ⓘ
implies constructible sets are stable under taking images by finite type morphisms ⓘ
images of finite type morphisms need not be open or closed but are always constructible ⓘ
influenced model-theoretic treatments of algebraically closed fields via constructible sets ⓘ
isFundamentalFor Grothendieck’s foundations of scheme-theoretic algebraic geometry ⓘ
the study of images and fibers of morphisms in modern algebraic geometry ⓘ
isKeyToolFor Noetherian induction arguments on schemes ⓘ
dimension theory of schemes ⓘ
elimination of quantifiers in algebraically closed fields (via constructibility) ⓘ
generic properties of fibers of morphisms ⓘ
studying behavior of geometric properties under morphisms ⓘ
namedAfter Claude Chevalley ⓘ
oftenFormulatedAs if f : X → Y is a morphism of finite type of schemes, then f(X) is a constructible subset of Y ⓘ
relatedTo Noetherian topological spaces ⓘ
linked to: Noetherian space

upper semicontinuity phenomena in algebraic geometry ⓘ
reliesOn Noetherian property of the underlying topological spaces in common formulations ⓘ
states the image of a morphism of finite type between schemes is a constructible set in the target scheme ⓘ
typeOfResult topological property of images of morphisms ⓘ
usedInProofOf constructibility of various stratifications of schemes ⓘ
generic flatness results ⓘ
results on openness of loci defined by fiber conditions ⓘ
usesConcept Zariski topology ⓘ
constructible set ⓘ
morphism of finite type ⓘ
scheme ⓘ

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Claude Chevalley → knownFor → Chevalley’s theorem in algebraic geometry ⓘ
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linked to: Chevalley’s theorem in algebraic geometry