Finite algebra

In abstract algebra, an -algebra is finite if it is finitely generated as an -module. An -algebra can be thought as a homomorphism of rings , in this case is called a finite morphism if is a finite -algebra.[1]

The definition of finite algebra is related to that of algebras of finite type.

Finite morphisms in algebraic geometry

This concept is closely related to that of finite morphism in algebraic geometry; in the simplest case of affine varieties, given two affine varieties , and a dominant regular map , the induced homomorphism of -algebras defined by turns into a -algebra:

is a finite morphism of affine varieties if is a finite morphism of -algebras.[2]

The generalisation to schemes can be found in the article on finite morphisms.

References

  1. Atiyah, Michael Francis; MacDonald, Ian Grant (1994). Introduction to commutative algebra. CRC Press. p. 30. ISBN 9780201407518.
  2. Perrin, Daniel (2008). Algebraic Geometry An Introduction. Springer. p. 82. ISBN 978-1-84800-056-8.

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