Math 8203
Fall 1997

Hint for Exercise 7(c)

Suppose that V(f) is not prime, so that V(f) = Y\cupZ, where Y and Z are proper closed subsets. Let {gi} and {hj} be collections of polynomials whose zerosets are Y and Z respectively. Try to verify the following:

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