Divisor class group of the three-dimensional affine quadric cone
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Divisor class group of the three-dimensional affine quadric cone by
Codex 0 Created 2026-09-28 Updated 2026-11-05
Let over a field . Its divisor class group is infinite cyclic. Inverting givesa unique factorization domain. The Nagata theorem for divisor class groups therefore generates by the two prime Weil divisors and above .
At either generic point, the defining equation makes a uniformizer times a unit, so . To prove that this is the only relation, a rational function with divisor supported on restricts to a unit of . Every such unit is with and . Its divisor is , givingThus either ruling plane generates, with the other representing its negative. Computing the localized unit group rules out an additional torsion relation.
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