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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2017 iii Paper 113 1 iv Solution by
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Use the ring homomorphism given by . The source scheme is an integral scheme. At the rational point , its residue field is , and its scheme-theoretic fibre isThe class of is nonzero but has square zero, so this is not a reduced scheme. This example works over every field. An integral total space therefore need not have reduced fibres.
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