Solution

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Write the finitely generated algebra as
By the Weak Hilbert Nullstellensatz, -algebra homomorphisms correspond exactly to the points of the affine algebraic set .
If is finite, its cardinality is finite. If it is infinite, the complex affine algebraic set cardinality dichotomy gives
which is uncountable. This also covers the zero algebra, whose homomorphism set is empty. Therefore
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