Ring of rational functions on a reduced variety

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For a possibly reducible algebraic variety , take pairs with a dense open subset and a regular function on . Identify pairs agreeing on a common dense open subset. Addition and multiplication on intersections make these classes a ring. For an affine variety with reduced coordinate ring , this ring is its total quotient ring. For an irreducible variety, it is the function field. An isomorphism of dense open subsets induces an isomorphism of these rings.

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