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Let $N$ be the nilradical of $R$. By b, the reduced locus of a ring isThe Noetherian ring hypothesis makes the ideal $N$ finitely generated; write $N=(n_1,\dots ,n_t)$. Fix $\mathfrak{p}\in \mathcal{R}$. For every $i$, the vanishing criterion in a module localization gives $s_i\notin \mathfrak{p}$ with $s_i{n}_i=0$. The product $f=s_1\cdots s_t$ lies outside the prime ideal $\mathfrak{p}$ and satisfies $fN=0$. When $N=0$, take $f=1$.

For every prime ideal $\mathfrak{q}$ in the distinguished open setthe element $f/1$ is a unit in $R_{\mathfrak{q}}$. The equality $fN=0$ therefore implies $N{R}_{\mathfrak{q}}=0$, so $R_{\mathfrak{q}}$ is reduced. Thus $\mathfrak{p}\in D(f)\subseteq \mathcal{R}$, proving that $\mathcal{R}$ is a Zariski-open subset of the spectrum of a ring.

More precisely, let $A={\mathrm{Ann}}_R(N)$, the annihilator of a module $N$. The argument shows that $N{R}_{\mathfrak{p}}=0$ if and only if some $f\in A$ lies outside $\mathfrak{p}$. HenceEquivalently, the complement is the support of a module $N$. This is vanishing of a finitely generated module near a prime applied to $N$: its finite generation lets the separately chosen denominators be combined into one element annihilating all of $N$.

Choose a $K$-basis $e_1,\dots ,e_n$ of $L$ and writethereby identifying $L$ with ${\mathbb{A}}_K^n$. Let $M(x)$ be the $n\times n$ matrix whose $j$th column is the coordinate vector of ${\alpha }^{j-1}$ in this basis, for $1\le j\le n$.

Write the multiplication table aswith fixed structure constants $c_{ij}^l\in K$. Repeated multiplication shows that every entry of $M(x)$ is a polynomial in $x_1,\dots ,x_n$. HenceBy the criterion supplied in the question,Consequentlywhich is a distinguished open set, and therefore a Zariski-open set. This is the determinant construction showing that primitive elements form a principal Zariski-open set. No assertion that $D$ is nonzero is needed.

A Zariski-open set is the complement of a Zariski-closed set. A distinguished affine open has the form $D(f)=\{x:f(x)\ne 0\}$.