 Divisor class group of the three-dimensional affine quadric cone (source code)

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= Divisor class group of the three-dimensional affine quadric cone
{title2=$\operatorname{Cl}(k[x,y,z,w]/(xy-zw))\cong\mathbb Z$}

For the three-dimensional affine quadric cone
$$
X=\operatorname{Spec}k[x,y,z,w]/(xy-zw),
$$
the <divisor class group> is infinite cyclic. A generator is either ruling plane $V(x,z)$ or $V(x,w)$, and the <principal divisor> of $x$ gives the relation $[V(x,z)]+[V(x,w)]=0$.

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