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Irreducible components of two intersecting complex hyperbolas

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The algebraic set
V(x2+y2−1,x2−z2−1)⊆AC3​
(1)
has the two irreducible components
V(y−iz,x2−z2−1)andV(y+iz,x2−z2−1).
(2)
Each is irreducible because the linear change u=x−z, v=x+z identifies its coordinate ring with
C[u,v]/(uv−1)≅C[u,u−1],
(3)
an integral domain.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2021 / ii / Paper 1 / 25I / Decomposition of the given vanishing locus / Solution

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