Zariski lemma says that a field which is a finitely generated algebra over a field is a finite algebraic extension of . The Strong Hilbert Nullstellensatz says that, for an ideal over an algebraically closed field,
Let the unique point of be and let
The Nullstellensatz gives , so . Each of the finitely many generators of has some power . If
then every monomial of total degree in the is divisible by one of the . Hence
Thus the assertion is true; algebraically, the quotient defines a punctual scheme supported at .
Two nonisomorphic punctual schemes are
Their underlying spaces each have one point, but the second has a nonzero nilpotent element and the first is reduced.
After translating their common support to the origin, punctual closed subschemes of correspond to ideals of whose radical is . Since is a principal ideal domain, each such ideal is for a unique . Its coordinate ring has basis and hence dimension . Equal dimensions force equal exponents, so and are in fact the same closed subscheme after the common coordinate choice, and in particular are isomorphic.
In , the ideals
define distinct punctual closed subschemes supported at the origin. Both quotient rings have dimension two over , with bases and respectively. Thus they have equal-dimensional global-section spaces despite being distinct embedded closed subschemes.