Real fourth-power fibre classification (${\mathbb{A}}_{\mathbb{R}}^1\to {\mathbb{A}}_{\mathbb{R}}^1,x\mapsto x^4$)

The scheme-theoretic fibres over positive real points, negative real points, zero, and nonreal closed points have real coordinate algebras ${\mathbb{R}}^2\times \mathbb{C}$, ${\mathbb{C}}^2$, $\mathbb{R}[x]/(x^4)$, and ${\mathbb{C}}^4$, respectively. Their ordinary irreducible component counts are $3,2,1,4$, so there are four real-scheme isomorphism classes. The last case pulls back an irreducible quadratic to a squarefree degree-eight polynomial, with four conjugate pairs of nonreal roots. The zero fibre retains its nilpotents and is not a reduced point.