Let be maximal in and put
The Zariski lemma makes a finite extension of . Base change gives
This ring is nonzero because the field extension makes a faithfully flat module over . Choose a maximal ideal of the quotient, or equivalently a maximal ideal of containing . Its contraction to the rational polynomial ring contains and is proper, so maximality of forces
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For an ideal , define
For , define
and recall that is the radical of an ideal.
For an algebraically closed field , the Weak Hilbert Nullstellensatz says that every maximal ideal of is
for a unique , equivalently every proper ideal has a common zero. The Strong Hilbert Nullstellensatz says
To prove the weak form, let be maximal. The residue field
is a field finitely generated as a -algebra. By the Zariski lemma, is finite algebraic; algebraic closedness gives . If is the image of , the quotient map is evaluation at and its kernel is . This proves the assertion.
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