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In this Chapter affine algebraic varieties are introduced as the solution sets of systems of algebraic equations, and projective are introduced as the solution sets in projective space of systems of algebraic involving only homogeneous polynomials.
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Kunz, E. (2013). Algebraic varieties. In: Introduction to Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry. Modern Birkhäuser Classics. Birkhäuser, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5987-3_1
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