Chevalley’s theorem
Chevalley’s Theorem on constructible images made constructive
Talk at the workshop
Computational and algorithmic methods
The Isaac Newton Institute
Cambridge, United Kingdom
27 January 2020 to 31 January 2020
Abstract:
Chevalley proved that the image of an algebraic morphism between algebraic varieties is a constructible set. Examples are orbits of algebraic group actions. A constructible set in a topological space is a finite union of locally closed sets and a locally closed set is the difference of two closed subsets. Simple examples show that even if the source and target of the morphism are affine varieties the image may neither be affine nor quasi-affine. In this talk, I will present a Gröbner-basis-based algorithm that computes the constructible image of a morphism of affine spaces, along with some applications.