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The base field, of an algebraic variety is the field over which it is defined; it necessarily contains the coefficients of a set of defining equations for the variety, but it is not necessarily a minimal field of definition.

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  • Last edited by Andrew Sutherland on 2020-10-10 14:53:13
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