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Proper Subvariety


A subvariety of an algebraic variety that is not the entire variety. The proper subvarieties of a line are its nonempty finite subsets, the proper subvarieties of a plane are its nonempty finite subsets, the unions of finitely many of its lines and, more in general, of finitely many algebraic curves contained in it.


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Algebraic Variety, Variety

This entry contributed by Margherita Barile

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Barile, Margherita. "Proper Subvariety." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource, created by Eric W. Weisstein. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/ProperSubvariety.html

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