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| Jul 3, 2013 at 13:22 | comment | added | Martin Brandenburg | I understand the idea of this definition, but somehow it is cheating. It only says what $I$ should do, but doesn't present $I$ as an object of algebraic geometry in the usual sense. Also, as already noted in the comment, there are even set-theoretical obstructions for this point of view. | |
| Jun 16, 2013 at 15:37 | comment | added | S. Carnahan♦ | Since non-empty schemes have lots of geometric points, there is some set-theoretic subtlety in defining $I$. One can always restrict inputs to low levels of $V$ to get a more digestable but slightly less universal object. | |
| Jun 15, 2013 at 23:31 | history | answered | S. Carnahan♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |