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An elementary, explicit, proof of the existence of Hilbert schemes of points

Algebraic Geometry 2007-05-23 v1 Commutative Algebra

Abstract

We give a short, elementary and explicit proof of the existence of Hilbert schemes of points on affine schemes. As a direct consequence we obtain the existence of the Hilbert scheme of points on any projective scheme, not necessarily of finite type, over any base scheme.

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@article{arxiv.math/0506161,
  title  = {An elementary, explicit, proof of the existence of Hilbert schemes of points},
  author = {Trond Gustavsen and Dan Laksov and Roy Skjelnes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0506161},
  year   = {2007}
}