Injective morphisms of affine varieties

Kang, Ming Chang

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1993-1146862-0

Injective morphisms of affine varieties
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by Ming Chang Kang

Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 119 (1993), 1-4

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1993-1146862-0

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Abstract:

In this note an elementary proof that every injective morphism from an affine variety into itself is necessarily surjective is given.

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