--Poly. Ring R=QQ[x,y] --V(x^2,y^2)=V(x,y) but (x^2,y^2) is not equal to (x,y) I=ideal(x^2,y^2) K=ideal(x,y) I==K --Ideal membership: --x is in K... can think of % as modulo, i.e. working in R/K (x)%K==0 --but not in I (x)%I==0 --K contains I isSubset(I,K) --I does not contain K isSubset(K,I) --Nullstellensatz: --radical(x^2,y^2)=I(V((x^2,y^2)))...We will learn how this works --in Ch.4 radical(I)==K ideal radical I