| Spec(A), jx, mx, κ(x), f(x), Mx, r(E), V(E), V(f), D(f) | Affine-scheme notation | (I, 1.1.1) |
| j(Y) | Annihilator ideal of a subset of Spec(A) | (I, 1.1.3) |
| aϕ | Map of spectra associated with a ring homomorphism | (I, 1.2.1) |
| Sf, Sf′ | Multiplicative set and its saturation | (I, 1.3.1) |
| ρg,f | Localization map for D(g)⊂D(f) | (I, 1.3.3) |
Ã, M~, OX, θf | Structure sheaf, sheaf associated with a module, canonical map | (I, 1.3.4) |
ũ | Sheaf morphism associated with module morphism | (I, 1.3.5) |
| ϕ~ | Sheaf morphism associated with ring homomorphism | (I, 1.6.1) |
| A(X) | Ring of an affine scheme X | (I, 1.7.1) |
| OX/Y | Local ring of X along closed irreducible Y | (I, 2.1.6) |
| Hom(X,Y) | Morphisms of preschemes | (I, 2.2.1) |
HomS(X,Y), 1_X | S-morphisms and identity | (I, 2.5.2) |
| Γ(X/S) | S-sections of X | (I, 2.5.5) |
| X⨆Y | Sum of preschemes | (I, 3.1.1) |
| X×SY, X×Y, (g,h)S, u×Sv, u×v | Product and morphism of products | (I, 3.2.1) |
| X⊗AB, (g,h)A, u⊗Av | Base change for A-preschemes | (I, 3.2.1) |
| X(S′) | Base change of an S-prescheme to S′ | (I, 3.3.6) |
| f(S′) | Base change of a morphism | (I, 3.3.7) |
| Γf | Graph morphism | (I, 3.3.14) |
| X(T) | T-valued points of X | (I, 3.4.1) |
| P×RQ | Fiber product of sets | (I, 3.4.2) |
| X(T)S | T-valued points over S | (I, 3.4.3) |
| X(B), X(B)A | B-valued points of an A-prescheme | (I, 3.4.4) |
X⊗yB, X ⊗_𝒪_y B | Base change to algebra B over κ(y) | (I, 3.6.3) |
| Z∨Y | Union of subpreschemes (in (I, 4.1.10)) | (I, 4.1.10) |
| f−1(Y) | Inverse image of a subprescheme | (I, 4.4.1) |
| N | Nilradical sheaf | (I, 5.1.1) |
| Xred | Reduced prescheme associated with X | (I, 5.1.3) |
| fred | Morphism of reduced preschemes | (I, 5.1.5) |
| ΔX/S, ΔX, Δ | Diagonal morphism | (I, 5.3.1) |
| rgsep(X) | Separable rank of a finite K-scheme | (I, 6.4.5) |
| n(X) | Geometric number of points of a finite K-scheme | (I, 6.4.8) |
| R(X/S,Y), RatS(X,Y) | Set of rational S-maps X⇢Y | (I, 7.1.2) |
| R(X) | Ring of rational functions on X | (I, 7.1.3) |
| K(X), KX | Sheaf of rational functions | (I, 7.3.1) |
| L(A) | Local rings of an integral ring A | (I, 8.1.2) |
| δ(f) | Domain of definition of a rational map | (I, 8.2.1) |
| F⊗OG, F⊠SG | Tensor product on possibly distinct preschemes | (I, 9.1.2) |
| G~ (extension) | Extension of a quasi-coherent sheaf | (I, 9.4.1) |
Ȳ | Closure of a subprescheme | (I, 9.5.11) |
| Spf(A), OX (X=Spf(A)) | Formal spectrum and structure sheaf | (I, 10.1.2) |
| D(f) | Open set in Spf(A) corresponding to f | (I, 10.1.4) |
| aϕ, ϕ~ (formal) | Morphism associated with continuous ring hom. | (I, 10.2.1) |
| JA (formal) | Ideal sheaf for ideals of definition | (I, 10.3.1) |
| X×^SY, X×^Y | Fiber product of formal preschemes | (I, 10.7.3) |
| F/X′, u/X′ | Formal completion of sheaf/morphism along closed subset | (I, 10.8.4) |
| X/X′, X^ | Formal completion of a prescheme | (I, 10.8.5) |
| f^ | Extension of a morphism to completions | (I, 10.9.1) |
| M∧, u∧ | Completion of a module/homomorphism (adic) | (I, 10.10.1) |
X∩Y, X_Y | Intersection of formal subpreschemes / restriction | (I, 10.15.1) |