nLab complete algebraic variety

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Idea

An algebraic variety XX is called complete if for every algebraic variety YY the projection

X×YY X \times Y \longrightarrow Y

out of their Cartesian product is a closed map.

This is an algebraic analog of being a compact topological space.

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