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A note on the geometric criteria for the factoriality of an affine ring

A note on the geometric criteria for the factoriality of an affine ring

Let <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper R"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>R</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">R</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> be a normal integral domain finitely generated over a field <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="k"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>k</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">k</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula>, let <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper U"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>U</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">U</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> …