Hilbert’s Nullstellensatz (German for “theorem of zeros”) establishes a fundamental correspondence between geometry and algebra. It states that for an algebraically closed field [latex]k[/latex], if a polynomial [latex]p[/latex] vanishes on the zero-set of an ideal [latex]I[/latex], then some power of [latex]p[/latex] must belong to [latex]I[/latex]. Formally, [latex]I(V(I)) = \sqrt{I}[/latex], the radical of [latex]I[/latex].
