Local corners are truncated polynomial algebras #
Lemma 3.1(2) (projective-rays.tex): "Every subspace of rad C/(rad C)²
lifts to an ideal, so this space has dimension at most one […]. A lift t of a
generator generates successive radical powers, by Nakayama's lemma. Nilpotence
then writes every element as a polynomial in t, giving C ≅ k[t]/(t^N)."
Here the ideals of C = R_x are the endpoint subbimodules of A(x, x), which
form a chain (Lemma 3.1(3), isChain_subbimodules); this gives
rad C = k t + (rad C)² (exists_rad_gen). Nakayama's lemma for subbimodules
gives rad C ⊆ C t C, and Lemma 3.1(3) makes C t C one-sided, C t or
t C; so every element is a polynomial in t (aeval_surjective). The kernel of
k[X] → C is (X^N) with N the nilpotency index of t.
a - c e_x ∈ rad R_x for some scalar c.
Subspaces between (rad R_x)² and rad R_x are ideals of R_x.
rad R_x / (rad R_x)² has dimension at most one.
rad R_x ⊆ R_x t R_x by Nakayama's lemma.
R_x is generated by one nilpotent element.
Lemma 3.1(2): R_x ≅ k[t]/(t^N) with N ≥ 1.