Hilbert's Nullstellensatz (strong): Let kk be an algebraically closed and let Ik[x1,,xn]I\triangleleft k[x_1,\dots,x_n] be an in the . Let

I(V(I))={fk[x1,,xn]:f(a)=0 for all aV(I)}.I(V(I))=\{f\in k[x_1,\dots,x_n] : f(a)=0\ \text{for all }a\in V(I)\}.

Then

I(V(I))=I,I(V(I))=\sqrt{I},

where I\sqrt{I} denotes the .

This identifies geometric vanishing with algebraic nilpotence modulo II and implies, for instance, that varieties correspond to radical ideals and irreducible varieties correspond to .