Lemma 38.25.11. Let A be a local ring. Let I, J \subset A be ideals. If J is finitely generated and I \subset J^ n for all n \geq 1, then V(I) contains the closed points of \mathop{\mathrm{Spec}}(A) \setminus V(J).
Proof. Let \mathfrak p \subset A be a closed point of \mathop{\mathrm{Spec}}(A) \setminus V(J). We want to show that I \subset \mathfrak p. If not, then some f \in I maps to a nonzero element of A/\mathfrak p. Note that V(J) \cap \mathop{\mathrm{Spec}}(A/\mathfrak p) is the set of non-generic points. Hence by Lemma 38.25.10 applied to the collection of ideals J^ nA/\mathfrak p we conclude that the image of f is zero in A/\mathfrak p. \square
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