L-valued points of \mathbb{P}^n(k) are Classical Points
Let \overline{x}: \text{Spec} L \to \mathbb{P}^n be an L-valued point of \mathbb{P}^n(k) with image x. Then x lies in one of the pieces X_i = \text{Spec} A_i where A_i = k\left[\frac{t_0}{t_i}, \ldots, \frac{t_n}{t_i}\right]. So \overline{x} corresponds to a morphism \sigma_i: A_i \to L, so we can associate to it the point \left[\sigma_i\left(\frac{t_0}{t_i}\right) : \ldots: 1 :\ldots: \sigma_i\left(\frac{t_n}{t_i}\right)\right] of P^n(L).Well-defined.
This assignment is well-defined. Indeed, if x \in X_j also, then \overline{x} factors through X_i \cap X_j. This means that \sigma_i and \sigma_j \emph{extends} to a homomorphism \sigma_{ij}: A_{ij} = k\left[t_0, \ldots, t_n, \frac{1}{t_i}, \frac{1}{t_j}\right] \to L.Then we can write \left[\sigma_j\left(\frac{t_0}{t_j}\right) : \ldots: \sigma_j\left(\frac{t_n}{t_j}\right)\right] as \left[\sigma_{ij}\left( \frac{t_i}{t_j}\right)\sigma_i\left(\frac{t_0}{t_i}\right) : \ldots: \sigma_{ij}\left( \frac{t_i}{t_j}\right)\sigma_i\left(\frac{t_n}{t_i}\right)\right] which is the same as \left[\sigma_i\left(\frac{t_0}{t_i}\right) : \ldots: \sigma_i\left(\frac{t_n}{t_i}\right)\right].
Bijection
For each choice of element of X_i we get a unique morphism \sigma_i: A_i \to L and hence from \text{Spec} L \to X_i \to X.
If k= \overline{k} then closed points of \mathbb{P}^n(k) are Classical Points
It suffices to show that for k algebraically closed, and X any scheme over k i.e. with a canonical morphism X \to \text{Spec }k.
k\text{-points of $X$} \leftrightarrow \text{ closed points of $X$}.
Notice that for every point x \in X, restricting the canonical morphism to an affine piece piece \text{Spec} A over X gives a homomorphism k \to A. Thus this induces a map k \to \kappa(x)
Indeed let \overline{x}: \text{Spec} k \to X be a k-point with image x. Then, as this is a morphism of schemes, we have an induced map on function fields \kappa(x) \to k compatible with the canonical morphism k \to \kappa(x). So we must have \kappa(x) \cong k canonically. On the other hand \kappa(x) = \text{Frac}(A/\mathfrak{p}_x) \supset A/\mathfrak{p}_x \supset k
Do I need A to be finitely generated?
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