results on affine schemes. We use this to prove the theorem below characterizing the image
of the injection i: Br {X)—• H2 (Xct, Gm) when X= Spec A, is a regular scheme. A result of M.
Artin then allows us to conclude that Br (X)= H% Xet, Gm) if X= Spec A is a smooth, affine
scheme over a field. For such rings, this proves the Auslander Goldman conjecture [2], Br {Λ)—
f) Br (Ap), peP (A), the set of height one primes of A. We begin with following theorem.