Additive Group Scheme \(\mathbb{G}_a\)
Let \(S\) be a scheme. The additive group scheme over \(S\), denoted \(\mathbb{G}_{a,S}\), is defined by base change from the integers:
\[ \mathbb{G}_{a,S} \;=\; S \,\times_{\operatorname{Spec} \mathbb{Z}}\, \operatorname{Spec} \mathbb{Z}[T]. \]
Its coordinate Hopf algebra over the base is the polynomial ring in one variable \(T\), with the additive Hopf structure:
\[ \Delta(T) = T \otimes 1 + 1 \otimes T, \qquad \varepsilon(T) = 0, \qquad S(T) = -T. \]
The structure morphism \(\mathbb{G}_{a,S} \to S\) is the first projection of the fiber product; it is affine (Spec of a polynomial ring is affine relative to the base) and locally of finite type (a polynomial ring in one variable is finitely generated).
Hence \(\mathbb{G}_{a,S}\) is an algebraic group over \(S\) (or, in characteristic \(0\), a smooth one-dimensional algebraic group). Its functor of points is identified by the additive points formula.