diff --git a/src/ring_theory/mv_polynomial/tower.lean b/src/ring_theory/mv_polynomial/tower.lean
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@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/-
+Copyright (c) 2022 Yuyang Zhao. All rights reserved.
+Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE.
+Authors: Yuyang Zhao
+-/
+
+import algebra.algebra.tower
+import data.mv_polynomial.basic
+
+/-!
+# Algebra towers for multivariate polynomial
+
+This file proves some basic results about the algebra tower structure for the type
+`mv_polynomial σ R`.
+
+This structure itself is provided elsewhere as `mv_polynomial.is_scalar_tower`
+
+When you update this file, you can also try to make a corresponding update in
+`ring_theory.polynomial.tower`.
+-/
+
+variables (R A B : Type*) {σ : Type*}
+
+namespace mv_polynomial
+
+section semiring
+variables [comm_semiring R] [comm_semiring A] [comm_semiring B]
+variables [algebra R A] [algebra A B] [algebra R B]
+variables [is_scalar_tower R A B]
+
+variables {R B}
+
+theorem aeval_map_algebra_map (x : σ → B) (p : mv_polynomial σ R) :
+  aeval x (map (algebra_map R A) p) = aeval x p :=
+by rw [aeval_def, aeval_def, eval₂_map, is_scalar_tower.algebra_map_eq R A B]
+
+end semiring
+
+section comm_semiring
+variables [comm_semiring R] [comm_semiring A] [comm_semiring B]
+variables [algebra R A] [algebra A B] [algebra R B] [is_scalar_tower R A B]
+
+variables {R A}
+
+lemma aeval_algebra_map_apply (x : σ → A) (p : mv_polynomial σ R) :
+  aeval (algebra_map A B ∘ x) p = algebra_map A B (mv_polynomial.aeval x p) :=
+by rw [aeval_def, aeval_def, ← coe_eval₂_hom, ← coe_eval₂_hom, map_eval₂_hom,
+  ←is_scalar_tower.algebra_map_eq]
+
+lemma aeval_algebra_map_eq_zero_iff [no_zero_smul_divisors A B] [nontrivial B]
+  (x : σ → A) (p : mv_polynomial σ R) :
+  aeval (algebra_map A B ∘ x) p = 0 ↔ aeval x p = 0 :=
+by rw [aeval_algebra_map_apply, algebra.algebra_map_eq_smul_one, smul_eq_zero,
+  iff_false_intro (@one_ne_zero B _ _), or_false]
+
+lemma aeval_algebra_map_eq_zero_iff_of_injective
+  {x : σ → A} {p : mv_polynomial σ R}
+  (h : function.injective (algebra_map A B)) :
+  aeval (algebra_map A B ∘ x) p = 0 ↔ aeval x p = 0 :=
+by rw [aeval_algebra_map_apply, ← (algebra_map A B).map_zero, h.eq_iff]
+
+end comm_semiring
+
+end mv_polynomial
+
+namespace subalgebra
+
+open mv_polynomial
+
+section comm_semiring
+
+variables {R A} [comm_semiring R] [comm_semiring A] [algebra R A]
+
+@[simp] lemma mv_polynomial_aeval_coe (S : subalgebra R A) (x : σ → S) (p : mv_polynomial σ R) :
+  aeval (λ i, (x i : A)) p = aeval x p :=
+by convert aeval_algebra_map_apply A x p
+
+end comm_semiring
+
+end subalgebra
diff --git a/src/ring_theory/polynomial/tower.lean b/src/ring_theory/polynomial/tower.lean
index b1890b8312a18..56c6aabf810bf 100644
--- a/src/ring_theory/polynomial/tower.lean
+++ b/src/ring_theory/polynomial/tower.lean
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ import data.polynomial.algebra_map
 This file proves some basic results about the algebra tower structure for the type `polynomial R`.
 
 This structure itself is provided elsewhere as `polynomial.is_scalar_tower`
+
+When you update this file, you can also try to make a corresponding update in
+`ring_theory.mv_polynomial.tower`.
 -/
 
 open_locale polynomial