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Uniqueness of the blowup
Statement
Assume the Axiom of Choice. Let be a quasi-coherent ideal sheaf of finite type with zero scheme . If is an -scheme such that is an effective Cartier divisor and carries the universal property of (every -scheme in which the inverse image of is an effective Cartier divisor maps uniquely to over ), then there is a unique -isomorphism . In particular any two models of the blowup are uniquely isomorphic over .
Facts & Assumptions
Given: A quasi-coherent ideal sheaf of finite type on with zero scheme , the blowup , and an -scheme whose inverse image of is an effective Cartier divisor and which carries the same universal property.
Choice. The Axiom of Choice is assumed as inherited from the blowup and Proj constructions used by the cited items.
Universal property of the blowup: For every -scheme in which the inverse image of is an effective Cartier divisor there is a unique -morphism ; equivalently is final among such -schemes.
The pulled-back center ideal is the relative twist; the exceptional divisor is Cartier: The inverse image ideal is invertible and is an effective Cartier divisor on ; in particular the blowup is itself an -scheme in which the inverse image of is an effective Cartier divisor.
Blowup of a scheme along an ideal sheaf: The blowup is the relative Proj of the Rees algebra with its structural morphism to . The identification of its exceptional subscheme with the inverse image of used here is supplied by [F2].
Proof
By [F2] the blowup is an object of the category of -schemes in which the inverse image of is an effective Cartier divisor, and by hypothesis is such an object as well.
Applying the universal property of the blowup [F1] to the -scheme gives a unique -morphism with ; applying the universal property carried by to the -scheme gives a unique -morphism with .
The composite is an -morphism with , and so is ; since by hypothesis there is at most one -morphism from the admissible -scheme to , namely the map required by the universal property, we get ; symmetrically because and the identity are both -morphisms from to itself and [F1] gives a unique one. Hence is an -isomorphism, and it is the unique one: any -isomorphism is an -morphism between admissible objects and therefore equals by the uniqueness clause of [F1]; in particular any two models of the blowup are uniquely isomorphic over .
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Sources
- The Stacks Project, Divisors, Sections 31.33-31.36 (Blowing up; Strict transform; Admissible blowups; Blowing up and flatness) (standard reference, not scraped)