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Uniqueness of the blowup

Statement

Assume the Axiom of Choice. Let I be a quasi-coherent ideal sheaf of finite type with zero scheme Z. If π′ ⁣:Y→X is an X-scheme such that (π′)−1(Z) is an effective Cartier divisor and Y carries the universal property of Bl⁡IX (every X-scheme in which the inverse image of Z is an effective Cartier divisor maps uniquely to Y over X), then there is a unique X-isomorphism Y→Bl⁡IX. In particular any two models of the blowup are uniquely isomorphic over X.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A quasi-coherent ideal sheaf I of finite type on X with zero scheme Z, the blowup Bl⁡IX, and an X-scheme π′ ⁣:Y→X whose inverse image of Z is an effective Cartier divisor and which carries the same universal property.

[A1]

Choice. The Axiom of Choice is assumed as inherited from the blowup and Proj constructions used by the cited items.

[F1]

Universal property of the blowup: For every X-scheme f ⁣:T→X in which the inverse image of Z is an effective Cartier divisor there is a unique X-morphism T→Bl⁡IX; equivalently Bl⁡IX is final among such X-schemes.

[F2]

The pulled-back center ideal is the relative twist; the exceptional divisor is Cartier: The inverse image ideal IOBl⁡ is invertible and E=V(IOBl⁡) is an effective Cartier divisor on Bl⁡IX; in particular the blowup is itself an X-scheme in which the inverse image of Z is an effective Cartier divisor.

[F3]

Blowup of a scheme along an ideal sheaf: The blowup is the relative Proj of the Rees algebra with its structural morphism to X. The identification of its exceptional subscheme with the inverse image of Z used here is supplied by [F2].

Proof

1.1F2F3

By [F2] the blowup π ⁣:Bl⁡IX→X is an object of the category of X-schemes in which the inverse image of Z is an effective Cartier divisor, and by hypothesis Y is such an object as well.

2.1F1step 1.1

Applying the universal property of the blowup [F1] to the X-scheme Y gives a unique X-morphism u ⁣:Y→Bl⁡IX with π∘u=π′; applying the universal property carried by Y to the X-scheme Bl⁡IX gives a unique X-morphism v ⁣:Bl⁡IX→Y with π′∘v=π.

3.1F1step 2.1∎

The composite v∘u ⁣:Y→Y is an X-morphism with π′∘(v∘u)=π′, and so is id⁡Y; since by hypothesis there is at most one X-morphism from the admissible X-scheme Y to Y, namely the map required by the universal property, we get v∘u=id⁡Y; symmetrically u∘v=id⁡Bl⁡IX because u∘v and the identity are both X-morphisms from Bl⁡IX to itself and [F1] gives a unique one. Hence u is an X-isomorphism, and it is the unique one: any X-isomorphism Y→Bl⁡IX is an X-morphism between admissible objects and therefore equals u by the uniqueness clause of [F1]; in particular any two models of the blowup are uniquely isomorphic over X.

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