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Flat locally finitely presented restrictions give open subquotients

Statement

Assume the Axiom of Choice inherited from the quotient-sheaf suppliers (The Axiom of Choice). Let s,t ⁣:R→U be an equivalence relation over S (Groupoids in schemes, relations and etale equivalence relations) with s,t surjective, flat and locally of finite presentation (Flat morphism of schemes, Locally finite presentation morphisms), and let g ⁣:U′→U be flat and locally of finite presentation. Form R′=R×U×SU(U′×SU′) (Restriction of an etale equivalence relation). Then U′/R′→U/R is representable by schemes and an open immersion. Its image is the open subquotient corresponding to the saturated open W=t(s−1(g(U′)))⊆U. It is an isomorphism when W=U, in particular when g is surjective. No isomorphism or surjectivity is asserted for arbitrary g. Here quotient sheaves are those of The fppf quotient sheaf of a pre-relation.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: An equivalence relation (U,R,s,t) over S with s,t surjective flat and locally of finite presentation; a flat locally finitely presented g ⁣:U′→U; the restriction R′ and the quotient sheaves F′=U′/R′, F=U/R.

[F1]

The restriction R′ with j′=(t′,s′) is again an equivalence relation, and each structure map is a composition of a base change of g and a base change of s or t (Groupoids in schemes, relations and etale equivalence relations, Restriction of an etale equivalence relation).

[F2]

F=U/R is the fppf sheafification of the naive quotient presheaf; a section of F over a scheme T is represented fppf-locally by a morphism Tj→U, and two such local representatives define the same section exactly when they differ fppf-locally by a point of R. The construction uses AC (The fppf quotient sheaf of a pre-relation, Sheafification exists for the fppf site, Fppf sheaves of sets and sheafification).

[F3]

A flat morphism locally of finite presentation is universally open, and flat and locally finitely presented morphisms are stable under base change (Flat finite-presentation morphisms are open, Flatness is stable under arbitrary base change).

[F4]

AC: every family of nonempty sets indexed by a set has a choice function (The Axiom of Choice).

Proof

1.1F1F3given

The saturated open. Put W1=g(U′)⊆U, open because g is universally open by [F3], and W=t(s−1(W1))⊆U, open because t is universally open by [F3]. The set W is saturated: if u=t(r) with s(r)∈W, say s(r)=t(r′′) with s(r′′)∈W1, then lift r,r′′ to a common residue-field extension over their shared point (the tensor product of their residue fields is nonzero); transitivity gives r′′′ with t(r′′′)=u and s(r′′′)=s(r′′), so u∈W; the reverse inclusion is immediate from the identity of U. Hence t(s−1(W))=W, and W is the saturated open generated by W1.

1.2F1F2F3

Injectivity and image of F′→F. The morphism U′→U induces a map of quotient sheaves F′→F. If x,y∈U′(T) have the same image in F(T), then after an fppf covering of T there is a witness r∈R with t(r)=g(x), s(r)=g(y); both g(x) and g(y) then lie in W1, so the witness lands in g(U′) in both coordinates and defines a point of R′, whence x,y already have the same image in F′(T). Thus F′→F is injective. Moreover a section u∈U(T) lies in the image of F′ exactly when, fppf-locally, it is R-equivalent to a point of W1, that is, exactly when u factors through the open W. For the reverse implication, the map R×s,UU′→W induced by t is surjective flat and locally finitely presented: it is a composition of base changes of g and t, and its image is W. Pulling it back along u:T→W supplies an fppf cover with the desired representative in U′. For arbitrary sections of F′ injectivity follows by choosing local representatives in U′ and applying the sheaf uniqueness condition.

2.1F1F2F3step 1.1

Local presentation of a section. Let a ⁣:T→F be a morphism. By [F2] there is an fppf covering {φj ⁣:Tj→T}j∈J and morphisms aj ⁣:Tj→U whose images in F(Tj) equal a∣Tj. For each ordered pair the two pullbacks aj∘pr1 and aj′∘pr2 on Tj×TTj′ agree in F, so there are initially fppf-local transition morphisms into R. They are unique, since j=(t,s) is a monomorphism, and therefore agree on overlaps and descend to global transition morphisms rjj′ ⁣:Tj×TTj′→R by the represented-sheaf assertion of Fppf sheaves of sets and sheafification, with t∘rjj′=ajpr1 and s∘rjj′=aj′pr2. Put Wj=aj−1(W)⊆Tj, open. Then Wj×TTj′=rjj′−1(t−1(W))=rjj′−1(s−1(W))=Tj×TWj′, using the saturation t(s−1(W))=W of step 1.1. Define WT=⋃jφj(Wj); each φj is open by [F3], so WT is open, and φj−1(WT)=Wj: the inclusion ⊇ is clear, while a point t∈φj−1(WT) maps into some φj′(Wj′), so the pair (t,t′)∈Tj×TTj′ lies in Tj×TWj′=Wj×TTj′ and hence t∈Wj.

3.1F2step 1.2step 2.1

WT represents T×FF′. First, the composite WT→T→aF lies in F′(WT): since {Wj→WT} is an fppf covering and F′ is a sheaf, it suffices to show that each Wj→U→F lies in F′(Wj); the morphism Wj′=Wj×Ws−1(W1)×W1U′→Wj is a base change of t and of g, hence surjective flat and locally of finite presentation by [F1] and [F3], and the restriction of Wj→U→F to Wj′ factors through F′ by construction, so the sheaf property of F′ gives the claim. Conversely, let f ⁣:T′→T satisfy a∣T′∈F′(T′). After the fppf base change {T′×TTj→T′} we may assume f=φj∘fj for some j; the condition means that there is an fppf covering {ψi ⁣:Ti′→T′} and morphisms bi ⁣:Ti′→U′ whose images in the quotient equal those of ajfjψi. Refining once more by [F2] supplies morphisms ri′ ⁣:Ti′→R with t∘ri′=ajfjψi and s∘ri′=gbi, so the image of fjψi lies in Wj; hence f factors through WT fppf-locally, and therefore globally. This proves T×FF′≅WT.

4.1F2F4step 1.1step 1.2step 3.1∎

Conclusion. By step 3.1 every base change of F′→F along a morphism from a scheme is an open subscheme of the source, so F′→F is representable by schemes and an open immersion; its image is determined by the saturated open W of step 1.1. If W=U, then step 1.2 shows the image of F′ in F contains every section of U, hence all of F by the sheaf property, and injectivity makes F′→F an isomorphism. If g is surjective then W1=U (the image of a surjective morphism is all of U) and W=t(s−1(U))=t(R)=U because t is surjective. The Axiom of Choice is used exactly through the quotient-sheaf data of [F2], which enters in steps 1.2-2.1.

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