Lemma 32.2.1. Let I be a directed set. Let (S_ i, f_{ii'}) be an inverse system of schemes over I. If all the schemes S_ i are affine, then the limit S = \mathop{\mathrm{lim}}\nolimits _ i S_ i exists in the category of schemes. In fact S is affine and S = \mathop{\mathrm{Spec}}(\mathop{\mathrm{colim}}\nolimits _ i R_ i) with R_ i = \Gamma (S_ i, \mathcal{O}).
Proof. Just define S = \mathop{\mathrm{Spec}}(\mathop{\mathrm{colim}}\nolimits _ i R_ i). It follows from Schemes, Lemma 26.6.4 that S is the limit even in the category of locally ringed spaces. \square
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