Lemma 74.12.1. The property \mathcal{P}(f) =“f is an immersion” is fppf local on the base.
74.12 Descending properties of morphisms in the fppf topology
In this section we find some properties of morphisms of algebraic spaces for which we could not (yet) show they are local on the base in the fpqc topology which, however, are local on the base in the fppf topology.
Proof. Let f : X \to Y be a morphism of algebraic spaces. Let \{ Y_ i \to Y\} _{i \in I} be an fppf covering of Y. Let f_ i : X_ i \to Y_ i be the base change of f.
If f is an immersion, then each f_ i is an immersion by Spaces, Lemma 65.12.3. This proves the direct implication in Definition 74.10.1.
Conversely, assume each f_ i is an immersion. By Morphisms of Spaces, Lemma 67.10.7 this implies each f_ i is separated. By Morphisms of Spaces, Lemma 67.27.7 this implies each f_ i is locally quasi-finite. Hence we see that f is locally quasi-finite and separated, by applying Lemmas 74.11.18 and 74.11.24. By Morphisms of Spaces, Lemma 67.51.1 this implies that f is representable!
By Morphisms of Spaces, Lemma 67.12.1 it suffices to show that for every scheme Z and morphism Z \to Y the base change Z \times _ Y X \to Z is an immersion. By Topologies on Spaces, Lemma 73.7.4 we can find an fppf covering \{ Z_ i \to Z\} by schemes which refines the pullback of the covering \{ Y_ i \to Y\} to Z. Hence we see that Z \times _ Y X \to Z (which is a morphism of schemes according to the result of the preceding paragraph) becomes an immersion after pulling back to the members of an fppf (by schemes) of Z. Hence Z \times _ Y X \to Z is an immersion by the result for schemes, see Descent, Lemma 35.24.1. \square
Lemma 74.12.2. The property \mathcal{P}(f) =“f is locally separated” is fppf local on the base.
Proof. A base change of a locally separated morphism is locally separated, see Morphisms of Spaces, Lemma 67.4.4. Hence the direct implication in Definition 74.10.1.
Let \{ Y_ i \to Y\} _{i \in I} be an fppf covering of algebraic spaces over S. Let f : X \to Y be a morphism of algebraic spaces over S. Assume each base change X_ i := Y_ i \times _ Y X \to Y_ i is locally separated. This means that each of the morphisms
\Delta _ i : X_ i \longrightarrow X_ i \times _{Y_ i} X_ i = Y_ i \times _ Y (X \times _ Y X)
is an immersion. The base change of a fppf covering is an fppf covering, see Topologies on Spaces, Lemma 73.7.3 hence \{ Y_ i \times _ Y (X \times _ Y X) \to X \times _ Y X\} is an fppf covering of algebraic spaces. Moreover, each \Delta _ i is the base change of the morphism \Delta : X \to X \times _ Y X. Hence it follows from Lemma 74.12.1 that \Delta is a immersion, i.e., f is locally separated. \square
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