Lemma 98.23.7. Let $f : \mathcal{X} \to \mathcal{Y}$ be a morphism of algebraic stacks. The following are equivalent

1. $f$ is locally quasi-finite,

2. $f$ is quasi-DM and for any morphism $V \to \mathcal{Y}$ with $V$ an algebraic space and any locally quasi-finite morphism $U \to \mathcal{X} \times _\mathcal {Y} V$ where $U$ is an algebraic space the morphism $U \to V$ is locally quasi-finite,

3. for any morphism $V \to \mathcal{Y}$ from an algebraic space $V$ there exists a surjective, flat, locally finitely presented, and locally quasi-finite morphism $U \to \mathcal{X} \times _\mathcal {Y} V$ where $U$ is an algebraic space such that $U \to V$ is locally quasi-finite,

4. there exists algebraic spaces $U$, $V$, a surjective, flat, and locally of finite presentation morphism $V \to \mathcal{Y}$, and a morphism $U \to \mathcal{X} \times _\mathcal {Y} V$ which is surjective, flat, locally of finite presentation, and locally quasi-finite such that $U \to V$ is locally quasi-finite.

Proof. Assume (1). Then $f$ is quasi-DM by assumption. Let $V \to \mathcal{Y}$ and $U \to \mathcal{X} \times _\mathcal {Y} V$ be as in (2). By Lemma 98.23.5 the composition $U \to \mathcal{X} \times _\mathcal {Y} V \to V$ is locally quasi-finite. Thus (1) implies (2).

Assume (2). Let $V \to \mathcal{Y}$ be as in (3). By Lemma 98.23.6 we can find an algebraic space $U$ and a surjective, flat, locally finitely presented, locally quasi-finite morphism $U \to \mathcal{X} \times _\mathcal {Y} V$. By (2) the composition $U \to V$ is locally quasi-finite. Thus (2) implies (3).

It is immediate that (3) implies (4).

Assume (4). We will prove (1) holds, which finishes the proof. By Lemma 98.23.6 we see that $f$ is quasi-DM. To prove that $f$ is locally of finite type it suffices to prove that $g : \mathcal{X} \times _\mathcal {Y} V \to V$ is locally of finite type, see Lemma 98.17.6. Then it suffices to check that $g$ precomposed with $h : U \to \mathcal{X} \times _\mathcal {Y} V$ is locally of finite type, see Lemma 98.17.7. Since $g \circ h : U \to V$ was assumed to be locally quasi-finite this holds, hence $f$ is locally of finite type. Finally, let $k$ be a field and let $\mathop{\mathrm{Spec}}(k) \to \mathcal{Y}$ be a morphism. Then $V \times _\mathcal {Y} \mathop{\mathrm{Spec}}(k)$ is a nonempty algebraic space which is locally of finite presentation over $k$. Hence we can find a finite extension $k \subset k'$ and a morphism $\mathop{\mathrm{Spec}}(k') \to V$ such that

$\xymatrix{ \mathop{\mathrm{Spec}}(k') \ar[r] \ar[d] & V \ar[d] \\ \mathop{\mathrm{Spec}}(k) \ar[r] & \mathcal{Y} }$

commutes (details omitted). Then $\mathcal{X}_{k'} \to \mathcal{X}_ k$ is representable (by schemes), surjective, and finite locally free. In particular $|\mathcal{X}_{k'}| \to |\mathcal{X}_ k|$ is surjective and open. Thus it suffices to prove that $|\mathcal{X}_{k'}|$ is discrete. Since

$U \times _ V \mathop{\mathrm{Spec}}(k') = U \times _{\mathcal{X} \times _\mathcal {Y} V} \mathcal{X}_{k'}$

we see that $U \times _ V \mathop{\mathrm{Spec}}(k') \to \mathcal{X}_{k'}$ is surjective, flat, and locally of finite presentation (as a base change of $U \to \mathcal{X} \times _\mathcal {Y} V$). Hence $|U \times _ V \mathop{\mathrm{Spec}}(k')| \to |\mathcal{X}_{k'}|$ is surjective and open. Thus it suffices to show that $|U \times _ V \mathop{\mathrm{Spec}}(k')|$ is discrete. This follows from the fact that $U \to V$ is locally quasi-finite (either by our definition above or from the original definition for morphisms of algebraic spaces, via Morphisms of Spaces, Lemma 64.27.5). $\square$

Comment #788 by Matthew Emerton on

In the statement of (4), locally of finitely presented'' should read ''locally of finite presentation'', I think.

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