The Stacks project

Proof. There exists a finite $R$-algebra $S' \subset S$ and an element $g \in S'$, $g \not\in \mathfrak q' = S' \cap \mathfrak q$ such that $S'_ g = S_ g$ and in particular $S'_{\mathfrak q'} = S_\mathfrak q$, see Lemma 10.123.14. We have

by Lemma 10.97.8. Observe that under this product decomposition $g$ maps to a pair $(u, b')$ with $u \in (S'_{\mathfrak q'})^\wedge $ a unit because $g \not\in \mathfrak q'$. The product decomposition for $R_\mathfrak p^\wedge \otimes _ R S'$ induces a product decomposition

Since $S'_ g = S_ g$ we also have $(R_\mathfrak p^\wedge \otimes _ R S')_ g = (R_\mathfrak p^\wedge \otimes _ R S)_ g$ and since $g \mapsto (u, b')$ where $u$ is a unit we see that $(S'_{\mathfrak q'})^\wedge = A$. Since the isomorphism $S'_{\mathfrak q'} = S_\mathfrak q$ determines an isomorphism on completions this also tells us that $A = S_\mathfrak q^\wedge $. This finishes the proof, except that we should perform the sanity check that the induced map $\phi : R_\mathfrak p^\wedge \otimes _ R S \to A = S_\mathfrak q^\wedge $ is the natural one. For elements of the form $x \otimes 1$ with $x \in R_\mathfrak p^\wedge $ this is clear as the natural map $R_\mathfrak p^\wedge \to S_\mathfrak q^\wedge $ factors through $(S'_{\mathfrak q'})^\wedge $. For elements of the form $1 \otimes y$ with $y \in S$ we can argue that for some $n \geq 1$ the element $g^ ny$ is the image of some $y' \in S'$. Thus $\phi (1 \otimes g^ ny)$ is the image of $y'$ by the composition $S' \to (S'_{\mathfrak q'})^\wedge \to S_\mathfrak q^\wedge $ which is equal to the image of $g^ ny$ by the map $S \to S_\mathfrak q^\wedge $. Since $g$ maps to a unit this also implies that $\phi (1 \otimes y)$ has the correct value, i.e., the image of $y$ by $S \to S_\mathfrak q^\wedge $. $\square$