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## Tag 0959

Lemma 53.54.3. Consider a cartesian square $$\xymatrix{ X' \ar[r]_{g'} \ar[d]_{f'} & X \ar[d]^f \\ Y' \ar[r]^g & Y }$$ of schemes with $f$ a finite morphism. For any sheaf of sets $\mathcal{F}$ on $X_{\acute{e}tale}$ we have $f'_*(g')^{-1}\mathcal{F} = g^{-1}f_*\mathcal{F}$.

Proof. In great generality there is a pullback map $g^{-1}f_*\mathcal{F} \to f'_*(g')^{-1}\mathcal{F}$, see Sites, Section 7.44. To check this map is an isomorphism it suffices to check on stalks (Theorem 53.29.10). This is clear from the description of stalks in Proposition 53.54.2 and Lemma 53.36.2. $\square$

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\begin{lemma}
\label{lemma-finite-pushforward-commutes-with-base-change}
Consider a cartesian square
$$\xymatrix{ X' \ar[r]_{g'} \ar[d]_{f'} & X \ar[d]^f \\ Y' \ar[r]^g & Y }$$
of schemes with $f$ a finite morphism. For any sheaf of sets
$\mathcal{F}$ on $X_\etale$ we have
$f'_*(g')^{-1}\mathcal{F} = g^{-1}f_*\mathcal{F}$.
\end{lemma}

\begin{proof}
In great generality there is a pullback map
$g^{-1}f_*\mathcal{F} \to f'_*(g')^{-1}\mathcal{F}$, see
Sites, Section \ref{sites-section-pullback}.
To check this map is an isomorphism it suffices to check
on stalks (Theorem \ref{theorem-exactness-stalks}).
This is clear from the description of stalks
in Proposition \ref{proposition-finite-higher-direct-image-zero} and
Lemma \ref{lemma-stalk-pullback}.
\end{proof}

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