Collapsing a fibre of a proper family forces nearby ones to collapse too.
Lemma 76.35.3. Let S be a scheme. Let
\xymatrix{ X \ar[rr]_ h \ar[rd]_ f & & Y \ar[ld]^ g \\ & B }
be a commutative diagram of morphism of algebraic spaces over S. Let b \in B and let \mathop{\mathrm{Spec}}(k) \to B be a morphism in the equivalence class of b. Assume
X \to B is a proper morphism,
Y \to B is separated and locally of finite type,
one of the following is true
the image of |X_ k| \to |Y_ k| is finite,
the image of |f|^{-1}(\{ b\} ) in |Y| is finite and B is decent.
Then there is an open subspace B' \subset B containing b such that X_{B'} \to Y_{B'} factors through a closed subspace Z \subset Y_{B'} finite over B'.
Proof.
Let Z \subset Y be the scheme theoretic image of h, see Morphisms of Spaces, Section 67.16. By Morphisms of Spaces, Lemma 67.40.8 the morphism X \to Z is surjective and Z \to B is proper. Thus
\{ x \in |X|\text{ lying over }b\} \to \{ z \in |Z|\text{ lying over }b\}
and |X_ k| \to |Z_ k| are surjective. We see that either (3)(a) or (3)(b) imply that Z \to B is quasi-finite all points of |Z| lying over b by Decent Spaces, Lemma 68.18.10. Hence Z \to B is finite in an open neighbourhood of b by Lemma 76.35.2.
\square
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