Lemma 74.8.3. Let S be a scheme. Let
\xymatrix{ X \ar[rr]_ f \ar[rd]_ p & & Y \ar[dl]^ q \\ & B }
be a commutative diagram of morphisms of algebraic spaces over S. Assume that
f is surjective, and syntomic (resp. smooth, resp. étale),
p is syntomic (resp. smooth, resp. étale).
Then q is syntomic (resp. smooth, resp. étale).
Proof.
We deduce this from the analogue for schemes. Namely, the problem is étale local on B and Y (Morphisms of Spaces, Lemmas 67.36.4, 67.37.4, and 67.39.2). Hence we may assume that B and Y are affine schemes. Since |X| \to |Y| is open (Morphisms of Spaces, Lemma 67.30.6), we can choose an affine scheme U and an étale morphism U \to X such that the composition U \to Y is surjective. In this case the result follows from Descent, Lemma 35.14.4.
\square
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