Lemma 41.6.4. Let S be a Noetherian scheme. Let X \to S be a quasi-compact unramified morphism. Let Y \to S be a morphism with Y Noetherian. Then \mathop{\mathrm{Mor}}\nolimits _ S(Y, X) is a finite set.
Proof. Assume first X \to S is separated (which is often the case in practice). Since Y is Noetherian it has finitely many connected components. Thus we may assume Y is connected. Choose a point y \in Y with image s \in S. Since X \to S is unramified and quasi-compact then fibre X_ s is finite, say X_ s = \{ x_1, \ldots , x_ n\} and \kappa (x_ i)/\kappa (s) is a finite field extension. See Morphisms, Lemma 29.35.10, 29.20.5, and 29.20.10. For each i there are at most finitely many \kappa (s)-algebra maps \kappa (x_ i) \to \kappa (y) (by elementary field theory). Thus \mathop{\mathrm{Mor}}\nolimits _ S(Y, X) is finite by Proposition 41.6.3.
General case. There exists a nonempty open U \subset S such that X_ U \to U is finite (in particular separated), see Morphisms, Lemma 29.51.1 (the lemma applies since we've already seen above that a quasi-compact unramified morphism is quasi-finite and since X \to S is quasi-separated by Morphisms, Lemma 29.15.7). Let Z \subset S be the reduced closed subscheme supported on the complement of U. By Noetherian induction, we see that \mathop{\mathrm{Mor}}\nolimits _ Z(Y_ Z, X_ Z) is finite (details omitted). By the result of the first paragraph the set \mathop{\mathrm{Mor}}\nolimits _ U(Y_ U, X_ U) is finite. Thus it suffices to show that
is injective. This follows from the fact that the set of points where two morphisms a, b : Y \to X agree is open in Y, due to the fact that \Delta : X \to X \times _ S X is open, see Morphisms, Lemma 29.35.13. \square
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