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Lemma 29.50.5. Let f : X \to Y be a birational morphism of schemes having finitely many irreducible components over a base scheme S. Assume one of the following conditions is satisfied

  1. f is locally of finite type and Y reduced,

  2. f is locally of finite presentation.

Then there exist dense opens U \subset X and V \subset Y such that f(U) \subset V and f|_ U : U \to V is an isomorphism. In particular if X and Y are irreducible, then X and Y are S-birational.

Proof. There is an immediate reduction to the case where X and Y are irreducible which we omit. Moreover, after shrinking further and we may assume X and Y are affine, say X = \mathop{\mathrm{Spec}}(A) and Y = \mathop{\mathrm{Spec}}(B). By assumption A, resp. B has a unique minimal prime \mathfrak p, resp. \mathfrak q, the prime \mathfrak p lies over \mathfrak q, and B_\mathfrak q = A_\mathfrak p. By Lemma 29.50.3 we have B_\mathfrak q = A_\mathfrak q = A_\mathfrak p.

Suppose B \to A is of finite type, say A = B[x_1, \ldots , x_ n]. There exist a b_ i \in B and g_ i \in B \setminus \mathfrak q such that b_ i/g_ i maps to the image of x_ i in A_\mathfrak q. Hence b_ i - g_ ix_ i maps to zero in A_{g_ i'} for some g_ i' \in B \setminus \mathfrak q. Setting g = \prod g_ i g'_ i we see that B_ g \to A_ g is surjective. If moreover Y is reduced, then the map B_ g \to B_\mathfrak q is injective and hence B_ g \to A_ g is injective as well. This proves case (1).

Proof of (2). By the argument given in the previous paragraph we may assume that B \to A is surjective. As f is locally of finite presentation the kernel J \subset B is a finitely generated ideal. Say J = (b_1, \ldots , b_ r). Since B_\mathfrak q = A_\mathfrak q there exist g_ i \in B \setminus \mathfrak q such that g_ i b_ i = 0. Setting g = \prod g_ i we see that B_ g \to A_ g is an isomorphism. \square


Comments (2)

Comment #5383 by Bjorn Poonen on

In the statement, "may" should be "many".

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