Lemma 108.5.8. Let X \to B be as in the introduction to this section. Let \mathcal{F} \to \mathcal{G} be a surjection of quasi-coherent \mathcal{O}_ X-modules. Then there is a canonical closed immersion \mathrm{Quot}_{\mathcal{G}/X/B} \to \mathrm{Quot}_{\mathcal{F}/X/B}.
Proof. Let \mathcal{K} = \mathop{\mathrm{Ker}}(\mathcal{F} \to \mathcal{G}). By right exactness of pullbacks we find that \mathcal{K}_ T \to \mathcal{F}_ T \to \mathcal{G}_ T \to 0 is an exact sequecnce for all schemes T over B. In particular, a quotient of \mathcal{G}_ T determines a quotient of \mathcal{F}_ T and we obtain our transformation of functors \mathrm{Quot}_{\mathcal{G}/X/B} \to \mathrm{Quot}_{\mathcal{F}/X/B}. This transformation is a closed immersion by Flatness on Spaces, Lemma 77.8.6. Namely, given an element \mathcal{F}_ T \to \mathcal{Q} of \mathrm{Quot}_{\mathcal{F}/X/B}(T), then we see that the pull back to T'/T is in the image of the transformation if and only if \mathcal{K}_{T'} \to \mathcal{Q}_{T'} is zero. \square
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