Lemma 37.72.8. Let f : X \to Y be a proper morphism of Noetherian schemes such that f_*\mathcal{O}_ X = \mathcal{O}_ Y, such that the fibres of f have dimension \leq 1, and such that H^1(X_ y, \mathcal{O}_{X_ y}) = 0 for y \in Y. Then f^* : \mathop{\mathrm{Pic}}\nolimits (Y) \to \mathop{\mathrm{Pic}}\nolimits (X) is a bijection onto the subgroup of \mathcal{L} \in \mathop{\mathrm{Pic}}\nolimits (X) with \mathcal{L}|_{X_ y} \cong \mathcal{O}_{X_ y} for all y \in Y.
Proof. By the projection formula (Cohomology, Lemma 20.54.2) we see that f_*f^*\mathcal{N} \cong \mathcal{N} for \mathcal{N} \in \mathop{\mathrm{Pic}}\nolimits (Y). We claim that for \mathcal{L} \in \mathop{\mathrm{Pic}}\nolimits (X) with \mathcal{L}|_{X_ y} \cong \mathcal{O}_{X_ y} for all y \in Y we have \mathcal{N} = f_*\mathcal{L} is invertible and \mathcal{L} \cong f^*\mathcal{N}. This will finish the proof.
The \mathcal{O}_ Y-module \mathcal{N} = f_*\mathcal{L} is coherent by Cohomology of Schemes, Proposition 30.19.1. Thus to see that it is an invertible \mathcal{O}_ Y-module, it suffices to check on stalks (Algebra, Lemma 10.78.2). Since the map from a Noetherian local ring to its completion is faithfully flat, it suffices to check the completion (f_*\mathcal{L})_ y^\wedge is free (see Algebra, Section 10.97 and Lemma 10.78.6). For this we will use the theorem of formal functions as formulated in Cohomology of Schemes, Lemma 30.20.7. Since f_*\mathcal{O}_ X = \mathcal{O}_ Y and hence (f_*\mathcal{O}_ X)_ y^\wedge \cong \mathcal{O}_{Y, y}^\wedge , it suffices to show that \mathcal{L}|_{X_ n} \cong \mathcal{O}_{X_ n} for each n (compatibly for varying n. By Lemma 37.4.1 we have an exact sequence
with notation as in the theorem on formal functions. Observe that we have a surjection
for some integers r_ n \geq 0. Since \dim (X_ y) \leq 1 this surjection induces a surjection on first cohomology groups (by the vanishing of cohomology in degrees \geq 2 coming from Cohomology, Proposition 20.20.7). Hence the H^1 in the sequence is zero and the transition maps \mathop{\mathrm{Pic}}\nolimits (X_{n + 1}) \to \mathop{\mathrm{Pic}}\nolimits (X_ n) are injective as desired.
We still have to show that f^*\mathcal{N} \cong \mathcal{L}. This is proved by the same method and we omit the details. \square
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