Lemma 37.72.4. Let f : X \to Y be a proper morphism of schemes. Assume
for all y \in Y we have \dim (X_ y) \leq 1 and H^1(X_ y, \mathcal{O}_{X_ y}) = 0, and
\mathcal{O}_ Y \to f_*\mathcal{O}_ X is surjective.
Then \mathcal{O}_{Y'} \to f'_*\mathcal{O}_{X'} is surjective for any base change f' : X' \to Y' of f.
Proof.
We may assume Y and Y' affine. Then we can choose a closed immersion Y' \to Y'' with Y'' \to Y a flat morphism of affines. By flat base change (Cohomology of Schemes, Lemma 30.5.2) we see that the result holds for X'' \to Y''. Thus we may assume Y' is a closed subscheme of Y. Let \mathcal{I} \subset \mathcal{O}_ Y be the ideal cutting out Y'. Then there is a short exact sequence
0 \to \mathcal{I}\mathcal{O}_ X \to \mathcal{O}_ X \to \mathcal{O}_{X'} \to 0
where we view \mathcal{O}_{X'} as a quasi-coherent module on X. By Lemma 37.72.3 we have H^1(X, \mathcal{I}\mathcal{O}_ X) = 0. It follows that
H^0(Y, \mathcal{O}_ Y) \to H^0(Y, f_*\mathcal{O}_ X) = H^0(X, \mathcal{O}_ X) \to H^0(X, \mathcal{O}_{X'})
is surjective as desired. The first arrow is surjective as Y is affine and since we assumed \mathcal{O}_ Y \to f_*\mathcal{O}_ X is surjective and the second by the long exact sequence of cohomology associated to the short exact sequence above and the vanishing just proved.
\square
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