The Stacks project

Proof. Denote $j : D \cap D' \to D$ and $j' : D \cap D' \to D'$ the closed immersions corresponding to $(\mathcal{L}|_{D'}, s|_{D'}$ and $(\mathcal{L}'_ D, s|_ D)$. We have to show that $(j')^*i^*\alpha = j^* (i')^*\alpha$ for all $\alpha \in \mathop{\mathrm{CH}}\nolimits _ k(X)$. Let $W \subset X$ be an integral closed subscheme of dimension $k$. We will prove the equality in case $\alpha = [W]$. The general case will then follow from the observation in Remark 82.15.3 (and the specific shape of our rational equivalence produced below). We will deduce the equality for $\alpha = [W]$ from the key formula.

We let $\sigma$ be a nonzero meromorphic section of $\mathcal{L}|_ W$ which we require to be equal to $s|_ W$ if $W \not\subset D$. We let $\sigma '$ be a nonzero meromorphic section of $\mathcal{L}'|_ W$ which we require to be equal to $s'|_ W$ if $W \not\subset D'$. Write

and similarly

as in the discussion in Section 82.20. Then we see that $Z_ i \subset D$ if $n_ i \not= 0$ and $Z'_ i \subset D'$ if $n'_ i \not= 0$. For each $i$, let $\xi _ i \in |Z_ i|$ be the generic point. As in Section 82.20 we choose for each $i$ an element $\sigma _ i \in \mathcal{L}_{\xi _ i}$, resp. $\sigma '_ i \in \mathcal{L}'_{\xi _ i}$ which generates over $B_ i = \mathcal{O}_{W, \xi _ i}^ h$ and which is equal to the image of $s$, resp. $s'$ if $Z_ i \not\subset D$, resp. $Z_ i \not\subset D'$. Write $\sigma = f_ i \sigma _ i$ and $\sigma ' = f'_ i\sigma '_ i$ so that $n_ i = \text{ord}_{B_ i}(f_ i)$ and $n'_ i = \text{ord}_{B_ i}(f'_ i)$. From our definitions it follows that

as cycles and

The key formula (Lemma 82.20.1) now gives the equality

of cycles. Note that $\text{div}_{Z_ i}(\partial _{B_ i}(f_ i, f'_ i)) = 0$ if $Z_ i \not\subset D \cap D'$ because in this case either $f_ i = 1$ or $f'_ i = 1$. Thus we get a rational equivalence between our specific cycles representing $(j')^*i^*[W]$ and $j^*(i')^*[W]$ on $D \cap D' \cap W$. $\square$