Lemma 59.88.7. With f : X \to S and n as in Remark 59.88.1 assume for some q \geq 1 we have that BC(f, n, q - 1) is true, but BC(f, n, q) is not. Then there exist a commutative diagram
\xymatrix{ X \ar[d]_ f & X' \ar[d] \ar[l] & Y \ar[l]^ h \ar[d] \\ S & S' \ar[l] & \mathop{\mathrm{Spec}}(K) \ar[l] }
with both squares cartesian, where
S' is affine, integral, and normal with algebraically closed function field,
K is algebraically closed and \mathop{\mathrm{Spec}}(K) \to S' is dominant (in other words K is an extension of the function field of S')
and there exists an integer d | n such that R^ qh_*(\mathbf{Z}/d\mathbf{Z}) is nonzero.
Proof.
First choose a diagram and \mathcal{F} as in Lemma 59.88.6. We may and do assume S' is affine (this is obvious, but see proof of the lemma in case of doubt). By Lemma 59.88.3 we may assume K is algebraically closed. Then \mathcal{F} corresponds to a \mathbf{Z}/n\mathbf{Z}-module. Such a modules is a direct sum of copies of \mathbf{Z}/d\mathbf{Z} for varying d | n hence we may assume \mathcal{F} is constant with value \mathbf{Z}/d\mathbf{Z}. By Lemma 59.88.4 we may replace S' by the normalization of S' in \mathop{\mathrm{Spec}}(K) which finishes the proof.
\square
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