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Lemma 87.14.6. Let S be a scheme. Let X = \mathop{\mathrm{Spec}}(A) be an affine scheme over S. Let T \subset X be a closed subset. Let X_{/T} be the formal completion of X along T.

  1. If X \setminus T is quasi-compact, i.e., T is constructible, then X_{/T} is adic*.

  2. If T = V(I) for some finitely generated ideal I \subset A, then X_{/T} = \text{Spf}(A^\wedge ) where A^\wedge is the I-adic completion of A.

  3. If X is Noetherian, then X_{/T} is Noetherian.

Proof. By Algebra, Lemma 10.29.1 if (1) holds, then we can find an ideal I \subset A as in (2). If (3) holds then we can find an ideal I \subset A as in (2). Moreover, completions of Noetherian rings are Noetherian by Algebra, Lemma 10.97.6. All in all we see that it suffices to prove (2).

Proof of (2). Let I = (f_1, \ldots , f_ r) \subset A cut out T. If Z = \mathop{\mathrm{Spec}}(B) is an affine scheme and g : Z \to X is a morphism with g(Z) \subset T (set theoretically), then g^\sharp (f_ i) is nilpotent in B for each i. Thus I^ n maps to zero in B for some n. Hence we see that X_{/T} = \mathop{\mathrm{colim}}\nolimits \mathop{\mathrm{Spec}}(A/I^ n) = \text{Spf}(A^\wedge ). \square


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