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The following statement seems to be "well-known", but I am unable to find a reference in the standard literature. Could someone suggest a reference?

Let $X$ be a separated normal connected Noetherian scheme and $U$ a (nonempty) affine open subset. Then the complement $Y = X \smallsetminus U$ has pure codimension one.

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  • $\begingroup$ stacks.math.columbia.edu/tag/0BCQ provides the result you are looking for. $\endgroup$
    – pbelmans
    Aug 25, 2015 at 11:45
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    $\begingroup$ EGA IV, part 4 (IHES no 32), Cor. 21.12.7. $\endgroup$ Aug 25, 2015 at 21:43
  • $\begingroup$ I'd've called this "algebraic Hartogs' theorem". If $Y$ is codimension 2 in $X$, then functions on $U$ should extend across $Y$, i.e. $U$ shouldn't be affine. $\endgroup$ Aug 31, 2015 at 0:38

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