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I remember to have seen a big list in the EGA of properties $(P)$ such that: if $f : X \to Y$ has $(P)$ then, $f_{(S')} : X_{(S')}\to Y_{(S')}$ has $(P)$, where $f_{(S')}$ is the morphism $f$ after a base change $S'\to S$., etc. but I can't find it now...

Does anyone know where I can find such a list ?

(I am interested by $(P)$ = "to be a closed map")

flag	asked Apr 8 2010 at 15:56 nicojo 671●4●14

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The property of being a closed map (in the sense of the image of closed sets being closed) is not stable under base change. Hence one introduces the stronger notion of "universally closed", which is a map all of whose base-changes are closed, and which is the key condition in the definition of proper morphisms (which are morphisms that are finite type, separated, and universally closed). – Emerton Apr 8 2010 at 16:08

Thanks for your comment Emerton. Fortunately, in my case, $f$ is a closed immersion ! – nicojo Apr 8 2010 at 16:12

You're in good shape then! As you no doubt know by now, these are stable under base change. – Emerton Apr 8 2010 at 17:34

Frank · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-24 16:28:04Z UTC

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One list I've seen is on page 179 from a course 'Rational Points on Varieties' taught by Bjorn Poonen. Here's the link:

http://math.mit.edu/~poonen/papers/Qpoints.pdf

Also, the appendix to the book of Gortz and Wedhorn 'Algebraic Geometry 1: Schemes With Examples and Exercises' is a great reference.

edited Apr 24 2012 at 16:28

answered Apr 8 2010 at 16:05

Frank
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	Thanks for this reference ! However, a reference to EGA should be better for me. – nicojo Apr 8 2010 at 16:11
	I don't understand what you're looking for. Poonen's notes contain references to EGA proofs, including the case of a closed immersion. Professor Emerton's comment settles the closed map case, more information for which you could find in Hartshorne; for example where he defined proper maps somewhere in II.4. – Frank Apr 8 2010 at 16:16
	OK, sorry... Indeed, Poonen's notes contains references to EGA. – nicojo Apr 8 2010 at 16:54

Kevin Lin · Answer 2 · 2010-04-08 19:30:40Z UTC

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The "cheat sheets" on the bottom of this page might be helpful http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~osserman/classes/256B/

answered Apr 8 2010 at 19:30

Kevin Lin
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Properties stable under base change in algebraic geometry

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