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Atlas.AlgebraicGeometryI.code.Lec13AffineMorphisms

Lemma 27 (Lec 13): a morphism of schemes f : X → Y is affine iff the preimage of every affine open of Y is an affine open of X.

Forward direction of Lemma 27: if f is affine, then preimages of affine opens are affine opens.

Converse direction of Lemma 27: if preimages of all affine opens are affine, then f is an affine morphism.

A morphism f : X → Y is finite iff it is affine and, for every affine open U of Y, the induced ring map Γ(U, O_Y) → Γ(f⁻¹U, O_X) is finite.

If f is finite then, on every affine open of Y, the corresponding map of section rings is a finite ring map.

Converse: an affine morphism whose induced ring maps on affine opens are all finite is itself a finite morphism.

Affine case: Spec.map f : Spec S → Spec R is finite iff the underlying ring map f : R → S is finite.