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Past exam of the introduction to schemes course of the University of Oxford 2023 2 a iii Solution by
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With the same compatible pair , the valuative criterion for properness isEquivalently, one can replace finite type by being a quasi-compact morphism and locally of finite type. Necessity follows from the definition of a proper morphism and the existence and uniqueness criteria in (i) and (ii). Conversely, finite type supplies the compactness needed in (i), while being a quasi-separated morphism supplies the compactness of the diagonal morphism needed in (ii). Thus the extension condition gives both universal closedness and separatedness, and these together with finite type give a proper morphism. These hypotheses are part of the criteria, even though the question is phrased for unrestricted morphisms of schemes.[ref]
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