The relevant theorem supplies, locally on , a bounded complex of finite free -modules such thatnaturally for every -module . In particular the fiber cohomology at is computed by .
The Euler characteristic of a finite-dimensional complex equals the alternating sum of the dimensions of its terms. Hencewhich is constant wherever one complex works. It is therefore locally constant on , and is constant when is connected.
Use the same finite complex computing cohomology in a proper flat family. In fixed bases its differentials are matrices over . The condition that such a matrix have rank at most is closed, being defined by its minors. Sincethe condition that this dimension be at least is a finite union of intersections of closed rank loci. It is therefore closed. This is the Semicontinuity theorem for coherent cohomology.
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