Lemma 42.17.2. Let $(S, \delta )$ be as in Situation 42.7.1. Let $X$, $Y$ be locally of finite type over $S$. Assume $X$, $Y$ are integral and $n = \dim _\delta (Y)$. Let $f : X \to Y$ be a flat morphism of relative dimension $r$. Let $g \in R(Y)^*$. Then
\[ f^*(\text{div}_ Y(g)) = \text{div}_ X(g) \]
in $Z_{n + r - 1}(X)$.
Proof.
Note that since $f$ is flat it is dominant so that $f$ induces an embedding $R(Y) \subset R(X)$, and hence we may think of $g$ as an element of $R(X)^*$. Let $Z \subset X$ be an integral closed subscheme of $\delta $-dimension $n + r - 1$. Let $\xi \in Z$ be its generic point. If $\dim _\delta (f(Z)) > n - 1$, then we see that the coefficient of $[Z]$ in the left and right hand side of the equation is zero. Hence we may assume that $Z' = \overline{f(Z)}$ is an integral closed subscheme of $Y$ of $\delta $-dimension $n - 1$. Let $\xi ' = f(\xi )$. It is the generic point of $Z'$. Set $A = \mathcal{O}_{Y, \xi '}$, $B = \mathcal{O}_{X, \xi }$. The ring map $A \to B$ is a flat local homomorphism of Noetherian local domains of dimension $1$. We have $g$ in the fraction field of $A$. What we have to show is that
\[ \text{ord}_ A(g) \text{length}_ B(B/\mathfrak m_ AB) = \text{ord}_ B(g). \]
This follows from Algebra, Lemma 10.52.13 (details omitted).
$\square$
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