nLab descent of affine schemes

In algebraic geometry the most basic and often considered case of descent theory is the descent of quasicoherent sheaves. However, SGA I also considers the descent of affine schemes over a base scheme.

  • SGA I.8.2: Descente des préschémas affines sur un autre

The basic theorem is that the fibered category \mathcal{F} of affine morphisms f:XSf: X\to S over the site of base schemes SS with fpqc topology is a Grothendieck 1-stack (i.e. every fpqc morphism is of effective \mathcal{F}-descent).

This theorem uses more specific reasoning than the theory of descent for quasicoherent sheaves and unlike the former, it does not generalize to the noncommutative case.

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