Spectrum functor converts direct limits to inverse limits

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Statement

Category-theoretic statement

The natural map from the spectrum of the direct limit of a directed system of commutative unital rings, to the inverse limit of their spectra, is an isomorphism.

Verbal statement

Suppose I is a directed set and Ri is a directed system of commutative unital rings indexed by I. Suppose R is the direct limit of the Ris. Then the natural map:

Spec(R)limSpec(Ri)

is an isomorphism.