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Add a lemma suggested by Matthew Emerton
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as discussed above, this proves the lemma.
\end{proof}

\noindent
This lemma leads to the following hierarchy for
morphisms of algebraic stacks.

\begin{lemma}
\label{lemma-hierarchy}
A morphism $f : \mathcal{X} \to \mathcal{Y}$ of algebraic stacks is
\begin{enumerate}
\item a monomorphism if and only if $\Delta_{f, 1}$ is an isomorphism,
\item representable by algebraic spaces if and only if $\Delta_{f, 1}$
is a monomorphism,
\item the second diagonal $\Delta_{f, 2}$ is always a monomorphism.
\end{enumerate}
\end{lemma}

\begin{proof}
Recall from Properties of Stacks, Lemma
\ref{stacks-properties-lemma-monomorphism}
that a morphism of algebraic stacks is a monomorphism
if and only if its diagonal is an isomorphism of stacks.
Thus Lemma \ref{lemma-second-diagonal}
can be rephrased as saying that a morphism is
representable by algebraic spaces if the diagonal
is a monomorphism. In particular, it shows that condition
(3) of Lemma \ref{lemma-properties-diagonal-representable}
is actually an if and only if, i.e., a morphism of algebraic stacks
is representable by algebraic spaces if and only if
its diagonal is a monomorphism.
\end{proof}

\begin{lemma}
\label{lemma-first-diagonal-separated-second-diagonal-closed}
Let $f : \mathcal{X} \to \mathcal{Y}$ be a morphism of algebraic stacks.
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