Morphism agree on generic point

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Let $X$ and $Y$ be scheme. Let $f$ and $g$ be morphism of scheme from $X$ to $Y$. If $f,g$ agree on generic point of $X$, then $f$ and $g$ is the same map on $X$.

Does this hold in general ?

By famous statement of general topology, if $Y$ is Hausdorff, the statement holds.But in Zariski topology $Y$ is often note Hausdorff, so I'm confused.

Thank you in advance.

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There are, broadly speaking, two ways for the statement to be wrong. The first one, as in the topological case, is the possibility that $Y$ isn’t separated. In this case, you can consider the two natural injections from $\mathbb{A}^1$ into the “line with two origins”.

The second one, perhaps more subtle, is the possibility that the generic point doesn’t contain all the information about the functions on $X$, and it happens if $X$ is not reduced.

For instance, let $A=k[[t]][u]$ ($k$ field) with $tu=u^2=0$. Consider the two distinct ring maps $A \rightarrow A$ given by the identity and $t \longmapsto t,\,u \longmapsto 0$. Their scheme-theoretic counterparts are the same on the generic point but not equal.