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Condition of X being a sub scheme of Y

Condition of X being a sub scheme of Y

by Mr. S Sundara Narasimhan -
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If X is a sub scheme of Y, what can we say about the map O(Y) to O(X). Conversely, what conditions do we need on a map O(Y) to O(X) to ensure that X is a sub scheme of Y. 

The natural guess is that (with intuition from Algebraic Sets/Varieties) O(Y) to O(X) should be surjective. However, I'm unable to prove that. I tried using the exactness property of of the Hom(-,T) (over Abelian groups) functor, however, still I'm not able to get a necessary and sufficient condition.

Any thoughts/comments will be helpful.