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smooth morphism of schemes

A morphism f:XY of schemes is smooth if it is flat and finitely presented (cf. relativization in algebraic geometry) and if all the fibers f 1(y) where yY are smooth schemes over the corresponding residue fields k y.

Smoothness of a morphism is a weaker notion than the notion of a morphism being étale, but stronger than the notion of formal smoothness.

See also formally smooth morphism.