 
 
 
 
 
   
 ,
,  be schemes, and let
 be schemes, and let 
 be a morphism. We say that
   be a morphism. We say that  is of finite type 
if there exists an open cover
 is of finite type 
if there exists an open cover  of
 of  by affine schemes 
and a finite open cover
 by affine schemes 
and a finite open cover 
 of each
 of each 
 by affine schemes
such that
 by affine schemes
such that 
 is ``a morphism of finite type'' 
for every
 is ``a morphism of finite type'' 
for every  and
 and  .  That means, if we put
.  That means, if we put
 
Then
 is finitely generated algebra over
 is finitely generated algebra over  .
.