The Stacks project

Definition 29.49.1. Let $X$, $Y$ be schemes.

1. Let $f : U \to Y$, $g : V \to Y$ be morphisms of schemes defined on dense open subsets $U$, $V$ of $X$. We say that $f$ is equivalent to $g$ if $f|_ W = g|_ W$ for some $W \subset U \cap V$ dense open in $X$.

2. A rational map from $X$ to $Y$ is an equivalence class for the equivalence relation defined in (1).

3. If $X$, $Y$ are schemes over a base scheme $S$ we say that a rational map from $X$ to $Y$ is an $S$-rational map from $X$ to $Y$ if there exists a representative $f : U \to Y$ of the equivalence class which is an $S$-morphism.