Definition 72.7.1. Let $S$ be a scheme, and let $X$ be an algebraic space over $S$. An fppf covering of $X$ is a family of morphisms $\{ f_ i : X_ i \to X\} _{i \in I}$ of algebraic spaces over $S$ such that each $f_ i$ is flat and locally of finite presentation and such that

$|X| = \bigcup \nolimits _{i \in I} |f_ i|(|X_ i|),$

i.e., the morphisms are jointly surjective.

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Comment #866 by on

It's a wee bit silly, but I think there should be a formal definition of "jointly surjective". While I'm at it, I wouldn't mind having a definition for "completely decomposed" too.

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