A morphism f:YXf:Y\to X of is unramified if it is and its vanishes:

ΩY/X=0.\Omega_{Y/X}=0.

Equivalently, for a locally finite type morphism, the

Δf:YY×XY\Delta_f:Y\longrightarrow Y\times_XY

is an open immersion.

Affine-locally, SpecBSpecA\operatorname{Spec}B\to\operatorname{Spec}A is unramified when BB is a finitely generated AA-algebra and ΩB/A=0\Omega_{B/A}=0. This condition is local on source and target.

For a finite field extension K/FK/F, the morphism SpecKSpecF\operatorname{Spec}K\to\operatorname{Spec}F is unramified exactly when K/FK/F is .