fibre product


Let S be a scheme, and let i:XS and j:YS be schemes over S. A fibre product of X and Y over S is a scheme X×SY together with morphisms

p:X×SYX
q:X×SYY

such that given any scheme Z with morphisms

x:ZX
y:ZY

where ix=jy, there exists a unique morphism

(x,y):ZX×SY

making the diagram