Quasi-finite morphism (source code)

= Quasi-finite morphism
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A finite-type <morphism of schemes> is quasi-finite if its fibres are finite discrete schemes. A proper quasi-finite morphism is a <finite morphism>. In particular, a proper finite-type morphism of <projective varieties> with no positive-dimensional fibres is finite; a positive-dimensional projective fibre would contain an integral curve.