Lemma 101.33.6. Let $f : \mathcal{X} \to \mathcal{Y}$ be a morphism of algebraic stacks. There is a maximal open substack $\mathcal{U} \subset \mathcal{X}$ such that $f|_\mathcal {U} : \mathcal{U} \to \mathcal{Y}$ is smooth. Moreover, formation of this open commutes with
precomposing by smooth morphisms,
base change by morphisms which are flat and locally of finite presentation,
base change by flat morphisms provided $f$ is locally of finite presentation.
Proof.
Choose a commutative diagram
\[ \xymatrix{ U \ar[d]_ a \ar[r]_ h & V \ar[d]^ b \\ \mathcal{X} \ar[r]^ f & \mathcal{Y} } \]
where $U$ and $V$ are algebraic spaces, the vertical arrows are smooth, and $a : U \to \mathcal{X}$ surjective. There is a maximal open subspace $U' \subset U$ such that $h_{U'} : U' \to V$ is smooth, see Morphisms of Spaces, Lemma 67.37.9. Let $\mathcal{U} \subset \mathcal{X}$ be the open substack corresponding to the image of $|U'| \to |\mathcal{X}|$ (Properties of Stacks, Lemmas 100.4.7 and 100.9.12). By the equivalence in Lemma 101.16.1 we find that $f|_\mathcal {U} : \mathcal{U} \to \mathcal{Y}$ is smooth and that $\mathcal{U}$ is the largest open substack with this property.
Assertion (1) follows from the fact that being smooth is smooth local on the source (this property was used to even define smooth morphisms of algebraic stacks). Assertions (2) and (3) follow from the case of algebraic spaces, see Morphisms of Spaces, Lemma 67.37.9.
$\square$
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