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Fix confusion about representable presheaves
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aisejohan committed Apr 17, 2024
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Expand Up @@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ Pierre-Yves Gaillard
Juan Sebastian Gaitan
Lennart Galinat
Martin Gallauer
Francisco García
Luis Garcia
Xu Gao
Toby Gee
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Expand Up @@ -457,16 +457,17 @@ \section{Presheaves}

\begin{example}
\label{example-representable-presheaf}
Given an object $X \in \Ob(\mathcal{C})$, we consider the functor
Given an object $X \in \Ob(\mathcal{C})$, we consider the rule
$$
\begin{matrix}
h_X : & \mathcal{C}^{opp} & \longrightarrow & \textit{Sets} \\
& U & \longmapsto & h_X(U) = \Mor_\mathcal{C}(U, X) \\
& V \xrightarrow{\varphi} U & \longmapsto &
\varphi \circ - : h_X(U) \to h_X(V).
U & \longmapsto & h_X(U) = \Mor_\mathcal{C}(U, X) \\
V \xrightarrow{\varphi} U & \longmapsto &
(\psi \mapsto \psi \circ \varphi) : h_X(U) \to h_X(V).
\end{matrix}
$$
It is a presheaf, called the {\it representable presheaf associated to $X$.}
This defines a functor $h_X : \mathcal{C}^{opp} \to \textit{Sets}$
and hence a presheaf. This is called the
{\it representable presheaf associated to $X$.}
It is not true that representable presheaves are sheaves in every topology on
every site.
\end{example}
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