Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2001 iii Paper 17 2 i Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-14
Let , with categorical presheaf restrictions when . The five functors areIn all restriction maps are identities. In and , all nonidentity restrictions are the unique maps permitted by the displayed sets. These definitions are valid also when is empty: a restriction out of still has singleton target. Maps of sets act at the displayed -components, and natural transformations act on and by evaluation.
A natural transformation is determined by an arbitrary map , since all other source components are empty. A natural transformation is determined by its empty-open component : the component at must first restrict . Similarly, a natural transformation is determined by , followed by the restriction . Finally, a natural transformation is determined by , since all proper-open targets are singletons. These descriptions give the hom-set bijectionsThus the five adjoints for constant presheaves on open sets areThe values at the empty open set are genuine presheaf values here; no sheaf condition or sheafification is being imposed.