 Global sections functor (source code)

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= Global sections functor
{title2=$\Gamma(X)=\operatorname{Hom}(1,X)$}

Global sections are the maps from the terminal object: $\Gamma(X)=\operatorname{Hom}(1,X)$. For a <Grothendieck topos>, this is the direct image of its geometric morphism to sets. In a <presheaf category>, it is right adjoint to the constant-presheaf functor.

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