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Presheaf of sets on a topological space

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A presheaf of sets on a topological space X is a contravariant functor from the inclusion-ordered category O(X) of open subsets to Set. Its maps F(U)→F(V) for V⊆U are restriction maps.
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Presheaf of sets on a topological space
A sheaf of sets is a presheaf in which compatible sections on any open cover glue to one unique section on the union.

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