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on a topological space with values in a category (e.g. the category of sets, groups, modules, rings, etc.)

A contravariant functor from the category of open sets of and their natural inclusion mappings into . Depending on , the functor is called a pre-sheaf of sets, groups, modules, rings, etc. The morphisms corresponding to the inclusions are called restriction homomorphisms.

Every pre-sheaf generates a sheaf on (cf. Sheaf theory).


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More generally, if is any small category, the term "pre-sheaf on C" is used to denote a contravariant (usually set-valued) functor defined on (cf. Site).

How to Cite This Entry:
Pre-sheaf. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Pre-sheaf&oldid=16592
This article was adapted from an original article by E.G. Sklyarenko (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article