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Fibered Category


A fibered category F over a topological space X consists of

1. a category F(U) for each open subset U subset= X,

2. a functor i^*:F(U)->F(V) for each inclusion i:V↪U, and

3. a natural isomorphism

 tau=tau_(i,j):(ij)^*->j^*i^*

for each pair of inclusions j:W↪V, i:V↪U.

The restriction data are normalized: (id_U)^*=Id_(F(U)) for every open set U, and tau_(i,j) is the identity natural transformation whenever i or j is an identity inclusion.

FiberedCategoryDiagram

In addition, for any three composable inclusions k:N↪W, j:W↪V, and i:V↪U, the diagram shown above is a commutative diagram.

Sometimes, the pair (F,tau) is used to denote a fibered category with more precision while the shorthand a|V is sometimes used for i^*(a), i:V↪U, a in F(U).


See also

Category, Commutative Diagram, Fibered Category Morphism, Function Composition, Functor, Inclusion Map, Isomorphism, Morphism, Open Set, Topological Space

Portions of this entry contributed by Christopher Stover

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References

Moerdijk, I. "Introduction to the Language of Stacks and Gerbes." 19 Dec 2002. https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0212266v1.The Stacks Project Authors. "2-Categories." Definition 4.29.5 in The Stacks Project, Tag 003N, 2026. https://stacks.math.columbia.edu/tag/003N.

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Weisstein, Eric W., with contributions by Christopher Stover. "Fibered Category." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/FiberedCategory.html

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