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Presheaf of Categories


A presheaf C of categories consists of the following data:

1. For every local homeomorphism f:Y->X of topological spaces X, Y, a category C(f:Y->X);

2. For every diagram f degreesg:Z->Y->X of local homeomorphisms, a functor g^(-1):C(f:Y->X)->C(f degreesg:Z->X);

3. For every diagram f degreesg degreesh:W->Z->Y->X of local homeomorphisms, an invertible natural transformation theta_(g,h):h^(-1)g^(-1)->(gh)^(-1).

PresheafofCategoriesDiagram

Use the normalized identity convention: the restriction functor associated with an identity map is the identity functor, and theta_(g,id) and theta_(id,g) are identity natural transformations.

In addition, for every diagram

 f degreesg degreesh degreesk:T->W->Z->Y->X

of topological spaces T, W, Z, Y, and X, commutativity is required in the above diagram.


See also

Category, Category Theory, Commutative Diagram, Functor, Homeomorphism, Presheaf, Sheaf, Topological Space

Portions of this entry contributed by Christopher Stover

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References

Brylinski, J. Loop Spaces, Characteristic Classes and Geometric Quantization. Boston, MA: Birkhäuser, 1993.

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Weisstein, Eric W., with contributions by Christopher Stover. "Presheaf of Categories." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/PresheafofCategories.html

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