Problems for Recitation 2
1. LetCbe a category and let (Fi)i∈I be a family of presheaves onC. For every object X ofC, define J(X) to be the set of sievesS onX with the property that for everyi∈Iand every morphism f: Y →X in C, the canonical map
Fi(Y) //limf∗(S)op(Fi)Y,f∗(S)
is a bijection. Show thatJ is a topology onC.
(If the family in question is the family (h(X))X∈ob(C)of all representable presheaves onC, then the topology J is called thecanonical topology.)
2. Let (C, J) and (C0, J0) be two sites and let (v, u, , η) be an adjunction fromC0 toC. Show thatuis continuous if and only ifvis cocontinuous. In this case, show that the functorsusandv∗, or equivalently, the functorsusandv∗ are canonically naturally isomorphic. Conclude that the functoruspreserves finite limits.
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