nLab category of open subsets

Category of open subsets

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Topology

topology (point-set topology, point-free topology)

see also differential topology, algebraic topology, functional analysis and topological homotopy theory

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Category of open subsets

Definition

Given a topological space XX, the category of open subsets Op(X)Op(X) of XX is the category whose

  • objects are the open subsets UXU \hookrightarrow X of XX;

  • morphisms are the inclusions

    V U X \array{ V &&\hookrightarrow && U \\ & \searrow && \swarrow \\ && X } of open subsets into each other.

Properties

  • The category Op(X)Op(X) is a poset, in fact a frame (dually a locale): it is the frame of opens of XX.

  • The category Op(X)Op(X) is naturally equipped with the structure of a site, where a collection {U iU} i\{U_i \to U\}_i of morphisms is a cover precisely if their union in XX equals UU:

    iU i=U. \bigcup_i U_i = U .

    The category of sheaves on Op(X)Op(X) equipped with this site structure is typically referred to as the category of sheaves on the topological space and denoted

    Sh(X)∶−Sh(Op(X)). Sh(X) \;\coloneq\; Sh(Op(X)) \,.
  • The category Op(X)Op(X) is also a suplattice.

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