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The stalk of an inverse image sheaf is the stalk over the image point

Statement

Let f:X→Y be a continuous map, let G be a sheaf on Y, and let x∈X. Then there is a canonical isomorphism

(f−1G)x≅Gf(x).

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A continuous map f:X→Y, a sheaf G on Y, and a point x∈X.

[F1]

The inverse image sheaf is the sheafification of the presheaf fpG (Inverse image presheaf and inverse image sheaf).

[F2]

A stalk is the colimit of sections over neighbourhoods of the point (The stalk of a presheaf at a point).

[L1]

Sheafification preserves stalks (Sheafification preserves stalks).

Proof

technique · direct
1.1F1L1given

By [F1] and [L1], it is enough to identify the stalk (fpG)x.

1.2F1F2construct

If t∈G(V) with f(x)∈V, then x∈f−1(V) and t defines a class [V,t]∈(fpG)(f−1(V)). Sending the germ tf(x) to the germ of [V,t] at x gives a map Φ:Gf(x)⟶(fpG)x. If two representatives agree on a smaller neighbourhood of f(x), then their induced sections agree on the inverse image of that smaller neighbourhood, so Φ is well defined.

1.3F1F2construct

Conversely, represent a germ in (fpG)x by a section [V,t]∈(fpG)(U) with x∈U and f(U)⊆V. Since f(x)∈V, the section t has a germ tf(x)∈Gf(x). This depends only on the original germ at x, because equality of germs in (fpG)x means equality after restricting to some smaller neighbourhood of x, hence after restricting t and t′ to some common neighbourhood of f(x). Thus there is a map Ψ:(fpG)x⟶Gf(x).

2.1step 1.1step 1.2step 1.3∎

The maps Φ and Ψ are inverse on representatives, so (fpG)x≅Gf(x). Step 1.1 then gives (f−1G)x≅Gf(x).

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