Lemma 7.29.5. Let $\mathop{\mathit{Sh}}\nolimits (\mathcal{C})$ be a topos. Let $\{ \mathcal{F}_ i\} _{i \in I}$ be a set of sheaves on $\mathcal{C}$. There exists an equivalence of topoi $g : \mathop{\mathit{Sh}}\nolimits (\mathcal{C}) \to \mathop{\mathit{Sh}}\nolimits (\mathcal{C}')$ induced by a special cocontinuous functor $u : \mathcal{C} \to \mathcal{C}'$ of sites such that

1. $\mathcal{C}'$ has a subcanonical topology,

2. a family $\{ V_ j \to V\}$ of morphisms of $\mathcal{C}'$ is (combinatorially equivalent to) a covering of $\mathcal{C}'$ if and only if $\coprod h_{V_ j} \to h_ V$ is surjective,

3. $\mathcal{C}'$ has fibre products and a final object (i.e., $\mathcal{C}'$ has all finite limits),

4. every subsheaf of a representable sheaf on $\mathcal{C}'$ is representable, and

5. each $g_*\mathcal{F}_ i$ is a representable sheaf.

Proof. Consider the full subcategory $\mathcal{C}_1 \subset \mathop{\mathit{Sh}}\nolimits (\mathcal{C})$ consisting of all $h_ U^\#$ for all $U \in \mathop{\mathrm{Ob}}\nolimits (\mathcal{C})$, the given sheaves $\mathcal{F}_ i$ and the final sheaf $*$ (see Example 7.10.2). We are going to inductively define full subcategories

$\mathcal{C}_1 \subset \mathcal{C}_2 \subset \mathcal{C}_2 \subset \ldots \subset \mathop{\mathit{Sh}}\nolimits (\mathcal{C})$

Namely, given $\mathcal{C}_ n$ let $\mathcal{C}_{n + 1}$ be the full subcategory consisting of all fibre products and subsheaves of objects of $\mathcal{C}_ n$. (Note that $\mathcal{C}_{n + 1}$ has a set of objects.) Set $\mathcal{C}' = \bigcup _{n \geq 1} \mathcal{C}_ n$. A covering in $\mathcal{C}'$ is any family $\{ \mathcal{G}_ j \to \mathcal{G}\} _{j \in J}$ of morphisms of objects of $\mathcal{C}'$ such that $\coprod \mathcal{G}_ j \to \mathcal{G}$ is surjective as a map of sheaves on $\mathcal{C}$. The functor $v : \mathcal{C} \to \mathcal{C'}$ is given by $U \mapsto h_ U^\#$. Apply Lemma 7.29.4. $\square$

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