Lemma 18.16.4. Let $\mathcal{C}$ and $\mathcal{D}$ be sites. Let $u : \mathcal{C} \to \mathcal{D}$ be a functor. Assume that

1. $u$ is cocontinuous,

2. $u$ is continuous, and

3. $u$ is fully faithful.

For $g_!, g^{-1}, g_*$ as above the canonical maps $\mathcal{F} \to g^{-1}g_!\mathcal{F}$ and $g^{-1}g_*\mathcal{F} \to \mathcal{F}$ are isomorphisms for all abelian sheaves $\mathcal{F}$ on $\mathcal{C}$.

Proof. The map $g^{-1}g_*\mathcal{F} \to \mathcal{F}$ is an isomorphism by Sites, Lemma 7.21.7 and the fact that pullback and pushforward of abelian sheaves agrees with pullback and pushforward on the underlying sheaves of sets.

Pick $U \in \mathop{\mathrm{Ob}}\nolimits (\mathcal{C})$. We will show that $g^{-1}g_!\mathcal{F}(U) = \mathcal{F}(U)$. First, note that $g^{-1}g_!\mathcal{F}(U) = g_!\mathcal{F}(u(U))$. Hence it suffices to show that $g_!\mathcal{F}(u(U)) = \mathcal{F}(U)$. We know that $g_!\mathcal{F}$ is the (abelian) sheaf associated to the presheaf $g_{p!}\mathcal{F}$ which is defined by the rule

$V \longmapsto \mathop{\mathrm{colim}}\nolimits _{V \to u(U')} \mathcal{F}(U')$

with colimit taken in $\textit{Ab}$. If $V = u(U)$, then, as $u$ is fully faithful this colimit is over $U \to U'$. Hence we conclude that $g_{p!}\mathcal{F}(u(U) = \mathcal{F}(U)$. Since $u$ is cocontinuous and continuous any covering of $u(U)$ in $\mathcal{D}$ can be refined by a covering (!) $\{ u(U_ i) \to u(U)\}$ of $\mathcal{D}$ where $\{ U_ i \to U\}$ is a covering in $\mathcal{C}$. This implies that $(g_{p!}\mathcal{F})^+(u(U)) = \mathcal{F}(U)$ also, since in the colimit defining the value of $(g_{p!}\mathcal{F})^+$ on $u(U)$ we may restrict to the cofinal system of coverings $\{ u(U_ i) \to u(U)\}$ as above. Hence we see that $(g_{p!}\mathcal{F})^+(u(U)) = \mathcal{F}(U)$ for all objects $U$ of $\mathcal{C}$ as well. Repeating this argument one more time gives the equality $(g_{p!}\mathcal{F})^\# (u(U)) = \mathcal{F}(U)$ for all objects $U$ of $\mathcal{C}$. This produces the desired equality $g^{-1}g_!\mathcal{F} = \mathcal{F}$. $\square$

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