The Stacks project

Example 6.4.1. Let $X$ be a topological space. Consider a rule $\mathcal{F}$ that associates to every open subset of $X$ a singleton set. Since every set has a unique map into a singleton set, there exist unique restriction maps $\rho ^ U_ V$. The resulting structure is a presheaf of sets on $X$. It is a final object in the category of presheaves of sets on $X$, by the property of singleton sets mentioned above. Hence it is also unique up to unique isomorphism. We will sometimes write $*$ for this presheaf.