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Why do people care to define fine sheaves? What useful property do they have for which softness is not sufficient? some observations (because I feel guilty about a the one-line question): The point ...

The sheaf-theoretic terms "soft", "flabby", and "fine" are of an obviously geometric character, and suggest opposition with "hard", "rigid", and "coarse" sheaves (I'm just inventing these terms here). ...