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The definition of a '''coherent sheaf''' is given as follows:
 
"''A '''coherent sheaf''' on a [[ringed space]] <math>(X, \mathcal O_X)</math> is a sheaf <math>\mathcal F</math> satisfying the following two properties:
"''The definition of the coherent sheaf is as follows.{{R|Serre1955|}}
 
A '''coherent sheaf''' on a [[ringed space]] <math>(X, \mathcal O_X)</math> is a sheaf <math>\mathcal F</math> satisfying the following two properties:
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<li> <math>\mathcal F</math> is of ''finite type'' over <math>\mathcal O_X</math>, that is, every point in <math>X</math> has an [[open neighborhood]] <math>U</math> in <math>X</math> such that there is a surjective morphism <math>\mathcal{O}_X^n|_{U} \to \mathcal{F}|_{U} </math> for some natural number <math>n</math>;</li>
<li> for arbitrary open set <math>U\subseteq X</math>, arbitrary natural number <math>n</math>, and arbitrary morphism <math>\varphi: \mathcal{O}_X^n|_{U} \to \mathcal{F}|_{U} </math> of <math>\mathcal O_X</math>-modules, the kernel of <math>\varphi</math> is of finite type.''"</li></ol>
 
</ol>''" [[Special:Contributions/2601:200:C082:2EA0:E1A8:CCAE:61A1:827C|2601:200:C082:2EA0:E1A8:CCAE:61A1:827C]] ([[User talk:2601:200:C082:2EA0:E1A8:CCAE:61A1:827C|talk]]) 02:19, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
But what does the superscript n mean in the symbol "<math>\mathcal{O}_X^n|_{U}</math>"?
 
The article does not say, and nothing in the linked article [[ringed space]] uses this notation.
 
I can guess two distinct possibilities for what "<math>\mathcal{O}_X^n|_{U}</math>" means.
 
</ol>''"I hope someone knowledgeable about this subject can explain the notation and avoid having thousands of future readers of Wikipedia also have to guess what it means. [[Special:Contributions/2601:200:C082:2EA0:E1A8:CCAE:61A1:827C|2601:200:C082:2EA0:E1A8:CCAE:61A1:827C]] ([[User talk:2601:200:C082:2EA0:E1A8:CCAE:61A1:827C|talk]]) 02:1925, 9 February 2023 (UTC)