• Functoriality. The assignments $X,Y,\webleft (X,Y\webright )\mapsto \textbf{Sets}_{*}\webleft (X,Y\webright )$ define functors
    \[ \begin{array}{ccc} \textbf{Sets}_{*}\webleft (X,-\webright )\colon \mkern -15mu & \mathsf{Sets}_{*} \mkern -17.5mu& {}\mathbin {\to }\mathsf{Sets}_{*},\\ \textbf{Sets}_{*}\webleft (-,Y\webright )\colon \mkern -15mu & \mathsf{Sets}^{\mathrlap {\mathsf{op}}}_{*} \mkern -17.5mu& {}\mathbin {\to }\mathsf{Sets}_{*},\\ \textbf{Sets}_{*}\webleft (-_{1},-_{2}\webright )\colon \mkern -15mu & \mathsf{Sets}^{\mathsf{op}}_{*}\times \mathsf{Sets}_{*} \mkern -17.5mu& {}\mathbin {\to }\mathsf{Sets}_{*}. \end{array} \]

    In particular, given pointed maps

    \begin{align*} f & \colon \webleft (X,x_{0}\webright ) \to \webleft (A,a_{0}\webright ),\\ g & \colon \webleft (Y,y_{0}\webright ) \to \webleft (B,b_{0}\webright ), \end{align*}

    the induced map

    \[ \textbf{Sets}_{*}\webleft (f,g\webright )\colon \textbf{Sets}_{*}\webleft (A,Y\webright )\to \textbf{Sets}_{*}\webleft (X,B\webright ) \]

    is given by

    \[ \webleft [\textbf{Sets}_{*}\webleft (f,g\webright )\webright ]\webleft (\phi \webright )\mathrel {\smash {\overset {\mathclap {\scriptscriptstyle \text{def}}}=}}g\circ \phi \circ f \]

    for each $\phi \in \textbf{Sets}_{*}\webleft (A,Y\webright )$.


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