Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2018
A complete lattice L is constructively completely distributive,(CCD)(L), if the sup map defined on down closed subobjects has a left adjoint. We characterize preservation of this property by left exact functors between toposes using a "logical comparison transformation". The characterization is applied to (direct images of) geometric morphisms to show that local homeomorphisms (in particular, product functors) preserve (CCD) objects, while preserving (CCD) objects implies openness.