Exceptional inverse image functor

In mathematics, more specifically sheaf theory, a branch of topology and algebraic geometry, the exceptional inverse image functor is the fourth and most sophisticated in a series of image functors for sheaves. It is needed to express Verdier duality in its most general form.
Definition.
Let "f": "X" → "Y" be a continuous map of topological spaces or a morphism of schemes. Then the exceptional inverse image is a functor
where D(–) denotes the derived category of sheaves of abelian groups or modules over a fixed ring.
It is defined to be the right adjoint of the total derived functor R"f"! of the direct image with compact support. Its existence follows from certain properties of R"f"! and general theorems about existence of adjoint functors, as does the unicity.
The notation R"f"! is an abuse of notation insofar as there is in general no functor "f"! whose derived functor would be R"f"!.