topos

philosophy

Also known as: topoi

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In foundations of mathematics: Intuitionistic logic
…important categories called topoi (singular: topos; see below Topos theory) have associated with them a language that is intuitionistic in general. In consequence of this fact, a theorem about sets proved constructively was immediately seen to be valid not only for sets but also for sheaves, which, however, lie beyond…
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In foundations of mathematics: Topos theory
The original purpose of category theory had been to make precise certain technical notions of algebra and topology and to present crucial results of divergent mathematical fields in an elegant and uniform way, but it soon became clear that categories had an important…
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