nLab geometric mathematics

Context

Foundations

foundations

The basis of it all

 Set theory

set theory

Foundational axioms

foundational axioms

Removing axioms

Mathematics

Constructivism, Realizability, Computability

Contents

Idea

Geometric mathematics is mathematics done in geometric logic or geometric type theory or inside of a Grothendieck topos. One has finite limits and all colimits, but one does not in general have function sets or power sets. The requirement that one works inside of a Grothendieck topos instead of a geometric category (cf. Vickers 22) is because geometric categories are in general not balanced categories and so the principle of unique choice is not satisfied inside of the category.

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