12.3 Topological and smooth topoi

Topological and smooth topoi are powerful frameworks in category theory. They provide a way to study spaces and their properties using sheaves, which are collections of local data that fit together consistently.

These topoi have important applications in mathematics and physics. Topological topoi are used in studying continuous spaces, while smooth topoi are crucial for analyzing differentiable structures and infinitesimal methods in geometry.

Topological and Smooth Topoi

Topological Topos

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• Definition of a topological topos encapsulates category of sheaves on a topological space, utilizes Grothendieck topology on category of open sets
• Properties of topological topoi include subobject classifier representing truth values, natural number object modeling arithmetic
• Examples of topological topoi encompass sheaves on a topological space representing local data, étale spaces over a topological space capturing local homeomorphisms

Smooth Topos

• Definition of a smooth topos involves category of sheaves on site of smooth manifolds, employs Grothendieck topology on category of smooth manifolds
• Properties of smooth topoi feature subobject classifier in smooth context representing smooth truth values, line object playing crucial role in infinitesimal analysis
• Examples of smooth topoi include sheaves on site of smooth manifolds modeling smooth data, synthetic differential geometry providing foundation for infinitesimal methods

Comparison between Topological and Smooth Topoi

• Similarities highlight both as Grothendieck topoi with well-defined categorical structures, both possess notion of local structure allowing localization of properties
• Differences arise in nature of underlying site (topological spaces vs smooth manifolds), smoothness requirements in smooth topos constraining morphisms
• Functors between topological and smooth topoi comprise forgetful functor from smooth to topological forgetting smooth structure, smooth structure functor adding smoothness when applicable

Applications of Topological and Smooth Topoi

• Topological applications involve cohomology theories studying topological invariants, homotopy theory analyzing continuous deformations
• Smooth applications encompass differential geometry studying smooth manifolds, synthetic differential geometry providing rigorous infinitesimal analysis
• Interdisciplinary applications include algebraic geometry combining algebra and geometry, mathematical physics modeling physical phenomena