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18Exx Categories in geometry and topology

This subtopic studies categories in geometry and topology, where categorical methods encode spaces, maps, and invariants in a flexible abstract framework.

Specific topics

18E05 Preabelian categories

Overview

18E05 studies toposes and categorical logic in categories in geometry and topology. It uses categorical language to organize sheaves, toposes, descent, and geometric constructions in topology and geometry.

Related Wikipedia Page

Toposes and categorical logic (Wikipedia)

Useful Links

Key Ideas

  • Canonical formulations and representative examples for toposes and categorical logic
  • How structural, local, and computational viewpoints interact in the subject
  • Standard theorem patterns and invariants used in current research practice

Typical Uses

Used to encode local-to-global principles and to study geometric objects via categorical methods.

Applications

  • Sheaf and topos methods
  • Descent and stacks
  • Category theory in geometry and topology

References

Recommended Textbooks

18E10 Abelian categories, Grothendieck categories

Overview

18E10 studies sheaves and sheaf cohomology in categories in geometry and topology. It uses categorical language to organize sheaves, toposes, descent, and geometric constructions in topology and geometry.

Related Wikipedia Page

Sheaves and sheaf cohomology (Wikipedia)

Useful Links

Key Ideas

  • Canonical formulations and representative examples for sheaves and sheaf cohomology
  • How structural, local, and computational viewpoints interact in the subject
  • Standard theorem patterns and invariants used in current research practice

Typical Uses

Used to encode local-to-global principles and to study geometric objects via categorical methods.

Applications

  • Sheaf and topos methods
  • Descent and stacks
  • Category theory in geometry and topology

References

Recommended Textbooks

18E13 Protomodular categories, semi-abelian categories, Mal'tsev categories

Overview

18E13 studies descent theory in categories in geometry and topology. It uses categorical language to organize sheaves, toposes, descent, and geometric constructions in topology and geometry.

Related Wikipedia Page

Descent theory (Wikipedia)

Useful Links

Key Ideas

  • Canonical formulations and representative examples for descent theory
  • How structural, local, and computational viewpoints interact in the subject
  • Standard theorem patterns and invariants used in current research practice

Typical Uses

Used to encode local-to-global principles and to study geometric objects via categorical methods.

Applications

  • Sheaf and topos methods
  • Descent and stacks
  • Category theory in geometry and topology

References

Recommended Textbooks

18E15 Grothendieck categories

Overview

18E15 studies sites and grothendieck topologies in categories in geometry and topology. It uses categorical language to organize sheaves, toposes, descent, and geometric constructions in topology and geometry.

Related Wikipedia Page

Sites and Grothendieck topologies (Wikipedia)

Useful Links

Key Ideas

  • Canonical formulations and representative examples for sites and grothendieck topologies
  • How structural, local, and computational viewpoints interact in the subject
  • Standard theorem patterns and invariants used in current research practice

Typical Uses

Used to encode local-to-global principles and to study geometric objects via categorical methods.

Applications

  • Sheaf and topos methods
  • Descent and stacks
  • Category theory in geometry and topology

References

Recommended Textbooks

18E20 Categorical representation of boolean algebras and lattices

Overview

18E20 studies classifying toposes in categories in geometry and topology. It uses categorical language to organize sheaves, toposes, descent, and geometric constructions in topology and geometry.

Related Wikipedia Page

Classifying toposes (Wikipedia)

Useful Links

Key Ideas

  • Canonical formulations and representative examples for classifying toposes
  • How structural, local, and computational viewpoints interact in the subject
  • Standard theorem patterns and invariants used in current research practice

Typical Uses

Used to encode local-to-global principles and to study geometric objects via categorical methods.

Applications

  • Sheaf and topos methods
  • Descent and stacks
  • Category theory in geometry and topology

References

Recommended Textbooks

18E25 Tensor products, torsion

Overview

18E25 studies categories in algebraic geometry in categories in geometry and topology. It uses categorical language to organize sheaves, toposes, descent, and geometric constructions in topology and geometry.

Related Wikipedia Page

Categories in algebraic geometry (Wikipedia)

Useful Links

Key Ideas

  • Canonical formulations and representative examples for categories in algebraic geometry
  • How structural, local, and computational viewpoints interact in the subject
  • Standard theorem patterns and invariants used in current research practice

Typical Uses

Used to encode local-to-global principles and to study geometric objects via categorical methods.

Applications

  • Sheaf and topos methods
  • Descent and stacks
  • Category theory in geometry and topology

References

Recommended Textbooks

18E30 Derived categories, triangulated categories

Overview

18E30 studies categories in topology and homotopy theory in categories in geometry and topology. It uses categorical language to organize sheaves, toposes, descent, and geometric constructions in topology and geometry.

Related Wikipedia Page

Categories in topology and homotopy theory (Wikipedia)

Useful Links

Key Ideas

  • Canonical formulations and representative examples for categories in topology and homotopy theory
  • How structural, local, and computational viewpoints interact in the subject
  • Standard theorem patterns and invariants used in current research practice

Typical Uses

Used to encode local-to-global principles and to study geometric objects via categorical methods.

Applications

  • Sheaf and topos methods
  • Descent and stacks
  • Category theory in geometry and topology

References

Recommended Textbooks

18E35 Localization of categories

Overview

18E35 studies derived categories in geometry and topology in categories in geometry and topology. It uses categorical language to organize sheaves, toposes, descent, and geometric constructions in topology and geometry.

Related Wikipedia Page

Derived categories in geometry and topology (Wikipedia)

Useful Links

Key Ideas

  • Canonical formulations and representative examples for derived categories in geometry and topology
  • How structural, local, and computational viewpoints interact in the subject
  • Standard theorem patterns and invariants used in current research practice

Typical Uses

Used to encode local-to-global principles and to study geometric objects via categorical methods.

Applications

  • Sheaf and topos methods
  • Descent and stacks
  • Category theory in geometry and topology

References

Recommended Textbooks

18E40 Torsion theories, radicals

Overview

18E40 studies stacks and higher sheaf theory in categories in geometry and topology. It uses categorical language to organize sheaves, toposes, descent, and geometric constructions in topology and geometry.

Related Wikipedia Page

Stacks and higher sheaf theory (Wikipedia)

Useful Links

Key Ideas

  • Canonical formulations and representative examples for stacks and higher sheaf theory
  • How structural, local, and computational viewpoints interact in the subject
  • Standard theorem patterns and invariants used in current research practice

Typical Uses

Used to encode local-to-global principles and to study geometric objects via categorical methods.

Applications

  • Sheaf and topos methods
  • Descent and stacks
  • Category theory in geometry and topology

References

Recommended Textbooks

18E45 Monomorphism classes, injective envelopes

Overview

18E45 studies geometric morphisms and continuous functors in categories in geometry and topology. It uses categorical language to organize sheaves, toposes, descent, and geometric constructions in topology and geometry.

Related Wikipedia Page

Geometric morphisms and continuous functors (Wikipedia)

Useful Links

Key Ideas

  • Canonical formulations and representative examples for geometric morphisms and continuous functors
  • How structural, local, and computational viewpoints interact in the subject
  • Standard theorem patterns and invariants used in current research practice

Typical Uses

Used to encode local-to-global principles and to study geometric objects via categorical methods.

Applications

  • Sheaf and topos methods
  • Descent and stacks
  • Category theory in geometry and topology

References

Recommended Textbooks

18E50 Module categories with extra structure

Overview

18E50 studies applications of categories in geometry and topology in categories in geometry and topology. It uses categorical language to organize sheaves, toposes, descent, and geometric constructions in topology and geometry.

Related Wikipedia Page

Applications of categories in geometry and topology (Wikipedia)

Useful Links

Key Ideas

  • Canonical formulations and representative examples for applications of categories in geometry and topology
  • How structural, local, and computational viewpoints interact in the subject
  • Standard theorem patterns and invariants used in current research practice

Typical Uses

Used to encode local-to-global principles and to study geometric objects via categorical methods.

Applications

  • Sheaf and topos methods
  • Descent and stacks
  • Category theory in geometry and topology

References

Recommended Textbooks

18E99 None of the above

Overview

18E99 studies none of the above in categories in geometry and topology. It uses categorical language to organize sheaves, toposes, descent, and geometric constructions in topology and geometry.

Related Wikipedia Page

None of the above (Wikipedia)

Useful Links

Key Ideas

  • Canonical formulations and representative examples for none of the above
  • How structural, local, and computational viewpoints interact in the subject
  • Standard theorem patterns and invariants used in current research practice

Typical Uses

Used to encode local-to-global principles and to study geometric objects via categorical methods.

Applications

  • Sheaf and topos methods
  • Descent and stacks
  • Category theory in geometry and topology

References

Recommended Textbooks