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Record Nr.

UNISA996466660703316

Autore

Moerdijk Ieke

Titolo

Classifying spaces and classifying topoi / / Izak Moerdijk

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer-Verlag, , [1995]

©1995

ISBN

3-540-44912-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 1995.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 98 p.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Mathematics ; ; Volume 1616

Disciplina

514.224

Soggetti

Classifying spaces

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Background in topos theory -- Classifying topoi -- Geometric realization -- Comparison theorems -- Classifying spaces and classifying topoi.

Sommario/riassunto

This monograph presents a new, systematic treatment of the relation between classifying topoi and classifying spaces of topological categories. Using a new generalized geometric realization which applies to topoi, a weak homotopy equival- ence is constructed between the classifying space and the classifying topos of any small (topological) category. Topos theory is then applied to give an answer to the question of what structures are classified by "classifying" spaces. The monograph should be accessible to anyone with basic knowledge of algebraic topology, sheaf theory, and a little topos theory.