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A formal characterization of discrete condensed objects

Category Theory 2024-10-30 v3 Formal Languages and Automata Theory Logic in Computer Science

Abstract

Condensed mathematics, developed by Clausen and Scholze over the last few years, proposes a generalization of topology with better categorical properties. It replaces the concept of a topological space by that of a condensed set, which can be defined as a sheaf on a certain site of compact Hausdorff spaces. Since condensed sets are supposed to be a generalization of topological spaces, one would like to be able to study the notion of discreteness. There are various ways to define what it means for a condensed set to be discrete. In this paper we describe them, and prove that they are equivalent. The results have been fully formalized in the Lean proof assistant.

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@article{arxiv.2410.17847,
  title  = {A formal characterization of discrete condensed objects},
  author = {Dagur Asgeirsson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.17847},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

Updated the introduction and corrected a few typos in version 3

R2 v1 2026-06-28T19:32:51.415Z