A note on computable \'{e}tale spaces
Logic
2026-05-01 v1 Category Theory
Abstract
An \'{e}tale space over a topological space is defined as a local homeomorphism from a topological space into . They often come up in topos theory because of the equivalence between sheaves and \'{e}tale spaces over a space. In this note, we define computable \'{e}tale spaces over a computable topological space within the TTE framework of computable topology, and show they are naturally equivalent to computable functions from to , the effective quasi-Polish category of overt-discrete quasi-Polish spaces. More generally, if is a computable category (or groupoid), then there is an equivalence between computable functors from to , and computable \'{e}tale spaces equipped with a computable action by .
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@article{arxiv.2604.27466,
title = {A note on computable \'{e}tale spaces},
author = {Matthew de Brecht},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.27466},
year = {2026}
}