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Smooth and Proper Maps

Category Theory 2025-02-14 v5 Logic in Computer Science Algebraic Geometry Logic

Abstract

This is an expository note explaining how the geometric notions of local connectedness and properness are related to the Σ\Sigma-type and Π\Pi-type constructors of dependent type theory.

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@article{arxiv.2402.00331,
  title  = {Smooth and Proper Maps},
  author = {Mathieu Anel and Jonathan Weinberger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.00331},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

Dedicated to Andr\'e Joyal to his 80th birthday; 13 pages, 4 tables. v2 simplified Table 3 and corrected the characterization of acyclic/localic maps in the corresponding examples. v3 add more examples. v4 final version before publication, change title, update bibliography. v5 corrected Def. 2.2.1. of the published version. Updated affiliation

R2 v1 2026-06-28T14:34:05.196Z