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The representing localic groupoid for a geometric theory

Category Theory 2024-08-27 v2 Algebraic Geometry Logic

Abstract

We give an expository, and hopefully approachable, account of the Joyal-Tierney result that every topos can be represented as a topos of sheaves on a localic groupoid. We give an explicit presentation of a representing localic groupoid for the classifying topos of a given geometric theory and discuss links with the topological groupoids of Forssell.

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@article{arxiv.2305.15209,
  title  = {The representing localic groupoid for a geometric theory},
  author = {Graham Manuell and Joshua L. Wrigley},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.15209},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

37 pages, minor edits

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