Exploring mathematical objects from custom-tailored mathematical universes

DOI10.1007/978-3-030-84706-7_4MaRDI QIDQ6395496arXivFDO

Authors Ingo Blechschmidt

Publication date 2 April 2022

Published in arXiv

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84706-7_4

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Mathematical logic and foundations (03-XX)

arXiv classification

math.CTmath.HOmath.LO

Abstract: Toposes can be pictured as mathematical universes. Besides the standard topos, in which most of mathematics unfolds, there is a colorful host of alternate toposes in which mathematics plays out slightly differently. For instance, there are toposes in which the axiom of choice and the intermediate value theorem from undergraduate calculus fail. The purpose of this contribution is to give a glimpse of the toposophic landscape, presenting several specific toposes and exploring their peculiar properties, and to explicate how toposes provide distinct lenses through which the usual mathematical objects of the standard topos can be viewed.

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