Finitary spacetime sheaves

DOI10.1023/A:1003600931892zbMATH Open0966.83006arXivgr-qc/0102108OpenAlexW3163552633MaRDI QIDQ1590868FDOQ1590868

Authors: Ioannis Raptis 

Publication date: 1 January 2001

Published in: International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The notion of finitary spacetime sheaves is introduced based on locally finite approximations of the continuous topology of a bounded region of a spacetime manifold. Finitary spacetime sheaves are seen to be sound mathematical models of approximations of continuous spacetime observables.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0102108

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zbMATH Keywords

finitary spacetime sheaves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Special relativity (83A05) Presheaves and sheaves, stacks, descent conditions (category-theoretic aspects) (18F20)

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