Point-free theories of space and time
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zbMATH Open1513.03067arXiv2004.14755MaRDI QIDQ6339751FDOQ6339751
Publication date: 28 April 2020
Abstract: The paper is in the field of Region Based Theory of Space (RBTS), sometimes called mereotopology. RBTS is a kind of point-free theory of space based on the notion of region. Its origin goes back to some ideas of Whitehead, De Laguna and Tarski to build the theory of space without the use of the notion of point. More information on RBTS and mereotopology can be found, for instance, in cite{Vak2007}. Contact algebras present an algebraic formulation of RBTS and in fact give axiomatizations of the Boolean algebras of regular closed sets of some classes of topological spaces with an additional relation of contact. An exhaustive study of this theory is given in cite{DiVak2006}. Dynamic contact algebra (DCA) cite{Vak2014} (see also cite{Vak2010,Vak2012}) introduced by the present author, is a generalization of contact algebra studying regions changing in time and presents a formal explication of Whitehead's ideas of integrated point-free theory of space and time. DCA is an abstraction of a special emph{dynamic model of space}, called also emph{snapshot} or emph{cinematographic} model and the paper cite{Vak2014} contains the expected representation theorem with respect to such models. In the present paper we introduce a new version of DCA which is a simplified version of the definition from cite{Vak2014} and similar to that of cite{Vak2012}. The aim is to use this version as a representative example of a DCA and to develop for this example not only the snapshot models but also topological models and the expected topological duality theory, generalizing in a certain sense the well known Stone duality for Boolean algebras. Abstract topological models of DCAs present a new view on the nature of space and time and show what happens if we are abstracting from their metric properties.
Other nonclassical logic (03B60) Logic in artificial intelligence (68T27) Foundations of classical theories (including reverse mathematics) (03B30) Other algebras related to logic (03G25)
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