Grothendieck topology

Noun

Meaning

Grothendieck topology (plural Grothendieck topologies)

(category theory) A structure on a category which makes the category's objects act like the open sets of a topological space.

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Examples

Grothendieck also saw how to phrase the definition of covering abstractly; this is where the definition of a Grothendieck topology comes from. Source: Internet

Sites and sheaves seeAlso Let C be a category and let J be a Grothendieck topology on C. The pair (C, J) is called a site. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Grothe Grothendieck Grothendieck group Grothendieck universe Grothendieck-Riemann-Roch theorem Grothendieckian