Grothendieck topology

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title: Grothendieck topology
text: In category theory, a branch of mathematics, a Grothendieck topology is a structure on a category C that makes the objects of C act like the open sets of a topological space. A category together with a choice of Grothendieck topology is called a site. Grothendieck topologies axiomatize the notion of an open cover. Using the notion of covering provided by a Grothendieck topology, it becomes possible to define sheaves on a category and their cohomology. This was first done in algebraic geometry an
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description: Structure on a category C that makes the objects of C act like the open sets of a topological space
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date created: 2001-12-04T00:31:58Z
date modified: 2024-09-15T16:37:29Z
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