nLab light condensed set

Context

Topology

topology (point-set topology, point-free topology)

see also differential topology, algebraic topology, functional analysis and topological homotopy theory

Introduction

Basic concepts

Universal constructions

Extra stuff, structure, properties

Examples

Basic statements

Theorems

Analysis Theorems

topological homotopy theory

Algebra

Contents

Idea

Proposed by Peter Scholze in the Analytic Stacks lectures in 2023 (Clausen-Scholze 2023) as a more well-behaved replacement for condensed sets and pyknotic sets in condensed mathematics that eliminate the size issues in the other two approaches. More specifically,

Definition

Recall that a light profinite set is a countable limit of finite sets. A light condensed set or 1\aleph_1-condensed set is a sheaf on the site of light profinite sets with finite jointly surjective families of maps as covers.

Category of light condensed sets

The category of light condensed sets LightCondSet\mathrm{LightCondSet} is a Grothendieck topos.

The category of sequential topological spaces embed fully faithfully into the category of light condensed sets, and there is a functor that reflects the category of light condensed sets back onto the category of sequential topological spaces.

Internal logic

In the internal logic of the topos of light condensed sets, the weak limited principle of omniscience (WLPO) for the natural numbers is false (and thus excluded middle also fails).

On the other hand, the lesser limited principle of omniscience (LLPO) does hold in the topos of light condensed sets. Markov's principle also holds in the topos of light condensed sets.

The full intermediate value theorem and the Brouwer's fixed point theorem can be proven in the topos of light condensed sets.

References

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