Some Possible Roles for Topos Theory in Quantum Theory and Quantum Gravity |
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Authors: | C. J. Isham J. Butterfield |
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Affiliation: | (1) The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, South Kensington, London, SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom;(2) All Souls College, Oxford, OX1 4AL, United Kingdom |
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Abstract: | We discuss some ways in which topos theory (a branch of category theory) can be applied to interpretative problems in quantum theory and quantum gravity. In Sec.1, we introduce these problems. In Sec.2, we introduce topos theory, especially the idea of a topos of presheaves. In Sec.3, we discuss several possible applications of topos theory to the problems in Sec.1. In Sec.4, we draw some conclusions. |
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