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1994 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Geometric Logic and Classifying Topoi

Authors : Saunders Mac Lane, Ieke Moerdijk

Published in: Sheaves in Geometry and Logic

Publisher: Springer New York

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A first-order formula q5(xl,xn)is called“geometric”if it is built up from atomic formulas by using conjunction,disjunction,and existential quantification,Geometric logic is the logic of the implications between geometric formulas: 1$$\forall x(\phi (x) \to \psi (x))$$ where the arrow here is for “implication” and and z/) are geometric. Many mathematical structures can be axiomatized by formulas of this form (1).For instance, local rings are axiomatized by the usual equations for a commutative ring with unit, together with the axiom 2$$\forall x,y \in R(x + y = 1 \to \exists z(x \cdot z = 1) \vee \exists z(y \cdot z = 1))$$ which states that the ring is local; this axiom (2) is indeed of the form (1).

Metadata
Title
Geometric Logic and Classifying Topoi
Authors
Saunders Mac Lane
Ieke Moerdijk
Copyright Year
1994
Publisher
Springer New York
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0927-0_12

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