Topos theory and `neo-realist' quantum theory Export

@misc{citeulike:2248172, abstract = {Topos theory, a branch of category theory, has been proposed as mathematical basis for the formulation of physical theories. In this article, we give a brief introduction to this approach, emphasising the logical aspects. Each topos serves as a `mathematical universe' with an internal logic, which is used to assign truth-values to all propositions about a physical system. We show in detail how this works for (algebraic) quantum theory.}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, author = {Doering, Andreas}, citeulike-article-id = {2248172}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0712.4003v1}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/0712.4003v1}, day = {24}, eprint = {0712.4003v1}, month = {Dec}, posted-at = {2008-12-11 19:18:51}, priority = {2}, title = {Topos theory and `neo-realist' quantum theory}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0712.4003v1}, year = {2007} }

TY - ELEC ID - citeulike:2248172 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2248172 N2 - Topos theory, a branch of category theory, has been proposed as mathematical basis for the formulation of physical theories. In this article, we give a brief introduction to this approach, emphasising the logical aspects. Each topos serves as a `mathematical universe' with an internal logic, which is used to assign truth-values to all propositions about a physical system. We show in detail how this works for (algebraic) quantum theory. TI - Topos theory and `neo-realist' quantum theory AU - Doering, Andreas PY - 2007/Dec/24/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/0712.4003v1 ER -