Lawvere, F. (2016). Birkhoff's Theorem from a geometric perspective: A simple example. Categories and General Algebraic Structures with Applications, 4(1), 1-8.
F. William Lawvere. "Birkhoff's Theorem from a geometric perspective: A simple example". Categories and General Algebraic Structures with Applications, 4, 1, 2016, 1-8.
Lawvere, F. (2016). 'Birkhoff's Theorem from a geometric perspective: A simple example', Categories and General Algebraic Structures with Applications, 4(1), pp. 1-8.
Lawvere, F. Birkhoff's Theorem from a geometric perspective: A simple example. Categories and General Algebraic Structures with Applications, 2016; 4(1): 1-8.
Birkhoff's Theorem from a geometric perspective: A simple example
Department of Mathematics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260-2900, United States of America.
Abstract
From Hilbert's theorem of zeroes, and from Noether's ideal theory, Birkhoff derived certain algebraic concepts (as explained by Tholen) that have a dual significance in general toposes, similar to their role in the original examples of algebraic geometry. I will describe a simple example that illustrates some of the aspects of this relationship. The dualization from algebra to geometry in the basic Grothendieck spirit can be accomplished (without intervention of topological spaces) by the following method, known as Isbell conjugacy.
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