Positive Topology: A New Practice in Constructive Mathematics
Aimed at researchers in mathematics, philosophy and logic, this book provides the first organic exposition of dynamic constructivism and the mathematics ensuing in practice, including discussion of the technical development of the field and outlining the philosophical and methodological motivations underlying the evolution of the discipline.

In dynamic constructivism, mathematics is seen as the result of a dynamic process of interaction between the construction of mathematical entities, by abstraction and by idealization, and their selection according to their efficiency in applications to reality and in the organisation of mathematics itself.

The crucial benefit of this vision is its independence from dogmas and external authorities. A practical consequence is full respect for the diverse areas of mathematics - mainly computation, spatial intuition, deduction, and abstract axiomatic method - without reducing one to another. As a second consequence, a dynamic interaction between different 'epistemological levels' is always active and present, in the development of mathematics in practice, the study of its foundations and its formalisation in a computer language.
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Positive Topology: A New Practice in Constructive Mathematics
Aimed at researchers in mathematics, philosophy and logic, this book provides the first organic exposition of dynamic constructivism and the mathematics ensuing in practice, including discussion of the technical development of the field and outlining the philosophical and methodological motivations underlying the evolution of the discipline.

In dynamic constructivism, mathematics is seen as the result of a dynamic process of interaction between the construction of mathematical entities, by abstraction and by idealization, and their selection according to their efficiency in applications to reality and in the organisation of mathematics itself.

The crucial benefit of this vision is its independence from dogmas and external authorities. A practical consequence is full respect for the diverse areas of mathematics - mainly computation, spatial intuition, deduction, and abstract axiomatic method - without reducing one to another. As a second consequence, a dynamic interaction between different 'epistemological levels' is always active and present, in the development of mathematics in practice, the study of its foundations and its formalisation in a computer language.
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Positive Topology: A New Practice in Constructive Mathematics

Positive Topology: A New Practice in Constructive Mathematics

by Giovanni Sambin
Positive Topology: A New Practice in Constructive Mathematics

Positive Topology: A New Practice in Constructive Mathematics

by Giovanni Sambin

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Aimed at researchers in mathematics, philosophy and logic, this book provides the first organic exposition of dynamic constructivism and the mathematics ensuing in practice, including discussion of the technical development of the field and outlining the philosophical and methodological motivations underlying the evolution of the discipline.

In dynamic constructivism, mathematics is seen as the result of a dynamic process of interaction between the construction of mathematical entities, by abstraction and by idealization, and their selection according to their efficiency in applications to reality and in the organisation of mathematics itself.

The crucial benefit of this vision is its independence from dogmas and external authorities. A practical consequence is full respect for the diverse areas of mathematics - mainly computation, spatial intuition, deduction, and abstract axiomatic method - without reducing one to another. As a second consequence, a dynamic interaction between different 'epistemological levels' is always active and present, in the development of mathematics in practice, the study of its foundations and its formalisation in a computer language.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780199232888
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 08/02/2025
Series: Oxford Logic Guides
Pages: 624
Product dimensions: 0.10(w) x 0.10(h) x 0.10(d)

Table of Contents

PrefaceAbout This Book1. Dynamic Constructivism: A New Conception of Mathematics2. The Minimalist Foundation: Basic Notions and Tools3. Basic Pairs: Symmetry and Duality in Topology4. Relation-Pairs: Continuity is a Commutative Square5. Concrete Spaces: Benefits of Keeping a Base6. Convergent Relation-Pairs: Towards Topology With Points7. Basic Topologies: Pointfree Topology Without Convergence8. Continuous Relations: Respecting Covers and Positivities9. Positive Topologies and Formal Maps: Pointfree Topology10. Ideal Spaces and Maps: Ideal Aspects Over Real Topology11. Topological Systems: a Place for all Topological Notions12. Overlap Algebras: the Power of a Set as an Algebra13. Overlap Topologies: Putting Topology in Algebraic TermsAppendix A. Generating Positivity By Co-inductionReferencesIndex
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