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noun
A structure on a category which makes the category's objects act like the open sets of a topological space.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: category-theory, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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History
Named after the mathematician Alexander Grothendieck.
Across languages
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