2008
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.0810.1279
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Set theory for category theory

Michael A. Shulman

Abstract: Questions of set-theoretic size play an essential role in category theory, especially the distinction between sets and proper classes (or small sets and large sets). There are many different ways to formalize this, and which choice is made can have noticeable effects on what categorical constructions are permissible. In this expository paper we summarize and compare a number of such "set-theoretic foundations for category theory," and describe their implications for the everyday use of category theory. We assu… Show more

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“…It is sometimes beneficial in higher category theory to fix a Grothendieck universe U and thereby formalize what it means to be 'not a set'. This was first developed in [AGV71, Exposé I], and a more modern discussion can be found in, e.g., [Shu08]. Because we will not have to address seriously any issues of size in this thesis, we fix the following definitions: Definition 2.1.…”
Section: -Categorical Preliminariesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It is sometimes beneficial in higher category theory to fix a Grothendieck universe U and thereby formalize what it means to be 'not a set'. This was first developed in [AGV71, Exposé I], and a more modern discussion can be found in, e.g., [Shu08]. Because we will not have to address seriously any issues of size in this thesis, we fix the following definitions: Definition 2.1.…”
Section: -Categorical Preliminariesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…If you want to know more about the set-theoretical issues in category theory, you can read these notes by Mike Shulman, [Shu08]. However I recommend you read them after learning a bit more about category theory.…”
Section: Set-theoretical Considerationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Throughout the paper we will systematically choose and fix Grothendieck universes, and then working with categories small with regard to these universes, but not mentioning this in the text explicitly. A discussion of the foundational aspects of category theory can be found, for example, in [19] or [22].…”
Section: Kähler Differentials On Spaces With Atlasesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Thus, since now we will always assume that either the base scheme S is of pure characteristic 0 or X is flat over S, to work with symmetric powers, and in all cases when S will be semi-normal over Q, we will systematically identify the restrictions of Suslin-Voevodsky's and Rydh's sheaves of 0-cycles on semi-normal schemes via the isomorphisms ( 16), ( 17), ( 18), (19) and (20).…”
Section: Let Thenmentioning
confidence: 99%