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The Dedekind reals in abstract Stone duality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2009

ANDREJ BAUER  and
PAUL TAYLOR
ANDREJ BAUER
Affiliation:
University of Ljubljana, SloveniaAndrej.Bauer@andrej.com
PAUL TAYLOR
Affiliation:
London, United Kingdomdedras@PaulTaylor.EU
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Abstract

Abstract Stone Duality (ASD) is a direct axiomatisation of general topology, in contrast to the traditional and all other contemporary approaches, which rely on a prior notion of discrete set, type or object of a topos.

ASD reconciles mathematical and computational viewpoints, providing an inherently computable calculus that does not sacrifice key properties of real analysis such as compactness of the closed interval. Previous theories of recursive analysis failed to do this because they were based on points; ASD succeeds because, like locale theory and formal topology, it is founded on the algebra of open subspaces.

ASD is presented as a lambda calculus, of which we provide a self-contained summary, as the foundational background has been investigated in earlier work.

The core of the paper constructs the real line using two-sided Dedekind cuts. We show that the closed interval is compact and overt, where these concepts are defined using quantifiers. Further topics, such as the Intermediate Value Theorem, are presented in a separate paper that builds on this one.

The interval domain plays an important foundational role. However, we see intervals as generalised Dedekind cuts, which underly the construction of the real line, not as sets or pairs of real numbers.

We make a thorough study of arithmetic, in which our operations are more complicated than Moore's, because we work constructively, and we also consider back-to-front (Kaucher) intervals.

Finally, we compare ASD with other systems of constructive and computable topology and analysis.

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Mathematical Structures in Computer Science , Volume 19 , Issue 4 , August 2009 , pp. 757 - 838
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