Challenges
Datasets
Workspaces
Papers
Discussions
Leaderboard
Log inSign up
Challenges
Datasets
Workspaces
Papers
Discussions
Leaderboard
Blog
Job Board
Q3AS

© 2026 Aqora Quantum S.A.S.

TermsPrivacyLegal Notice

arXiv:1207.1744

Lectures on Topos Quantum Theory

Cecilia Flori

Published Jul 6, 2012• 3 citations
arXivHTMLPDF

Abstract

This is a series of lecture notes explaining topos theory and its application in physics.
DOI
10.48550/arxiv.1207.1744

Related papers

Topos Methods in the Foundations of Physics

Chris Isham

This article gives a conceptual introduction to the topos approach to the formulation of physical theories.

arXiv:1004.3564•Apr 20, 2010•0 citations

Lecture notes on Generalised Hydrodynamics

Benjamin Doyon

These are lecture notes for a series of lectures given at the Les Houches Summer School on Integrability in Atomic and Condensed Matter Physics, 30 July to 24 August 2018. The same series of lectures has also been given at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, October 2019. I overview in a pedagogical fashion the main aspects of the theory of generalised hydrodynamics, a hydrodynamic theory for quantum and classical many-body integrable systems. Only very basic knowledge of hydrodynamics and integrable systems is assumed.

arXiv:1912.08496•SciPost Physics Lecture Notes•Aug 28, 2020•282 citations

A First Course in Topos Quantum Theory

Cecilia Flori

Lecture notes in physics•Jan 1, 2013•46 citations

A Second Course in Topos Quantum Theory

Cecilia Flori

Lecture notes in physics•Jan 1, 2018•9 citations

A topos foundation for theories of physics: IV. Categories of systems

Andreas Döring, Christopher John Isham

This paper is the fourth in a series whose goal is to develop a fundamentally new way of building theories of physics. The motivation comes from a desire to address certain deep issues that arise in the quantum theory of gravity. Our basic contention is that constructing a theory of physics is equivalent to finding a representation in a topos of a certain formal language that is attached to the system. Classical physics arises when the topos is the category of sets. Other types of theory employ a different topos. The previous papers in this series are concerned with implementing this program for a single system. In the present paper, we turn to considering a collection of systems; in particular, we are interested in the relation between the topos representation for a composite system and the representations for its constituents. We also study this problem for the disjoint sum of two systems. Our approach to these matters is to construct a category of systems and to find a topos representation of the entire category.

arXiv:quant-ph/0703066•Journal of Mathematical Physics•May 1, 2008•87 citations

Some Possible Roles for Topos Theory in Quantum Theory and Quantum Gravity

C. J. Isham, J. Butterfield

arXiv:gr-qc/9910005•Foundations of Physics•Oct 1, 2000•63 citations
These are lecture notes for a series of lectures given at the Les Houches Summer School on Integrability in Atomic and Condensed Matter Physics, 30 July to 24 August 2018. The same series of lectures has also been given at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, October 2019. I overview in a pedagogical fashion the main aspects of the theory of generalised hydrodynamics, a hydrodynamic theory for quantum and classical many-body integrable systems. Only very basic knowledge of hydrodynamics and integrable systems is assumed.
This paper is the fourth in a series whose goal is to develop a fundamentally new way of building theories of physics. The motivation comes from a desire to address certain deep issues that arise in the quantum theory of gravity. Our basic contention is that constructing a theory of physics is equivalent to finding a representation in a topos of a certain formal language that is attached to the system. Classical physics arises when the topos is the category of sets. Other types of theory employ a different topos. The previous papers in this series are concerned with implementing this program for a single system. In the present paper, we turn to considering a collection of systems; in particular, we are interested in the relation between the topos representation for a composite system and the representations for its constituents. We also study this problem for the disjoint sum of two systems. Our approach to these matters is to construct a category of systems and to find a topos representation of the entire category.