Special Issue on point-free geometry and topology. An introduction
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https://doi.org/10.12775/LLP.2013.008Keywords
mereology, Boolean algebras, point-free geometry, point-free topology, intuitionism, category theory, multi-valued logic, decidabilityAbstract
In the first section we briefly describe methodological assumptions of point-free geometry and topology. We also outline history of geometrical theories based on the notion of \emph{region}. The second section is devoted to concise presentation of the content of the LLP special issue on point-free theories of space.
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