Intuitionistic overlap structures

Francesco Ciraulo

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/LLP.2013.011

Abstract


We study some connections between two kinds of \emph{overlap} relations: that of point-free geometries in the sense of Grzegorczyk, Whitehead and Clarke, and that recently introduced by Sambin within his constructive approach to topology. The main thesis of this paper is that the overlap relation in the latter sense is a necessary tool for a constructive and intuitionistic development of point-free geometry.


Keywords


overlap algebras; connection structures; mereological fields; constructive reasoning

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