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Why is there a duality between spaces and commutative algebras?

1) The category of affine varieties over $\mathbb{C}$ is equivalent to the opposite category of finitely generated reduced algebras over $\mathbb{C}$. The equivalence associates to an affine variety ...
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Comparison: Formal Wirthmüller isomorphism of Fausk-Hu-May vs. Balmer et. al

$\newcommand{\Cc}{\mathcal{C}}$ $\newcommand{\Dd}{\mathcal{D}}$ $\newcommand{\tensor}{\otimes}$ $\DeclareMathOperator{\Sp}{Sp}$ This question is about comparing the approaches for a formal Wirthmüller ...
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The metric gives the optimal element in a class

In geometry there is plenty of examples in which the following happens: Some elements are considered equivalent, in some topological or algebraic sense We take the quotient The metric is usually not ...
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