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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
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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 ...