Smooth sets of fields: A pedagogical introduction

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Main Authors: Ibort, Alberto, Mas, Arnau
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author Ibort, Alberto
Mas, Arnau
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Mas, Arnau
contents In order to provide a good categorical setting to the many different spaces of fields arising in the description of physical theories, a pedagogical introduction to the categorical notion of smooth sets is provided and some simple properties of the topos of smooth sets are discussed. The introduction of geometrical structures into such spaces is illustrated via the specific examples of the tangent functor and the variational bicomplex.
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spellingShingle Smooth sets of fields: A pedagogical introduction
Ibort, Alberto
Mas, Arnau
Mathematical Physics
18F40, 18F10, 70S05
In order to provide a good categorical setting to the many different spaces of fields arising in the description of physical theories, a pedagogical introduction to the categorical notion of smooth sets is provided and some simple properties of the topos of smooth sets are discussed. The introduction of geometrical structures into such spaces is illustrated via the specific examples of the tangent functor and the variational bicomplex.
title Smooth sets of fields: A pedagogical introduction
topic Mathematical Physics
18F40, 18F10, 70S05
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.20422