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Grothendieck universes

Grothendieck universes is the plural of Grothendieck universe.

Meaning of Grothendieck universe

Noun

Grothendieck universe (plural Grothendieck universes)

  1. A kind of universal set whose elements follow the rules of Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory, and for which, with respect to an arbitrary set, an instance of its kind which has that set as a member may be posited to exist through an additional Tarski–Grothendieck axiom (which is not part of ZF but augments it, yielding Tarski–Grothendieck set theory).

Questions about Grothendieck universes

What is Grothendieck universes the plural of?
Grothendieck universes is the plural of Grothendieck universe.

Words near Grothendieck universes in the dictionary

  1. Grothendieck group
  2. Grothendieck groups
  3. Grothendieck topologies
  4. Grothendieck topology
  5. Grothendieck universe
  6. Grothendieck universes
  7. Grothendieck-Riemann-Roch theorem
  8. Grothendieckian
  9. Grothes
  10. grothite
  11. grothites

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