Mon, 03 Feb 2025 07:31:21 GMT

I keep coming back to this video about the relationship between (pre-)sheafs and cohomology. Here he says that "the number one technique in mathematics is turning any problem into a linear algebra problem.

More generally, Lawvere often talks about mapping geometry to algebra.

https://youtu.be/RPuWHN0BTio?si=U0h7YM-3GlcyvnS5&t=1890

D --> J <-- T ( c: D --> T is the solution to a choice problem, per Lawvere).

d: D --> J
e: T --> J
c: D --> T

This diagram is a regular Kan extension problem, with a cohomology twist, i.e. assigning values to both objects and arrows.

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