Fuzzy sets and sheaves. Part I

  • Authors:
  • Ulrich Höhle

  • Affiliations:
  • Fachbereich C Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften Bergische Universität, D-42097 Wuppertal, Germany

  • Venue:
  • Fuzzy Sets and Systems
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

This essay shows that large parts of fuzzy set theory are actually subfields of sheaf theory, respectively, of the theory of complete @W-valued sets. Hence fuzzy set theory is closer to the mainstream in mathematics than many people would expect. Part I of this essay divided into a series of two papers presents such basic concepts as @W-valued equalities, espaces etales, singleton monad, the change of base and the subobject classifier axiom. The application of these tools to the sheaf-theoretic foundations of fuzzy sets will appear in Part II.