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In mathematics, an ∞-topos (infinity-topos) is, roughly, an ∞-category such that its objects behave like sheaves of spaces with some choice of Grothendieck topology; in other words, it gives an intrinsic notion of sheaves without reference to an external space. The prototypical example of an ∞-topos is the ∞-category of sheaves of spaces on some topological space. But the notion is more flexible; for example, the ∞-category of étale sheaves on some scheme is not the ∞-category of sheaves on any topological space but it is still an ∞-topos.

Precisely, in Lurie's Higher Topos Theory, an ∞-topos is defined as an ∞-category X such that there is a small ∞-category C and a left exact localization functor from the ∞-category of presheaves of spaces on C to X. A theorem of Lurie states that an ∞-category is an ∞-topos if and only if it satisfies an ∞-categorical version of Giraud's axioms in ordinary topos theory. A "topos" is a category behaving like the category of sheaves of sets on a topological space. In analogy, Lurie's definition and characterization theorem of an ∞-topos says that an ∞-topos is an ∞-category behaving like the category of sheaves of spaces.

See also

• Bousfield localization
• Homotopy hypothesis – Hypothesis that the ∞-groupoids are equivalent to the topological spaces
• ∞-groupoid – Abstract homotopical model for topological spaces
• Simplicial set
• Kan complex – Concept in the theory of simplicial sets.

References

1. Lurie 2009, Definition 6.1.0.4.
2. Lurie 2009, Theorem 6.1.0.6.

Further reading

• Spectral Algebraic Geometry - Charles Rezk (gives a down-enough-to-earth introduction)
• Lurie, Jacob (2009). Higher Topos Theory (PDF). Princeton University Press. arXiv:math/0608040. ISBN 978-0-691-14049-0.

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