Elementary Categories, Elementary Toposes

An introduction to categories and elementary toposes requiring little mathematical background. It defines the key concepts and gives complete elementary proofs of theorems. It ends with topos theoretic descriptions of sets, of basic differential geometry, and of recursive analysis.

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The book covers elementary aspects of category theory and topos theory. It has few mathematical prerequisites, and uses categorical methods throughout rather than beginning with set theoretic foundations. It works with key notions such as Cartesian closedness, adjunctions, regular categories, and the internal logic of a topos. Full statements and elementary proofs are given for the central theorems, including the fundamental theorem of toposes, the sheafification theorem, and the construction of Grothendieck toposes over any topos as base. Three chapters discuss applications of toposes in detail, namely to sets, to basic differential geometry, and to recursive analysis.