Download or read book Handbook of Categorical Algebra: Volume 3, Sheaf Theory written by Francis Borceux and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994-12-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This third volume turns to topos theory and the idea of sheaves. The theory of locales is considered first, and Grothendieck toposes are introduced. Notions of sketchability and accessible categories are discussed, and an axiomatic generalization of the category of sheaves is given.