TY - BOOK AU - Hofmann,Dirk ,ed. AU - Seal,Gavin J.,ed AU - Tholen,W.,ed TI - Monoidal topology: a categorical approach to order, metric and topology T2 - Encyclopedia of mathematics and its applicationá¹£ SN - 9781107063945 (hardback) U1 - 512.536.7 PY - 2014/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University KW - Topological semigroups KW - Group theory KW - MATHEMATICS / Logic N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-479) and index N2 - "Monoidal Topology describes an active research area that, after various past proposals on how to axiomatize "spaces" in terms of convergence, began to emerge at the beginning of the millennium. It combines Barr's relational presentation of topological spaces in terms of ultrafilter convergence with Lawvere's interpretation of metric spaces as small categories enriched over the extended real half-line"-- UR - http://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/63945/cover/9781107063945.jpg ER -