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   • CommentAuthorTobyBartels
   • CommentTimeMay 6th 2012
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   Author: TobyBartels
   Format: MarkdownItexUrs started [[pointless topology]], and I continued it.

   Urs started pointless topology, and I continued it.

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   • CommentAuthorzskoda
   • CommentTimeMay 7th 2012
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   Author: zskoda
   Format: MarkdownItexIn noncommutative algebraic geometry we take a class of flat localizations having flat right adjoint which has its own right adjoint ("biflat affine localizations") as generating some sort of topology; such localizations are analogues of open subsets. Would this qualify for a pointless topology ?

   In noncommutative algebraic geometry we take a class of flat localizations having flat right adjoint which has its own right adjoint (“biflat affine localizations”) as generating some sort of topology; such localizations are analogues of open subsets. Would this qualify for a pointless topology ?

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   • CommentAuthorTobyBartels
   • CommentTimeMay 7th 2012
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   Author: TobyBartels
   Format: MarkdownItexCould be. For me, the question is whether one *could* do everything with points, whether or not one *does* so. I've put in a hypothetical definition of "pointless topology", so you can decide.

   Could be. For me, the question is whether one could do everything with points, whether or not one does so. I’ve put in a hypothetical definition of “pointless topology”, so you can decide.

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   • CommentAuthorUrs
   • CommentTimeMar 17th 2017
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   Author: Urs
   Format: MarkdownItexI have changed the entry name to _[[point-free topology]]_ and made further slight variants redirects. Added pointer to _[Palmgren 05](https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/point-free+topology#Palmgren05)_

   I have changed the entry name to point-free topology and made further slight variants redirects. Added pointer to Palmgren 05