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class="hide"><div> <p><strong><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/modal+type+theory">modal type theory</a></strong>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/modal+logic">modal logic</a></p> <p><strong><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/closure+operator">closure operator</a></strong>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/universal+closure+operator">universal closure operator</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/idempotent+monad">idempotent monad</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/comonad">comonad</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/modal+type">modal type</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/local+object">local object</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/reflective+subcategory">reflective subcategory</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/coreflective+subcategory">coreflective subcategory</a></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Examples</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Moore+closure">Moore closure</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/geometric+modality">geometric modality</a>/<a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Lawvere-Tierney+topology">Lawvere-Tierney topology</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/S4+modal+logic">S4 modal logic</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/n-truncated+object+in+an+%28infinity%2C1%29-category">n-truncation</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/shape+modality">shape modality</a><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mo>⊣</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\dashv</annotation></semantics></math> <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/flat+modality">flat modality</a> <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mo>⊣</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\dashv</annotation></semantics></math> <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/sharp+modality">sharp modality</a></p> </li> </ul> </div></div> <h4 id="supergeometry">Super-Geometry</h4> <div class="hide"><div> <p><strong><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/superalgebra">superalgebra</a></strong> and (<a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/synthetic+differential+supergeometry">synthetic</a> ) <strong><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/supergeometry">supergeometry</a></strong></p> <h2 id="background">Background</h2> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/algebra">algebra</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/geometry">geometry</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/graded+object">graded object</a></p> </li> </ul> <h2 id="introductions">Introductions</h2> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/geometry+of+physics+--+superalgebra">geometry of physics – superalgebra</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/geometry+of+physics+--+supergeometry">geometry of physics – supergeometry</a></p> </li> </ul> <h2 id="superalgebra">Superalgebra</h2> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/super+commutative+monoid">super commutative monoid</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/super+abelian+group">super abelian group</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/super+ring">super ring</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/supercommutative+ring">supercommutative ring</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/exterior+ring">exterior ring</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Clifford+ring">Clifford ring</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/super+module">super module</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/super+vector+space">super vector space</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/SVect">SVect</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/super+algebra">super algebra</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/supercommutative+algebra">supercommutative algebra</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/exterior+algebra">exterior algebra</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Clifford+algebra">Clifford algebra</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/superdeterminant">superdeterminant</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/super+Lie+algebra">super Lie algebra</a></p> <ul> <li><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/super+Poincare+Lie+algebra">super Poincare Lie algebra</a></li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/chain+complex+of+super+vector+spaces">chain complex of super vector spaces</a> (<a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/model+structure+on+chain+complexes+of+super+vector+spaces">model structure</a>)</p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/differential+graded-commutative+superalgebra">differential graded-commutative superalgebra</a> (<a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/model+structure+on+differential+graded-commutative+superalgebras">model structure</a>)</p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/super+L-infinity+algebra">super L-infinity algebra</a></p> </li> </ul> <h2 id="supergeometry">Supergeometry</h2> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/superpoint">superpoint</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/super+Cartesian+space">super Cartesian space</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/supermanifold">supermanifold</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/SDiff">SDiff</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/NQ-supermanifold">NQ-supermanifold</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/super+vector+bundle">super vector bundle</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/complex+supermanifold">complex supermanifold</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Euclidean+supermanifold">Euclidean supermanifold</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/super+spacetime">super spacetime</a></p> <ul> <li><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/super+Minkowski+spacetime">super Minkowski spacetime</a></li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/integration+over+supermanifolds">integration over supermanifolds</a></p> <ul> <li><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Berezin+integral">Berezin integral</a></li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/super+Lie+group">super Lie group</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/super+Lie+group">super translation group</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/super+Euclidean+group">super Euclidean group</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/super+%E2%88%9E-groupoid">super ∞-groupoid</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/super+formal+smooth+%E2%88%9E-groupoid">super formal smooth ∞-groupoid</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/super+line+2-bundle">super line 2-bundle</a></p> </li> </ul> <h2 id="supersymmetry">Supersymmetry</h2> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/supersymmetry">supersymmetry</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/division+algebra+and+supersymmetry">division algebra and supersymmetry</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/super+Poincare+Lie+algebra">super Poincare Lie algebra</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/supermultiplet">supermultiplet</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/BPS+state">BPS state</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/M-theory+super+Lie+algebra">M-theory super Lie algebra</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/type+II+super+Lie+algebra">type II super Lie algebra</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/supergravity+Lie+3-algebra">supergravity Lie 3-algebra</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/supergravity+Lie+6-algebra">supergravity Lie 6-algebra</a></p> </li> </ul> <h2 id="supersymmetric_field_theory">Supersymmetric field theory</h2> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/superfield">superfield</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/supersymmetric+quantum+mechanics">supersymmetric quantum mechanics</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/superparticle">superparticle</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/adinkra">adinkra</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/super+Yang-Mills+theory">super Yang-Mills theory</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/supergravity">supergravity</a></p> <ul> <li><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/gauged+supergravity">gauged supergravity</a></li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/superstring+theory">superstring theory</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/type+II+string+theory">type II string theory</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/heterotic+string+theory">heterotic string theory</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h2 id="applications">Applications</h2> <ul> <li><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/geometric+model+for+elliptic+cohomology">geometric model for elliptic cohomology</a></li> </ul> <div> <p> <a href="/nlab/edit/supergeometry+-+contents">Edit this sidebar</a> </p> </div></div></div> </div> </div> <h1 id="contents">Contents</h1> <div class='maruku_toc'> <ul> <li><a href='#idea'>Idea</a></li> <li><a href='#see_also'>See also</a></li> </ul> </div> <h2 id="idea">Idea</h2> <p>On <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/super+smooth+infinity-groupoids">super smooth infinity-groupoids</a> there is a <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/modal+operator">modal operator</a> <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mover><mrow><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mo lspace="verythinmathspace" rspace="0em">−</mo><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><mo>⇝</mo></mover></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\stackrel{\rightsquigarrow}{(-)}</annotation></semantics></math> which projects onto the <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/boson">bosonic</a> components of the <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/supergeometry">supergeometry</a>. On <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/formal+dual">formal dual</a> <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/superalgebras">superalgebras</a> this is given by passing to the <em><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/body">body</a></em>. In terms of <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/physical+fields">physical fields</a> this is the projection onto <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/boson">boson</a> fields, which are hence the <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/modal+types">modal types</a> of <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mo>⇝</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\rightsquigarrow</annotation></semantics></math>, and so it makes sense to speak of the <em>bosonic modality</em>.</p> <p>This has a <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/left+adjoint">left adjoint</a> <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mo>⇉</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\rightrightarrows</annotation></semantics></math> (which on superalgebras passes to the even-graded sub-algebra) and hence together these form an <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/adjoint+modality">adjoint modality</a> which may be thought of as characterizing the <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/supergeometry">supergeometry</a>. See at <em><a href="http://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/super+smooth+infinity-groupoid#Cohesion">super smooth infinity-groupoid – Cohesion</a></em>. With <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mo>⇉</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\rightrightarrows</annotation></semantics></math> being opposite to <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mo>⇝</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\rightsquigarrow</annotation></semantics></math> thereby, it makes sense to call it the <em>fermionic modality</em>.</p> <p>Notice that the fermionic <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/currents">currents</a> in <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/physics">physics</a> (e.g. the <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/electron">electron</a> density current) are indeed fermionic bilinears, i.e. are indeed in the even subalgebras of the underlying superalgebra.</p> <div class="maruku-equation"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mrow><mtable><mtr><mtd><mi>fermions</mi></mtd> <mtd><mo>⇉</mo></mtd> <mtd><mover><mo>⊣</mo><mrow></mrow></mover></mtd> <mtd><mo>⇝</mo></mtd> <mtd><mi>bosons</mi></mtd></mtr></mtable></mrow></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> \array{ fermions & \rightrightarrows &\stackrel{}{\dashv}& \rightsquigarrow & bosons } </annotation></semantics></math></div> <p>The <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/modal+objects">modal objects</a> for <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mo>⇝</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\rightsquigarrow</annotation></semantics></math> are the <em>bosonic objects</em>.</p> <p>The <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/right+adjoint">right adjoint</a> of the bosonic modality is the <em><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/rheonomy+modality">rheonomy modality</a></em>.</p> <h2 id="see_also">See also</h2> <div> <p><strong><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/cohesion">cohesion</a></strong></p> <ul> <li> <p>(<a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/shape+modality">shape modality</a> <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mo>⊣</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\dashv</annotation></semantics></math> <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/flat+modality">flat modality</a> <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mo>⊣</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\dashv</annotation></semantics></math> <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/sharp+modality">sharp modality</a>)</p> <p><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mo lspace="0em" rspace="thinmathspace">ʃ</mo><mo>⊣</mo><mo>♭</mo><mo>⊣</mo><mo>♯</mo><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">(\esh \dashv \flat \dashv \sharp )</annotation></semantics></math></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/discrete+object">discrete object</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/codiscrete+object">codiscrete object</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/concrete+object">concrete object</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/points-to-pieces+transform">points-to-pieces transform</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/cohesive+%28infinity%2C1%29-topos+--+structures">structures in cohesion</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/dR-shape+modality">dR-shape modality</a><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mo>⊣</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\dashv</annotation></semantics></math> <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/dR-flat+modality">dR-flat modality</a></p> <p><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><msub><mo lspace="0em" rspace="thinmathspace">ʃ</mo> <mi>dR</mi></msub><mo>⊣</mo><msub><mo>♭</mo> <mi>dR</mi></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\esh_{dR} \dashv \flat_{dR}</annotation></semantics></math></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/infinitesimal+cohesion">infinitesimal cohesion</a></strong></p> <ul> <li><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/classical+modality">classical modality</a></li> </ul> <p><strong><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/tangent+cohesive+%28%E2%88%9E%2C1%29-topos">tangent cohesion</a></strong></p> <ul> <li><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/differential+cohomology+diagram">differential cohomology diagram</a></li> </ul> <p><strong><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/differential+cohesion">differential cohesion</a></strong></p> <ul> <li> <p>(<a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/reduction+modality">reduction modality</a> <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mo>⊣</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\dashv</annotation></semantics></math> <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/infinitesimal+shape+modality">infinitesimal shape modality</a> <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mo>⊣</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\dashv</annotation></semantics></math> <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/infinitesimal+flat+modality">infinitesimal flat modality</a>)</p> <p><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>ℜ</mi><mo>⊣</mo><mi>ℑ</mi><mo>⊣</mo><mi>&</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">(\Re \dashv \Im \dashv \&)</annotation></semantics></math></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/reduced+object">reduced object</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/coreduced+object">coreduced object</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/formally+smooth+object">formally smooth object</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/formally+%C3%A9tale+map">formally étale map</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="cohesive+%28infinity%2C1%29-topos+--+infinitesimal+cohesion#StructuresInDifferentialCohesion">structures in differential cohesion</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><strong><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/super+smooth+infinity-groupoid">graded differential cohesion</a></strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/fermionic+modality">fermionic modality</a><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mo>⊣</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\dashv</annotation></semantics></math> <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/bosonic+modality">bosonic modality</a> <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mo>⊣</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\dashv</annotation></semantics></math> <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/rheonomy+modality">rheonomy modality</a></p> <p><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mo>⇉</mo><mo>⊣</mo><mo>⇝</mo><mo>⊣</mo><mi>Rh</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">(\rightrightarrows \dashv \rightsquigarrow \dashv Rh)</annotation></semantics></math></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/orbifold+cohomology">singular cohesion</a></strong></p> <div id="Diagram" class="maruku-equation"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mrow><mtable><mtr><mtd></mtd> <mtd></mtd> <mtd><mi>id</mi></mtd> <mtd><mo>⊣</mo></mtd> <mtd><mi>id</mi></mtd></mtr> <mtr><mtd></mtd> <mtd></mtd> <mtd><mo>∨</mo></mtd> <mtd></mtd> <mtd><mo>∨</mo></mtd></mtr> <mtr><mtd></mtd> <mtd><mover><mrow></mrow><mi>fermionic</mi></mover></mtd> <mtd><mo>⇉</mo></mtd> <mtd><mo>⊣</mo></mtd> <mtd><mo>⇝</mo></mtd> <mtd><mover><mrow></mrow><mi>bosonic</mi></mover></mtd></mtr> <mtr><mtd></mtd> <mtd></mtd> <mtd><mo>⊥</mo></mtd> <mtd></mtd> <mtd><mo>⊥</mo></mtd></mtr> <mtr><mtd></mtd> <mtd><mover><mrow></mrow><mi>bosonic</mi></mover></mtd> <mtd><mo>⇝</mo></mtd> <mtd><mo>⊣</mo></mtd> <mtd><mi mathvariant="normal">R</mi><mspace width="negativethinmathspace"></mspace><mspace width="negativethinmathspace"></mspace><mi mathvariant="normal">h</mi></mtd> <mtd><mover><mrow></mrow><mi>rheonomic</mi></mover></mtd></mtr> <mtr><mtd></mtd> <mtd></mtd> <mtd><mo>∨</mo></mtd> <mtd></mtd> <mtd><mo>∨</mo></mtd></mtr> <mtr><mtd></mtd> <mtd><mover><mrow></mrow><mi>reduced</mi></mover></mtd> <mtd><mi>ℜ</mi></mtd> <mtd><mo>⊣</mo></mtd> <mtd><mi>ℑ</mi></mtd> <mtd><mover><mrow></mrow><mi>infinitesimal</mi></mover></mtd></mtr> <mtr><mtd></mtd> <mtd></mtd> <mtd><mo>⊥</mo></mtd> <mtd></mtd> <mtd><mo>⊥</mo></mtd></mtr> <mtr><mtd></mtd> <mtd><mover><mrow></mrow><mi>infinitesimal</mi></mover></mtd> <mtd><mi>ℑ</mi></mtd> <mtd><mo>⊣</mo></mtd> <mtd><mi>&</mi></mtd> <mtd><mover><mrow></mrow><mtext>étale</mtext></mover></mtd></mtr> <mtr><mtd></mtd> <mtd></mtd> <mtd><mo>∨</mo></mtd> <mtd></mtd> <mtd><mo>∨</mo></mtd></mtr> <mtr><mtd></mtd> <mtd><mover><mrow></mrow><mi>cohesive</mi></mover></mtd> <mtd><mo lspace="0em" rspace="thinmathspace">ʃ</mo></mtd> <mtd><mo>⊣</mo></mtd> <mtd><mo>♭</mo></mtd> <mtd><mover><mrow></mrow><mi>discrete</mi></mover></mtd></mtr> <mtr><mtd></mtd> <mtd></mtd> <mtd><mo>⊥</mo></mtd> <mtd></mtd> <mtd><mo>⊥</mo></mtd></mtr> <mtr><mtd></mtd> <mtd><mover><mrow></mrow><mi>discrete</mi></mover></mtd> <mtd><mo>♭</mo></mtd> <mtd><mo>⊣</mo></mtd> <mtd><mo>♯</mo></mtd> <mtd><mover><mrow></mrow><mi>continuous</mi></mover></mtd></mtr> <mtr><mtd></mtd> <mtd></mtd> <mtd><mo>∨</mo></mtd> <mtd></mtd> <mtd><mo>∨</mo></mtd></mtr> <mtr><mtd></mtd> <mtd></mtd> <mtd><mi>∅</mi></mtd> <mtd><mo>⊣</mo></mtd> <mtd><mo>*</mo></mtd></mtr></mtable></mrow></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> \array{ && id &\dashv& id \\ && \vee && \vee \\ &\stackrel{fermionic}{}& \rightrightarrows &\dashv& \rightsquigarrow & \stackrel{bosonic}{} \\ && \bot && \bot \\ &\stackrel{bosonic}{} & \rightsquigarrow &\dashv& \mathrm{R}\!\!\mathrm{h} & \stackrel{rheonomic}{} \\ && \vee && \vee \\ &\stackrel{reduced}{} & \Re &\dashv& \Im & \stackrel{infinitesimal}{} \\ && \bot && \bot \\ &\stackrel{infinitesimal}{}& \Im &\dashv& \& & \stackrel{\text{&#233;tale}}{} \\ && \vee && \vee \\ &\stackrel{cohesive}{}& \esh &\dashv& \flat & \stackrel{discrete}{} \\ && \bot && \bot \\ &\stackrel{discrete}{}& \flat &\dashv& \sharp & \stackrel{continuous}{} \\ && \vee && \vee \\ && \emptyset &\dashv& \ast } </annotation></semantics></math></div></div></body></html> </div> <div class="revisedby"> <p> Last revised on July 23, 2022 at 18:45:51. 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