Subject: question about the name of Topos
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 13:01:07 +0800
From: "pjz" <pjz@mail.amss.ac.cn>
To: <dmd1@lehigh.edu>

Dear Don :
Here is a question:
In translating a book from English to Chinese , one has to know the meaning
of Topos .
We want to know:
1. Where did the name Topos come from? I mean why inventor chooses such a
name?
2.What does it mean by Topos literarily , not mathematically?
best
Jianzhong Pan