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Homotopy type theory

Homotopy type theory reads types as spaces (∞-groupoids) and equalities as paths. Voevodsky's univalence axiom identifies equivalent types, and higher inductive types make synthetic homotopy theory possible.

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عدد المتطلبات السابقة الإلزامية (حتى الأساس): 50

ستتعلّم

  • Explain identity types and their path interpretation, including transport and path induction.
  • State the univalence axiom and explain why it is incompatible with uniqueness of identity proofs for the universe.
  • Define the circle as a higher inductive type and outline the synthetic proof that its loop space is equivalent to ℤ.

تعريف

  • For a, b : A, the identity type a =_A b has elements thought of as paths from a to b.
  • An equivalence of types is a function with contractible fibres, equivalently one with a two-sided homotopy inverse.
  • Univalence: for types A and B in a universe, the canonical map (A = B) → (A ≃ B) is an equivalence.
  • A higher inductive type has constructors for paths as well as points, such as base : S¹ and loop : base = base.

مبرهنة

  • In homotopy type theory the loop space of the circle is equivalent to ℤ (Licata and Shulman).
  • Univalence implies function extensionality.
  • Univalent type theory has a model in Kan simplicial sets (Kapulkin and Lumsdaine, after Voevodsky).

مفاهيم خاطئة شائعة

  • Thinking HoTT replaces set theory or category theory wholesale; it is one foundation among several, with its own strengths and open questions.
  • Reading univalence as a statement about sets in ZFC; it is an axiom about identity types inside type theory.
  • Identifying HoTT with ∞-category theory; they are connected through models, not the same subject.

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