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Construction of the Circle in UniMath

Authors :
Bezem, Marc
Buchholtz, Ulrik
Grayson, Daniel R.
Shulman, Michael
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

We show that the type $\mathrm{T}\mathbb{Z}$ of $\mathbb{Z}$-torsors has the dependent universal property of the circle, which characterizes it up to a unique homotopy equivalence. The construction uses Voevodsky's Univalence Axiom and propositional truncation, yielding a stand-alone construction of the circle not using higher inductive types.<br />Comment: 27 pages; many improvements thanks to referee comments; added Shulman as co-author, who helped write a new section on the interpretation in higher toposes

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1910.01856
Document Type :
Working Paper