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Construction of the Circle in UniMath
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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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