Univalent higher categories via complete Semi-Segal types

Abstract

Category theory in homotopy type theory is intricate as categorical laws can only be stated "up to homotopy", and thus require coherences. The established notion of a univalent category (as introduced by Ahrens et al.) solves this by considering only truncated types, roughly corresponding to an ordinary category. This fails to capture many naturally occurring structures, stemming from the fact that the naturally occurring structures in homotopy type theory are not ordinary, but rather higher categories.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Dec 27, 2017
Source ID
10.1145/3158132

Entities

People

  • Nicolai Kraus
  • Paolo Capriotti

Organizations

  • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
  • United States Air Force
  • University of Nottingham

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Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

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