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* [HoTT] Real Projective space (and other projective spaces too)
@ 2018-08-18 14:30 Ali Caglayan
  2018-08-18 14:33 ` [HoTT] " Ali Caglayan
  2018-08-18 14:45 ` [HoTT] " Dan Christensen
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From: Ali Caglayan @ 2018-08-18 14:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Homotopy Type Theory


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There are a family of fibrations called "generalised hopf fibrations". 

For the real hopf fibrations we have:
S⁰→Sⁿ→ℝℙⁿ
For the complex (usual) hopf fibrations we have:
S¹→S²ⁿ⁺¹→ℂℙⁿ
For the quarternionic hopf fibrations we have:
S³→S⁴ⁿ⁺³→ℍℙⁿ
And finally (only when n <= 2) we have the octionic hopf fibrations:
S⁷→S⁸ⁿ⁺⁷→𝕆ℙⁿ

This screams to me an alternative definition for ℝℙⁿ (and maybe ℂℙⁿ,...)

Inductive RP (n:ℕ) :=
  | map : Sⁿ -> RP n
  | glue : (x y:S⁰) -> map(in x) = map(in y)

Where in : S⁰→Sⁿ is the obvious inclusion map.

Now showing that this is equivalent to the usual definition would 
essentially require a construction of the fibrations they were defined 
from. This fibration is not so easy however, as we cannot 'cheat' and use 
the H-space fibration.

Now the main advantage I see with this definition is that it allows the 
complex, quarterionic etc. projective spaces to be constructed similarly. I 
don't think anybody has constructed quarternionic projective space although 
it should definitely be doable. the main questions arise when octionic 
projective space is considered as in classical AT it degernates pretty 
quickly. (Does this still happen in HoTT, if yes, how so?).

Finally a disclaimer, I thought about these whilst traveling and haven't 
had the time to really put some meat on them. Though hopefully it might 
strike a chord with anyone who has considered a similar thing.

I would love to hear your thoughts and feelings about such things.

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* [HoTT] Re: Real Projective space (and other projective spaces too)
  2018-08-18 14:30 [HoTT] Real Projective space (and other projective spaces too) Ali Caglayan
@ 2018-08-18 14:33 ` Ali Caglayan
  2018-08-18 14:45 ` [HoTT] " Dan Christensen
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From: Ali Caglayan @ 2018-08-18 14:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Homotopy Type Theory


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The octionic one doesn't actually work for the projective plane now that I 
think about it as there is no fibration S^7 -> S^23 -> OP^2

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* Re: [HoTT] Real Projective space (and other projective spaces too)
  2018-08-18 14:30 [HoTT] Real Projective space (and other projective spaces too) Ali Caglayan
  2018-08-18 14:33 ` [HoTT] " Ali Caglayan
@ 2018-08-18 14:45 ` Dan Christensen
  2018-08-18 16:17   ` Guillaume Brunerie
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Dan Christensen @ 2018-08-18 14:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Homotopy Type Theory

On Aug 18, 2018, Ali Caglayan <alizter@gmail.com> wrote:

> This screams to me an alternative definition for ℝℙⁿ (and maybe ℂℙⁿ,...)
>
> Inductive RP (n:ℕ) :=
> | map : Sⁿ -> RP n
> | glue : (x y:S⁰) -> map(in x) = map(in y)
>
> Where in : S⁰→Sⁿ is the obvious inclusion map.

That HIT would be S^n with four edges attached:  two edges connecting
the north pole to the south pole, and a self-loop at each pole.  So
homotopically it would be S^n wedged with a wedge of four circles.

To get the right space with the right bundle over it, see:

  The real projective spaces in homotopy type theory
  Ulrik Buchholtz, Egbert Rijke
  https://arxiv.org/abs/1704.05770

Dan

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* Re: [HoTT] Real Projective space (and other projective spaces too)
  2018-08-18 14:45 ` [HoTT] " Dan Christensen
@ 2018-08-18 16:17   ` Guillaume Brunerie
  2018-08-18 19:35     ` Dan Christensen
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From: Guillaume Brunerie @ 2018-08-18 16:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: alizter; +Cc: Homotopy Type Theory

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As Dan said, this is not a correct definition of RP^n.

More specifically, the issue is that you identified the points "map south"
and "map north" in two different ways: "glue south north" and "inv (glue
north south)".
You could try to add another constructor
glue² : (x y : S^n) -> glue x y = inv (glue y x)
but of course you're now again identifying them in two different ways, so
you've just shifted the problem one dimension up.

Den lör 18 aug. 2018 16:46Dan Christensen <jdc@uwo.ca> skrev:

> On Aug 18, 2018, Ali Caglayan <alizter@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > This screams to me an alternative definition for ℝℙⁿ (and maybe ℂℙⁿ,...)
> >
> > Inductive RP (n:ℕ) :=
> > | map : Sⁿ -> RP n
> > | glue : (x y:S⁰) -> map(in x) = map(in y)
> >
> > Where in : S⁰→Sⁿ is the obvious inclusion map.
>
> That HIT would be S^n with four edges attached:  two edges connecting
> the north pole to the south pole, and a self-loop at each pole.  So
> homotopically it would be S^n wedged with a wedge of four circles.
>
> To get the right space with the right bundle over it, see:
>
>   The real projective spaces in homotopy type theory
>   Ulrik Buchholtz, Egbert Rijke
>   https://arxiv.org/abs/1704.05770
>
> Dan
>
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* Re: [HoTT] Real Projective space (and other projective spaces too)
  2018-08-18 16:17   ` Guillaume Brunerie
@ 2018-08-18 19:35     ` Dan Christensen
  2018-08-19  6:36       ` Guillaume Brunerie
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From: Dan Christensen @ 2018-08-18 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Homotopy Type Theory

The extra identifications are one of the problems, but a more
fundamental problem is that while the north pole has been identified
with the south pole, no other pairs of antipodal points have been
identified.

Dan

On Aug 18, 2018, Guillaume Brunerie <guillaume.brunerie@gmail.com> wrote:

> As Dan said, this is not a correct definition of RP^n.
>
> More specifically, the issue is that you identified the points "map south" and "map north" in two different ways: "glue south north" and
> "inv (glue north south)".
> You could try to add another constructor
> glue² : (x y : S^n) -> glue x y = inv (glue y x)
> but of course you're now again identifying them in two different ways, so you've just shifted the problem one dimension up. 
>
> Den lör 18 aug. 2018 16:46Dan Christensen <jdc@uwo.ca> skrev:
>
>  On Aug 18, 2018, Ali Caglayan <alizter@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  > This screams to me an alternative definition for ℝℙⁿ (and maybe ℂℙⁿ,...)
>  >
>  > Inductive RP (n:ℕ) :=
>  > | map : Sⁿ -> RP n
>  > | glue : (x y:S⁰) -> map(in x) = map(in y)
>  >
>  > Where in : S⁰→Sⁿ is the obvious inclusion map.
>
>  That HIT would be S^n with four edges attached: two edges connecting
>  the north pole to the south pole, and a self-loop at each pole. So
>  homotopically it would be S^n wedged with a wedge of four circles.
>
>  To get the right space with the right bundle over it, see:
>
>  The real projective spaces in homotopy type theory
>  Ulrik Buchholtz, Egbert Rijke
>  https://arxiv.org/abs/1704.05770
>
>  Dan
>
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* Re: [HoTT] Real Projective space (and other projective spaces too)
  2018-08-18 19:35     ` Dan Christensen
@ 2018-08-19  6:36       ` Guillaume Brunerie
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From: Guillaume Brunerie @ 2018-08-19  6:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Dan Christensen; +Cc: Homotopy Type Theory

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Ah, indeed, I misread the proposed definition.

Den lör 18 aug. 2018 21:35Dan Christensen <jdc@uwo.ca> skrev:

> The extra identifications are one of the problems, but a more
> fundamental problem is that while the north pole has been identified
> with the south pole, no other pairs of antipodal points have been
> identified.
>
> Dan
>
> On Aug 18, 2018, Guillaume Brunerie <guillaume.brunerie@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > As Dan said, this is not a correct definition of RP^n.
> >
> > More specifically, the issue is that you identified the points "map
> south" and "map north" in two different ways: "glue south north" and
> > "inv (glue north south)".
> > You could try to add another constructor
> > glue² : (x y : S^n) -> glue x y = inv (glue y x)
> > but of course you're now again identifying them in two different ways,
> so you've just shifted the problem one dimension up.
> >
> > Den lör 18 aug. 2018 16:46Dan Christensen <jdc@uwo.ca> skrev:
> >
> >  On Aug 18, 2018, Ali Caglayan <alizter@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >  > This screams to me an alternative definition for ℝℙⁿ (and maybe
> ℂℙⁿ,...)
> >  >
> >  > Inductive RP (n:ℕ) :=
> >  > | map : Sⁿ -> RP n
> >  > | glue : (x y:S⁰) -> map(in x) = map(in y)
> >  >
> >  > Where in : S⁰→Sⁿ is the obvious inclusion map.
> >
> >  That HIT would be S^n with four edges attached: two edges connecting
> >  the north pole to the south pole, and a self-loop at each pole. So
> >  homotopically it would be S^n wedged with a wedge of four circles.
> >
> >  To get the right space with the right bundle over it, see:
> >
> >  The real projective spaces in homotopy type theory
> >  Ulrik Buchholtz, Egbert Rijke
> >  https://arxiv.org/abs/1704.05770
> >
> >  Dan
> >
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