Discussion of Homotopy Type Theory and Univalent Foundations
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From: Vladimir Voevodsky <vlad...@ias.edu>
To: Michael Shulman <shu...@sandiego.edu>
Cc: "Prof. Vladimir Voevodsky" <vlad...@ias.edu>,
	Andrej Bauer <andrej...@andrej.com>,
	Homotopy Type Theory <homotopyt...@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [HoTT] a new transport rule
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2016 11:07:27 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <92AF5F3E-2770-457F-A2DA-65C9A784660D@ias.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAOvivQyborM0Dc6wWEdVCEVUC+yCTWsqtGZGgu-W=A28T61yzQ@mail.gmail.com>

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The semantics is the strict equality.

> On Jul 22, 2016, at 2:08 PM, Michael Shulman <shu...@sandiego.edu> wrote:
> 
> Thanks!  I see.
> 
> But I must admit I don't immediately see a use for such a transport
> rule (or how to give it any semantics).
> 
> On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 7:00 AM, Andrej Bauer <andrej...@andrej.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 11:10 AM, Michael Shulman <shu...@sandiego.edu> wrote:
>>> Can you give an example of such a P which becomes well-formed when A
>>> and B are substituted for X but is not well-formed with X as a
>>> variable?
>> 
>> Let
>> 
>> T := Universe
>> 
>>  nat : Universe
>>  Nat type
>>  El nat = Nat
>>  42 : Nat
>> 
>> P(X) := Id (El X) 42 42
>> 
>> Then P(nat) is well-formed, but P(X) is not. Or, if you dislike universes:
>> 
>> T := bool
>> 
>>  P(X) := Id (match X with true => Nat | false => (Nat -> Nat) end) 42 42
>> 
>> Now P(true) is well formed, but P(X) is not.
>> 
>> With kind regards,
>> 
>> Andrej
>> 
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  reply	other threads:[~2016-07-26  8:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-07-19 17:18 FOMUS slides Vladimir Voevodsky
2016-07-19 18:16 ` [HoTT] " Michael Shulman
2016-07-19 19:28   ` Vladimir Voevodsky
2016-07-19 19:29     ` Michael Shulman
     [not found]       ` <7DACC421-37E7-43CC-B61F-D6C5F99921DF@ias.edu>
     [not found]         ` <CAOvivQzSs5=e=EEfP42nmDJUogkx7TjrAtYJqAEOFHetcPSZtA@mail.gmail.com>
     [not found]           ` <1B8618C8-0499-4D96-BACF-9AA4623061B9@ias.edu>
     [not found]             ` <CAOvivQzg_saqj7re-OCTFUFJceKab_eBR+X+OckFYe6fmkuVsQ@mail.gmail.com>
2016-07-20  8:44               ` a new transport rule Vladimir Voevodsky
2016-07-20  9:10                 ` [HoTT] " Michael Shulman
2016-07-22 10:00                   ` Andrej Bauer
2016-07-22 11:08                     ` Michael Shulman
2016-07-26  8:07                       ` Vladimir Voevodsky [this message]
2016-07-22 12:22                     ` andré hirschowitz
2016-07-20  6:07     ` [HoTT] FOMUS slides Andrew Polonsky

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