W-types in homotopy type theory

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2015-06-30

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van den Berg, B.ISNI 0000000387014378
Moerdijk, IekeISNI 0000000115731023

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Abstract

We will give a detailed account of why the simplicial sets model of the univalence axiom due to Voevodsky also models W-types. In addition, we will discuss W-types in categories of simplicial presheaves and an application to models of set theory.

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Taverne, Mathematics (miscellaneous), Computer Science Applications

Citation

Van Den Berg, B & Moerdijk, I 2015, 'W-types in homotopy type theory', Mathematical Structures in Computer Science, vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 1100-1115. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0960129514000516