The Yoneda embedding in simplicial type theory

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Main Authors: Gratzer, Daniel, Weinberger, Jonathan, Buchholtz, Ulrik
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author Gratzer, Daniel
Weinberger, Jonathan
Buchholtz, Ulrik
author_facet Gratzer, Daniel
Weinberger, Jonathan
Buchholtz, Ulrik
contents Riehl and Shulman introduced simplicial type theory (STT), a variant of homotopy type theory which aimed to study not just homotopy theory, but its fusion with category theory: $(\infty,1)$-category theory. While notoriously technical, manipulating $\infty$-categories in simplicial type theory is often easier than working with ordinary categories, with the type theory handling infinite stacks of coherences in the background. We capitalize on recent work by Gratzer et al. defining the $(\infty,1)$-category of $\infty$-groupoids in STT to define presheaf categories within STT and systematically develop their theory. In particular, we construct the Yoneda embedding, prove the universal property of presheaf categories, refine the theory of adjunctions in STT, introduce the theory of Kan extensions, and prove Quillen's Theorem A.
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spellingShingle The Yoneda embedding in simplicial type theory
Gratzer, Daniel
Weinberger, Jonathan
Buchholtz, Ulrik
Logic in Computer Science
Algebraic Topology
Category Theory
03B38, 18N60, 18D30, 18B50, 18N45, 55U35, 18N50
F.4.1
Riehl and Shulman introduced simplicial type theory (STT), a variant of homotopy type theory which aimed to study not just homotopy theory, but its fusion with category theory: $(\infty,1)$-category theory. While notoriously technical, manipulating $\infty$-categories in simplicial type theory is often easier than working with ordinary categories, with the type theory handling infinite stacks of coherences in the background. We capitalize on recent work by Gratzer et al. defining the $(\infty,1)$-category of $\infty$-groupoids in STT to define presheaf categories within STT and systematically develop their theory. In particular, we construct the Yoneda embedding, prove the universal property of presheaf categories, refine the theory of adjunctions in STT, introduce the theory of Kan extensions, and prove Quillen's Theorem A.
title The Yoneda embedding in simplicial type theory
topic Logic in Computer Science
Algebraic Topology
Category Theory
03B38, 18N60, 18D30, 18B50, 18N45, 55U35, 18N50
F.4.1
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.13229