Makkai's lost proof of projectivity of N in the free topos

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Hauptverfasser: Forssell, Henrik, Lumsdaine, Peter LeFanu, Swan, Andrew W.
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author Forssell, Henrik
Lumsdaine, Peter LeFanu
Swan, Andrew W.
author_facet Forssell, Henrik
Lumsdaine, Peter LeFanu
Swan, Andrew W.
contents We give a categorical proof of the projectivity of $N$ in the free topos -- in proof-theoretic terms, the rule of countable choice for intuitionistic higher-order logic -- based on the unpublished proof of Michael Makkai (c.1980). The presentation aims to be self-contained and accessible to any reader acquainted with elementary toposes and their logic.
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spellingShingle Makkai's lost proof of projectivity of N in the free topos
Forssell, Henrik
Lumsdaine, Peter LeFanu
Swan, Andrew W.
Logic
Category Theory
03G30 Categorical logic, topoi (primary), 03F50 Metamathematics of constructive systems, 03B16 Higher-order logic
We give a categorical proof of the projectivity of $N$ in the free topos -- in proof-theoretic terms, the rule of countable choice for intuitionistic higher-order logic -- based on the unpublished proof of Michael Makkai (c.1980). The presentation aims to be self-contained and accessible to any reader acquainted with elementary toposes and their logic.
title Makkai's lost proof of projectivity of N in the free topos
topic Logic
Category Theory
03G30 Categorical logic, topoi (primary), 03F50 Metamathematics of constructive systems, 03B16 Higher-order logic
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.01139