Univalence without function extensionality

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Hauptverfasser: Cavallo, Evan, Höfer, Jonas
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author Cavallo, Evan
Höfer, Jonas
author_facet Cavallo, Evan
Höfer, Jonas
contents It is a well-known theorem of homotopy type theory, originally due to Voevodsky, that function extensionality holds inside any univalent universe. We consider a weaker variant of the univalence axiom, asserting that the wild category formed by the universe is univalent, which we call categorical univalence. We show that categorical univalence does not imply function extensionality by an analysis of Von Glehn's polynomial model construction, which produces models of Martin-Löf type theory that always refute function extensionality. We find in particular that when the base model has a univalent universe, its polynomial model has a universe that is categorically univalent but lacks function extensionality.
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spellingShingle Univalence without function extensionality
Cavallo, Evan
Höfer, Jonas
Logic in Computer Science
Logic
It is a well-known theorem of homotopy type theory, originally due to Voevodsky, that function extensionality holds inside any univalent universe. We consider a weaker variant of the univalence axiom, asserting that the wild category formed by the universe is univalent, which we call categorical univalence. We show that categorical univalence does not imply function extensionality by an analysis of Von Glehn's polynomial model construction, which produces models of Martin-Löf type theory that always refute function extensionality. We find in particular that when the base model has a univalent universe, its polynomial model has a universe that is categorically univalent but lacks function extensionality.
title Univalence without function extensionality
topic Logic in Computer Science
Logic
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.00812