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Logic and Computation Seminar

Monday, September 13, 2021 - 3:30pm

Paige North

University of Pennsylvania

Location

University of Pennsylvania

2C4 DRL

The Equivalence Principle is an informal principle asserting that equivalent mathematical objects have the same properties.  For example, isomorphic groups should have the same group-theoretic properties, and equivalent categories should have the same category-theoretic properties. Vladimir Voevodsky established Univalent Foundations as a foundation of mathematics (based on dependent type theory) in which this principle cannot be violated -- it is a theorem. In this talk, I will introduce Univalent Foundations (roughly synonymous with homotopy type theory) motivated by this perspective.