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Department of Mathematics,
University of California San Diego

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Algebra Seminar

Michael Shulman

University of San Diego

All $(\infty, 1)$-toposes have strict univalent universes

Abstract:

We prove the conjecture that any Grothendieck $(\infty,1)$-topos can be presented by a Quillen model category that interprets homotopy type theory with strict univalent universes. Thus, homotopy type theory can be used as a formal language for reasoning internally to $(\infty,1)$-toposes, just as higher-order logic is used for 1-toposes. As part of the proof, we give a new, more explicit, characterization of the fibrations in injective model structures on presheaf categories. In particular, we show that they generalize the coflexible algebras of 2-monad theory.

Host: Henry Tucker

May 28, 2019

3:00 PM

AP&M 6402

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