-- We begin by adding some primitive bindings using the PRIMITIVE pragma. -- -- It goes like this: PRIMITIVE primName varName. -- -- If the varName is dropped, then it's taken to be the same as primName. -- -- If there is a previous declaration for the varName, then the type -- is checked against the internally-known "proper" type for the primitive. -- Universe of fibrant types {-# PRIMITIVE Type #-} -- Universe of non-fibrant types {-# PRIMITIVE Pretype #-} -- Fibrant is a fancy word for "has a composition structure". Most types -- we inherit from MLTT are fibrant: -- -- Stuff like products Π, sums Σ, naturals, booleans, lists, etc., all -- have composition structures. -- -- The non-fibrant types are part of the structure of cubical -- categories: The interval, partial elements, cubical subtypes, ... -- The interval --------------- -- The interval has two endpoints i0 and i1. -- These form a de Morgan algebra. I : Pretype {-# PRIMITIVE Interval I #-} i0, i1 : I {-# PRIMITIVE i0 #-} {-# PRIMITIVE i1 #-} -- "minimum" on the interval iand : I -> I -> I {-# PRIMITIVE iand #-} -- "maximum" on the interval. ior : I -> I -> I {-# PRIMITIVE ior #-} -- The interpretation of iand as min and ior as max justifies the fact that -- ior i (inot i) != i1, since that equality only holds for the endpoints. -- inot i = 1 - i is a de Morgan involution. inot : I -> I {-# PRIMITIVE inot #-} -- Paths -------- -- Since every function in type theory is internally continuous, -- and the two endpoints i0 and i1 are equal, we can take the type of -- equalities to be continuous functions out of the interval. -- That is, x ≡ y iff. ∃ f : I -> A, f i0 = x, f i1 = y. -- The type PathP generalises this to dependent products (i : I) -> A i. PathP : (A : I -> Pretype) -> A i0 -> A i1 -> Type {-# PRIMITIVE PathP #-} -- By taking the first argument to be constant we get the equality type -- Path. Path : {A : Pretype} -> A -> A -> Type Path {A} = PathP (\i -> A) -- reflexivity is given by constant paths refl : {A : Pretype} {x : A} -> Path x x refl {A} {x} i = x -- Symmetry (for dpeendent paths) is given by inverting the argument to the path, such that -- sym p i0 = p (inot i0) = p i1 -- sym p i1 = p (inot i1) = p i0 -- This has the correct endpoints. sym : {A : I -> Pretype} {x : A i0} {y : A i1} -> PathP A x y -> PathP (\i -> A (inot i)) y x sym p i = p (inot i) id : {A : Type} -> A -> A id x = x the : (A : Pretype) -> A -> A the A x = x -- The eliminator for the interval says that if you have x : A i0 and y : A i1, -- and x ≡ y, then you can get a proof A i for every element of the interval. iElim : {A : I -> Pretype} {x : A i0} {y : A i1} -> PathP A x y -> (i : I) -> A i iElim p i = p i -- This corresponds to the elimination principle for the HIT -- data I : Pretype where -- i0 i1 : I -- seg : i0 ≡ i1 -- The singleton subtype of A at x is the type of elements of y which -- are equal to x. Singl : (A : Type) -> A -> Type Singl A x = (y : A) * Path x y -- Contractible types are those for which there exists an element to which -- all others are equal. isContr : Type -> Type isContr A = (x : A) * ((y : A) -> Path x y) -- Using the connection \i j -> y.2 (iand i j), we can prove that -- singletons are contracible. Together with transport later on, -- we get the J elimination principle of paths. singContr : {A : Type} {a : A} -> isContr (Singl A a) singContr {A} {a} = ((a, \i -> a), \y i -> (y.2 i, \j -> y.2 (iand i j))) -- Some more operations on paths. By rearranging parentheses we get a -- proof that the images of equal elements are themselves equal. cong : {A : Type} {B : A -> Type} (f : (x : A) -> B x) {x : A} {y : A} (p : Path x y) -> PathP (\i -> B (p i)) (f x) (f y) cong f p i = f (p i) -- These satisfy definitional equalities, like congComp and congId, which are -- propositional in vanilla MLTT. congComp : {A : Type} {B : Type} {C : Type} {f : A -> B} {g : B -> C} {x : A} {y : A} (p : Path x y) -> Path (cong g (cong f p)) (cong (\x -> g (f x)) p) congComp p = refl congId : {A : Type} {x : A} {y : A} (p : Path x y) -> Path (cong (id {A}) p) p congId p = refl -- Just like rearranging parentheses gives us cong, swapping the value -- and interval binders gives us function extensionality. funext : {A : Type} {B : A -> Type} {f : (x : A) -> B x} {g : (x : A) -> B x} (h : (x : A) -> Path (f x) (g x)) -> Path f g funext h i x = h x i -- The proposition associated with an element of the interval ------------------------------------------------------------- -- Associated with every element i : I of the interval, we have the type -- IsOne i which is inhabited only when i = i1. In the model, this -- corresponds to the map [φ] from the interval cubical set to the -- subobject classifier. IsOne : I -> Pretype {-# PRIMITIVE IsOne #-} -- The value itIs1 witnesses the fact that i1 = i1. itIs1 : IsOne i1 -- Furthermore, if either of i or j are one, then so is (i or j). isOneL : {i : I} {j : I} -> IsOne i -> IsOne (ior i j) isOneR : {i : I} {j : I} -> IsOne j -> IsOne (ior i j) {-# PRIMITIVE itIs1 #-} {-# PRIMITIVE isOneL #-} {-# PRIMITIVE isOneR #-} -- Partial elements ------------------- -- -- Since a function I -> A has two endpoints, and a function I -> I -> A -- has four endpoints + four functions I -> A as "sides" (obtained by -- varying argument while holding the other as a bound variable), we -- refer to elements of I^n -> A as "cubes". -- This justifies the existence of partial elements, which are, as the -- name implies, partial cubes. Namely, a Partial φ A is an element of A -- which depends on a proof that IsOne φ. Partial : I -> Type -> Pretype {-# PRIMITIVE Partial #-} -- There is also a dependent version where the type A is itself a -- partial element. PartialP : (phi : I) -> Partial phi Type -> Pretype {-# PRIMITIVE PartialP #-} -- Why is Partial φ A not just defined as φ -> A? The difference is that -- Partial φ A has an internal representation which definitionally relates -- any two partial elements which "agree everywhere", that is, have -- equivalent values for every possible assignment of variables which -- makes IsOne φ hold. -- Cubical Subtypes -------------------- -- Given A : Type, phi : I, and a partial element u : A defined on φ, -- we have the type Sub A phi u, notated A[phi -> u] in the output of -- the type checker, whose elements are "extensions" of u. -- That is, element of A[phi -> u] is an element of A defined everywhere -- (a total element), which, when IsOne φ, agrees with u. Sub : (A : Type) (phi : I) -> Partial phi A -> Pretype {-# PRIMITIVE Sub #-} -- Every total element u : A can be made partial on φ by ignoring the -- constraint. Furthermore, this "totally partial" element agrees with -- the original total element on φ. inS : {A : Type} {phi : I} (u : A) -> Sub A phi (\x -> u) {-# PRIMITIVE inS #-} -- When IsOne φ, outS {A} {φ} {u} x reduces to u itIs1. -- This implements the fact that x agrees with u on φ. outS : {A : Type} {phi : I} {u : Partial phi A} -> Sub A phi u -> A {-# PRIMITIVE outS #-} -- The composition operation ---------------------------- -- Now that we have syntax for specifying partial cubes, -- and specifying that an element agrees with a partial cube, -- we can describe the composition operation. comp : (A : I -> Type) {phi : I} (u : (i : I) -> Partial phi (A i)) -> Sub (A i0) phi (u i0) -> A i1 {-# PRIMITIVE comp #-} -- In particular, when φ is a disjunction of the form -- (j = 0) || (j = 1), we can draw u as being a pair of lines forming a -- "tube", an open square with no floor or roof: -- -- Given u = \j [ (i = i0) -> x, (i = i1) -> q j] on the extent i || ~i, -- we draw: -- -- x q i1 -- | | -- \j -> x | | \j -> q j -- | | -- x q i0 -- -- The composition operation says that, as long as we can provide a -- "floor" connecting x -- q i0, as a total element of A which, on -- phi, extends u i0, then we get the "roof" connecting x and q i1 -- for free. -- -- If we have a path p : x ≡ y, and q : y ≡ z, then we do get the -- "floor", and composition gets us the dotted line: -- -- x..........z -- | | -- x | | q j -- | | -- x----------y -- p i trans : {A : Type} {x : A} {y : A} {z : A} -> PathP (\i -> A) x y -> PathP (\i -> A) y z -> PathP (\i -> A) x z trans {A} {x} p q i = comp (\i -> A) {ior i (inot i)} (\j [ (i = i0) -> x, (i = i1) -> q j ]) (inS (p i)) -- In particular when the formula φ = i0 we get the "opposite face" to a -- single point, which corresponds to transport. transp : (A : I -> Type) (x : A i0) -> A i1 transp A x = comp A (\i [ ]) (inS x) -- Since we have the iand operator, we can also derive the *filler* of a cube, -- which connects the given face and the output of composition. fill : (A : I -> Type) {phi : I} (u : (i : I) -> Partial phi (A i)) -> Sub (A i0) phi (u i0) -> (i : I) -> A i fill A {phi} u a0 i = comp (\j -> A (iand i j)) (\j [ (phi = i1) as p -> u (iand i j) p, (i = i0) -> outS a0 ]) (inS (outS a0)) -- For instance, the filler of the previous composition square -- tells us that trans p refl = p: transRefl : {A : Type} {x : A} {y : A} (p : Path x y) -> Path (trans p refl) p transRefl p j i = fill (\i -> A) {ior i (inot i)} (\k [ (i = i0) -> x, (i = i1) -> y ]) (inS (p i)) (inot j) -- Reduction of composition --------------------------- -- -- Composition reduces on the structure of the family A : I -> Type to create -- the element a1 : (A i1)[phi -> u i1]. -- -- For instance, when filling a cube of functions, the behaviour is to -- first transport backwards along the domain, apply the function, then -- forwards along the codomain. transpFun : {A : Type} {B : Type} {C : Type} {D : Type} (p : Path A B) (q : Path C D) -> (f : A -> C) -> Path (transp (\i -> p i -> q i) f) (\x -> transp (\i -> q i) (f (transp (\i -> p (inot i)) x))) transpFun p q f = refl -- When considering the more general case of a composition respecing sides, -- the outer transport becomes a composition.