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drnonsense42 | 3 years ago

Homotopy type theory probably. Uses in modern theorem prover languages include verification of systems/hardware and formalization of math.

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orangea|3 years ago

How can homotopy type theory, as opposed to non-homotopy type theory, help us with "verification of systems/hardware and formalization of math" outside of homotopy theory itself?

My perspective has always been that it can't.

m_j_g|3 years ago

From my experience ability to turn equivalences to equlities and vice versa is very usefull. Without this you are ending in setoid hell - intracable mess of isomorphism. I suspect that also Higher Inductive Types have lots of potential to simplify practical verification effords (apart from obvious usecases of quotients and truncations)