module Cat.Univalent where

(Univalent) categories🔗

In much the same way that a partial order is a preorder where a category is a precategory where isomorphic objects are identified. This is a generalisation of the univalence axiom to arbitrary categories, and, indeed, it’s phrased in the same way: asking for a canonically defined map to be an equivalence.

We define a precategory to be univalent when it can be equipped when its family of isomorphisms is an identity system.

is-category :  {o h} (C : Precategory o h)  Type (o  h)
is-category C = is-identity-system (Isomorphism C)  a  id-iso C)

This notion of univalent category corresponds to the usual notion — which is having the canonical map from paths to isomorphisms be an equivalence — by the following argument: Since the types (Σ[ B ∈ _ ] C [ A ≅ B ]) and Σ[ B ∈ _ ] A ≣ B, the action of path→iso on total spaces is an equivalence; Hence path→iso is an equivalence.

path→iso
  :  {o h} {C : Precategory o h} {A B}
   A  B  Isomorphism C A B
path→iso {C = C} {A} p = transport  i  Isomorphism C A (p i)) (id-iso C)

module Univalent' {o h} {C : Precategory o h} (r : is-category C) where
  module path→iso = Ids r
    renaming ( to            to iso→path
             ; J             to J-iso
             ; to-refl       to iso→path-id
             ; η             to iso→path→iso
             ; ε             to path→iso→path
             )

  open Cat.Reasoning C hiding (id-iso) public

  open path→iso
    using ( iso→path ; J-iso ; iso→path-id ; iso→path→iso ; path→iso→path )
    public

Furthermore, since the h-level of the relation behind an identity system determines the h-level of the type it applies to, we have that the space of objects in any univalent category is a groupoid:

  Ob-is-groupoid : is-groupoid  C 
  Ob-is-groupoid = path→iso.hlevel 2 λ _ _  hlevel 2

We can characterise transport in the Hom-sets of categories using the path→iso equivalence. Transporting in is equivalent to turning the paths into isomorphisms and pre/post-composing:

module _ {o h} (C : Precategory o h) where
  open Cat.Reasoning C hiding (id-iso ; Isomorphism)
  Hom-transport :  {A B C D} (p : A  C) (q : B  D) (h : Hom A B)
                 transport  i  Hom (p i) (q i)) h
                 path→iso q .to  h  path→iso p .from
  Hom-transport {A = A} {B} {D = D} p q h i =
    comp  j  Hom (p (i  j)) (q (i  j))) ( i) λ where
      j (i = i0)  coe0→i  k  Hom (p (j  k)) (q (j  k))) j h
      j (i = i1)  path→iso q .to  h  path→iso p .from
      j (j = i0)  hcomp ( i) λ where
        j (i = i0)  idl (idr h j) j
        j (i = i1)  q' i1  h  p' i1
        j (j = i0)  q' i  h  p' i
    where
      p' : PathP _ id (path→iso p .from)
      p' i = coe0→i  j  Hom (p (i  j)) A) i id

      q' : PathP _ id (path→iso q .to)
      q' i = coe0→i  j  Hom B (q (i  j))) i id

This lets us quickly turn paths between compositions into dependent paths in Hom-sets.

  Hom-pathp :  {A B C D} {p : A  C} {q : B  D} {h : Hom A B} {h' : Hom C D}
             path→iso q .to  h  path→iso p .from  h'
             PathP  i  Hom (p i) (q i)) h h'
  Hom-pathp {p = p} {q} {h} {h'} prf =
    to-pathp (subst (_≡ h') (sym (Hom-transport p q h)) prf)
  Hom-transport-id
    :  {A C D} (p : A  C) (q : A  D)
     transport  i  Hom (p i) (q i)) id  path→iso q .to  path→iso p .from
  Hom-transport-id p q = Hom-transport p q _  ap (path→iso q .to ∘_) (idl _)

  Hom-transport-refll-id
    :  {A B} (q : A  B)
     transport  i  Hom A (q i)) id  path→iso q .to
  Hom-transport-refll-id p = Hom-transport-id refl p  elimr (transport-refl _)

  Hom-transport-reflr-id
    :  {A B} (q : A  B)
     transport  i  Hom (q i) A) id  path→iso q .from
  Hom-transport-reflr-id p = Hom-transport-id p refl  eliml (transport-refl _)

  Hom-pathp-refll :
     {A B C} {p : A  C} {h : Hom A B} {h' : Hom C B}
     h  path→iso p .from  h'
     PathP  i  Hom (p i) B) h h'
  Hom-pathp-refll prf =
    Hom-pathp (ap₂ _∘_ (transport-refl id) refl ·· idl _ ·· prf)

  Hom-pathp-reflr
    :  {A B D} {q : B  D} {h : Hom A B} {h' : Hom A D}
     path→iso q .to  h  h'
     PathP  i  Hom A (q i)) h h'
  Hom-pathp-reflr {q = q} prf =
    Hom-pathp (ap (path→iso q .to ∘_) (ap₂ _∘_ refl (transport-refl _))
            ·· ap₂ _∘_ refl (idr _)
            ·· prf)

  Hom-pathp-id
    :  {A B C} {p : B  A} {q : B  C} {h' : Hom A C}
     PathP  i  Hom (p i) (q i)) (id {B}) h'
     path→iso q .to  path→iso p .from  h'
  Hom-pathp-id {p = p} {q} {h} prf =
    J'  B A p   {C} (q : B  C) {h' : Hom A C}
                 PathP  i  Hom (p i) (q i)) (id {B}) h'
                 path→iso q .to  path→iso p .from  h')
       x q prf  ap₂ _∘_ refl (transport-refl _) ·· idr _ ·· from-pathp prf)
      p q prf

  path→to-∙
    :  {A B C} (p : A  B) (q : B  C)
     path→iso (p  q) .to  path→iso q .to  path→iso p .to
  path→to-∙ {A = A} p q =
    J  B p   {C} (q : B  C)  path→iso (p  q) .to  path→iso q .to  path→iso p .to)
       q  subst-∙  e  Hom A e) refl q _
           ap (subst  e  Hom A e) q) (transport-refl id)
           sym (idr _)  ap₂ _∘_ refl (sym (transport-refl id))
      )
      p q

  path→from-∙
    :  {A B C} (p : A  B) (q : B  C)
     path→iso (p  q) .from  path→iso p .from  path→iso q .from
  path→from-∙ {A = A} p q =
    J  B p   {C} (q : B  C)  path→iso (p  q) .from  path→iso p .from  path→iso q .from)
       q  subst-∙  e  Hom e _) refl q _
          ·· ap (subst  e  Hom e _) q) (transport-refl id)
          ·· sym (idl _)  ap₂ _∘_ (sym (transport-refl id)) refl
      )
      p q

  path→iso-∙
    :  {A B C} (p : A  B) (q : B  C)
     path→iso (p  q)  path→iso p ∙Iso path→iso q
  path→iso-∙ p q = ext (path→to-∙ p q)

  path→to-sym :  {A B} (p : A  B)  path→iso p .from  path→iso (sym p) .to
  path→to-sym = J  B p  path→iso p .from  path→iso (sym p) .to) refl

  from-pathp-to
    :  {A B C} (p : A  B) {f g}
     PathP  i  Hom C (p i)) f g
     path→iso p .to  f  g
  from-pathp-to {C = C} p q =
    J  B p   {f g}  PathP  i  Hom C (p i)) f g
              path→iso p .to  f  g)
       q  eliml (transport-refl _)  q) p q

  from-pathp-from
    :  {A B C} (p : A  B) {f g}
     PathP  i  Hom C (p i)) f g
     path→iso (sym p) .from  f  g
  from-pathp-from {C = C} p q = ap₂ _∘_ (path→to-sym (sym p)) refl
                               from-pathp-to p q

module Univalent {o h} {C : Precategory o h} (r : is-category C) where
  open Univalent' r public

  Hom-pathp-refll-iso :
     {A B C} {p : A  C} {h : Hom A B} {h' : Hom C B}
     h  p .from  h'
     PathP  i  Hom (iso→path p i) B) h h'
  Hom-pathp-refll-iso prf =
    Hom-pathp-refll C (ap₂ _∘_ refl (ap from (iso→path→iso _))  prf)

  Hom-pathp-reflr-iso
    :  {A B D} {q : B  D} {h : Hom A B} {h' : Hom A D}
     q .to  h  h'
     PathP  i  Hom A (iso→path q i)) h h'
  Hom-pathp-reflr-iso prf =
    Hom-pathp-reflr C (ap₂ _∘_ (ap to (iso→path→iso _)) refl  prf)

  Hom-pathp-iso
    :  {A B C D} {p : A  C} {q : B  D} {h : Hom A B} {h' : Hom C D}
     q .to  h  p .from  h'
     PathP  i  Hom (iso→path p i) (iso→path q i)) h h'
  Hom-pathp-iso {p = p} {q} {h} {h'} prf =
    Hom-pathp C (ap₂ _∘_ (ap to (iso→path→iso _))
                  (ap₂ _∘_ refl (ap from (iso→path→iso _)))
               prf)