The $\infty$-category of $\infty$-categories in simplicial type theory

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Authors: Daniel Gratzer, Jonathan Weinberger, Ulrik Torben Buchholtz
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Abstract

Simplicial type theory (STT) was introduced by Riehl and Shulman to leverage homotopy type theory to prove results about $(\infty,1)$-categories. Initial work on simplicial type theory focused on "formal" arguments in higher category theory and, in particular, no non-trivial examples of $\infty$-category theory were constructible within STT. More recent work has changed this state of affairs by applying techniques developed initial for cubical type theory to construct the $\infty$-category of spaces. We complete this process by constructing the $\infty$-category of $\infty$-categories, recovering one of the main foundational results of $\infty$-category theory (straightening--unstraightening) purely type-theoretically. We also show how this construction enables new examples of the directed version of the structure identity principle, the structure homomorphism principle.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology Logic programming and type systems Algebraic structures and combinatorial models

Publication details

Journal / source
Repository@Nottingham (University of Nottingham)
Publication date
1 January 2026
Language
EN