Homotopy Type Theory pushout > history (Rev #3)

Idea

Many constructions in homotopy theory are special cases of pushouts. Although when being defined sometimes it may be clearer to define the construction as a seperate higher inductive type and then later on prove it is equivalent? to the pushout definition.

Definition

The (homotopy) pushout of a span AfCgBA \xleftarrow{f} C \xrightarrow{g} B is the higher inductive type A f;g CBA \sqcup^{C}_{f ; g} B (or A CBA \sqcup^C B) generated by:

  • a function inl:AA CBinl : A \to A \sqcup^{C} B
  • a function inr:BA CBinr : B \to A \sqcup^{C} B
  • for each c:Cc:C a path glue(c):inl(f(c))=inr(g(c))glue(c) : inl (f (c)) = inr (g( c))

Examples

See also

Synthetic homotopy theory

References

HoTT Book

category: homotopy theory

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