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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.FSCD.2024.25

Substitution for Non-Wellfounded Syntax with Binders Through Monoidal Categories

Authors: Ralph Matthes, Kobe Wullaert, and Benedikt Ahrens

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 299, 9th International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction (FSCD 2024)

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We describe a generic construction of non-wellfounded syntax involving variable binding and its monadic substitution operation. Our construction of the syntax and its substitution takes place in category theory, notably by using monoidal categories and strong functors between them. A language is specified by a multi-sorted binding signature, say Σ. First, we provide sufficient criteria for Σ to generate a language of possibly infinite terms, through ω-continuity. Second, we construct a monadic substitution operation for the language generated by Σ. A cornerstone in this construction is a mild generalization of the notion of heterogeneous substitution systems developed by Matthes and Uustalu; such a system encapsulates the necessary corecursion scheme for implementing substitution. The results are formalized in the Coq proof assistant, through the UniMath library of univalent mathematics.

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Ralph Matthes, Kobe Wullaert, and Benedikt Ahrens. Substitution for Non-Wellfounded Syntax with Binders Through Monoidal Categories. In 9th International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction (FSCD 2024). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 299, pp. 25:1-25:22, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2024)

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@InProceedings{matthes_et_al:LIPIcs.FSCD.2024.25,
  author =	{Matthes, Ralph and Wullaert, Kobe and Ahrens, Benedikt},
  title =	{{Substitution for Non-Wellfounded Syntax with Binders Through Monoidal Categories}},
  booktitle =	{9th International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction (FSCD 2024)},
  pages =	{25:1--25:22},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-323-2},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2024},
  volume =	{299},
  editor =	{Rehof, Jakob},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.FSCD.2024.25},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-203540},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.FSCD.2024.25},
  annote =	{Keywords: Non-wellfounded syntax, Substitution, Monoidal categories, Actegories, Tensorial strength, Proof assistant Coq, UniMath library}
}

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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.TYPES.2022.15

Univalent Monoidal Categories

Authors: Kobe Wullaert, Ralph Matthes, and Benedikt Ahrens

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 269, 28th International Conference on Types for Proofs and Programs (TYPES 2022)

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Univalent categories constitute a well-behaved and useful notion of category in univalent foundations. The notion of univalence has subsequently been generalized to bicategories and other structures in (higher) category theory. Here, we zoom in on monoidal categories and study them in a univalent setting. Specifically, we show that the bicategory of univalent monoidal categories is univalent. Furthermore, we construct a Rezk completion for monoidal categories: we show how any monoidal category is weakly equivalent to a univalent monoidal category, universally. We have fully formalized these results in UniMath, a library of univalent mathematics in the Coq proof assistant.

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Kobe Wullaert, Ralph Matthes, and Benedikt Ahrens. Univalent Monoidal Categories. In 28th International Conference on Types for Proofs and Programs (TYPES 2022). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 269, pp. 15:1-15:21, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2023)

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@InProceedings{wullaert_et_al:LIPIcs.TYPES.2022.15,
  author =	{Wullaert, Kobe and Matthes, Ralph and Ahrens, Benedikt},
  title =	{{Univalent Monoidal Categories}},
  booktitle =	{28th International Conference on Types for Proofs and Programs (TYPES 2022)},
  pages =	{15:1--15:21},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-285-3},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2023},
  volume =	{269},
  editor =	{Kesner, Delia and P\'{e}drot, Pierre-Marie},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.TYPES.2022.15},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-184580},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.TYPES.2022.15},
  annote =	{Keywords: Univalence, Monoidal categories, Rezk completion, Displayed (bi)categories, Proof assistant Coq, UniMath library}
}

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