TheHoTTGame/1FundamentalGroup/Quest0Part2.md
2021-09-15 19:15:12 +01:00

156 lines
4.6 KiB
Markdown

# `refl ≡ loop` is empty - Defining `flipPath` via Univalence
In this part, we will define the path `flipPath : Bool ≡ Bool`.
Recall the picture of `doubleCover`.
(Insert gif.)
This means we need `flipPath` to correspond to
the unique non-identity permutation of `Bool`
that flips `true` and `false`.
We proceed in steps :
1. Define the function `Flip : Bool → Bool`.
2. Promote this to an isomorphism `flipIso : Bool ≅ Bool`.
3. The intuition is that the univalence axiom asserts that
paths in the space of spaces correspond to
homotopy-equivalences of spaces.
As a corollary,
we can make paths in `Type` from isomorphisms of types.
We use this to turn `flipIso` into
a path `flipPath : Bool ≡ Bool`.
## The function
- In `1FundamentalGroup/Quest0.agda`, navigate to :
```agda
Flip : Bool → Bool
Flip x = {!!}
```
- Write `x` inside the hole,
and do `C-c C-c` with your cursor still inside.
The `c` stands for _cases_.
You should now see :
```agda
Flip : Bool → Bool
Flip false = {!!}
Flip true = {!!}
```
What this is saying is that
the space `Bool` is made of two points `false, true` and nothing else,
so to map out of it,
it suffices to give something to map `false` and `true` to respectively.
- Since we want `Flip` to flip `true` and `false`,
fill the first hole with `true` and the second with `false`.
- To check things have worked,
try `C-c C-d`. (`d` stands for _deduce_.)
Then `agda` will ask you to input an expression.
Enter `Flip`.
In the `*Agda Information*` window,
you should see
```agda
Bool → Bool
```
This means `agda` recognises `Flip` as a well-formulated term
and is a point in the space of maps from `Bool` to `Bool`.
- We can also ask `agda` to compute outputs of `Flip`.
Try `C-c C-n`. (`n` stands for _normalise_.)
`agda` should again be asking for an expression.
Enter `Flip true`.
In the `*Agda Information*` window, you should see `false`, as desired.
## The isomorphism
- Navigate to
```agda
flipIso : Bool ≅ Bool
flipIso = {!!}
```
- Write `iso` in the hole and refine with `C-c C-r`.
You should now see
```agda
flipIso : Bool ≅ Bool
flipIso = iso {!!} {!!} {!!} {!!}
```
- Check that what `agda` is expecting in the first two holes
are functions `Bool → Bool`.
These are our maps back and forth which will constitute the isomorphism
so write `Flip` and `Flip` in the first two holes.
- Check the goal of the next two holes.
They should be
```agda
section Flip Flip
```
and
```agda
retract Flip Flip
```
This means we need to prove
`Flip` is a right inverse and a left inverse of `Flip`.
- Write the following so that your code looks like
```agda
flipIso : Bool ≅ Bool
flipIso = iso Flip Flip s r where
s : section Flip Flip
s b = {!!}
r : retract Flip Flip
r b = {!!}
```
The `where` allows you to make definitions local to the current definition,
in the sense that you will not be able to access `s` and `r` outside this proof.
Note that what follows `where` must be indented.
- Check the goal of the hole `s b = {!!}`.
In the `*Agda Information*` window, you should see
```agda
Goal: Flip (Flip b) ≡ b
—————————————————————————————————
b : Bool
```
Try to prove this.
<p>
<details>
<summary>Hint</summary>
You need to do cases on what `b` can be.
Then for the case of `true` and `false`,
try `C-c C-r` to see if `agda` can help.
</details>
</p>
- Do the same for `r b = {!!}`.
- Use `C-c C-d` to check that `agda` is okay with `flipIso`.
## The path
- Navigate to
```agda
flipPath : Bool ≡ Bool
flipPath = {!!}
```
- In the hole, write in `isoToPath` and refine with `C-c C-r`.
You should now have
```agda
flipPath : Bool ≡ Bool
flipPath = isoToPath {!!}
```
If you check the new hole, you should see that
`agda` is expecting an isomorphism `Bool ≅ Bool`.
`isoToPath` is the function from the cubical library
that converts isomorphisms between spaces
into paths between the corresponding points in the space of spaces `Type`.
- Fill in the hole with `flipIso`
and use `C-c C-d` to check `agda` is happy with `flipPath`.
- Try `C-c C-n` with `transport flipPath false`.
You should get `true` in the `*Agda Information*` window.
What `transport` did is it took the path `flipPath` in the
space of spaces `Type` and followed the point `false`
as `Bool` is transformed along `flipPath`.
The end result is of course `true`,
since `flipPath` is the path obtained from `flip`!