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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2016.9
URN: urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-65492
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Dubut, Jérémy ; Goubault, Eric ; Goubault-Larrecq, Jean

The Directed Homotopy Hypothesis

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Abstract

The homotopy hypothesis was originally stated by Grothendieck: topological spaces should be "equivalent" to (weak) infinite-groupoids, which give algebraic representatives of homotopy types. Much later, several authors developed geometrizations of computational models, e.g., for rewriting, distributed systems, (homotopy) type theory etc.
But an essential feature in the work set up in concurrency theory, is that time should be considered irreversible, giving rise to the field of directed algebraic topology. Following the path proposed by Porter, we state here a directed homotopy hypothesis: Grandis' directed topological spaces should be "equivalent" to a weak form of topologically enriched categories, still very close to (infinite,1)-categories. We develop, as in ordinary algebraic topology, a directed homotopy equivalence and a weak equivalence, and show invariance of a form of directed homology.

BibTeX - Entry

@InProceedings{dubut_et_al:LIPIcs:2016:6549,
  author =	{J{\'e}r{\'e}my Dubut and Eric Goubault and Jean Goubault-Larrecq},
  title =	{{The Directed Homotopy Hypothesis}},
  booktitle =	{25th EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic (CSL 2016)},
  pages =	{9:1--9:16},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-022-4},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2016},
  volume =	{62},
  editor =	{Jean-Marc Talbot and Laurent Regnier},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl--Leibniz-Zentrum fuer Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{http://drops.dagstuhl.de/opus/volltexte/2016/6549},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-65492},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2016.9},
  annote =	{Keywords: directed algebraic topology, partially enriched categories, homotopy hypothesis, geometric models for concurrency, higher category theory}
}

Keywords: directed algebraic topology, partially enriched categories, homotopy hypothesis, geometric models for concurrency, higher category theory
Collection: 25th EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic (CSL 2016)
Issue Date: 2016
Date of publication: 29.08.2016

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