Library HoTT.Types.Unit

Theorems about the unit type


Require Import Basics.Overture Basics.Equivalences.
Local Open Scope path_scope.

Local Set Universe Minimization ToSet.

Generalizable Variables A.

Eta conversion


Definition eta_unit (z : Unit) : tt = z
  := match z with tt ⇒ 1 end.

Paths


(* This is all kind of ridiculous, but it fits the pattern. *)

Definition path_unit_uncurried (z z' : Unit) : Unit z = z'
  := fun _match z, z' with tt, tt ⇒ 1 end.

Definition path_unit (z z' : Unit) : z = z'
  := path_unit_uncurried z z' tt.

Definition eta_path_unit {z z' : Unit} (p : z = z') :
  path_unit z z' = p.
Proof.
  destruct p. destruct z. reflexivity.
Defined.

Global Instance isequiv_path_unit (z z' : Unit) : IsEquiv (path_unit_uncurried z z') | 0.
Proof.
  refine (Build_IsEquiv _ _ (path_unit_uncurried z z') (fun _tt)
    (fun p:z=z'
      match p in (_ = z') return (path_unit_uncurried z z' tt = p) with
        | idpathmatch z as z return (path_unit_uncurried z z tt = 1) with
                    | tt ⇒ 1
                  end
      end)
    (fun xmatch x with tt ⇒ 1 end) _).
  intros []; destruct z, z'; reflexivity.
Defined.

Definition equiv_path_unit (z z' : Unit) : Unit <~> (z = z')
  := Build_Equiv _ _ (path_unit_uncurried z z') _.

Transport

Is a special case of transporting in a constant fibration.

Universal mapping properties


(* The positive universal property *)
Arguments Unit_ind [A] a u : rename.

Global Instance isequiv_unit_ind `{Funext} (A : Unit Type)
: IsEquiv (@Unit_ind A) | 0
  := isequiv_adjointify _
  (fun f : u:Unit, A uf tt)
  (fun f : u:Unit, A upath_forall (@Unit_ind A (f tt)) f
                                             (fun xmatch x with tt ⇒ 1 end))
  (fun _ ⇒ 1).

Global Instance isequiv_unit_rec `{Funext} (A : Type)
: IsEquiv (@Unit_ind (fun _A)) | 0
  := isequiv_unit_ind (fun _A).

#[local]
Hint Extern 4 ⇒ progress (cbv beta iota) : typeclass_instances.

Definition equiv_unit_rec `{Funext} (A : Type)
  : A <~> (Unit A)
  := (Build_Equiv _ _ (@Unit_ind (fun _A)) _).

(* For various reasons, it is typically more convenient to define functions out of the unit as constant maps, rather than Unit_ind. *)
Notation unit_name x := (fun (_ : Unit) ⇒ x).

Global Instance isequiv_unit_name@{i j} `{Funext} (A : Type@{i})
: @IsEquiv@{i j} _ (Unit _) (fun (a:A) ⇒ unit_name a).
Proof.
  refine (isequiv_adjointify _ (fun f : Unit _f tt) _ _).
  - intros f; apply path_forall@{i i j}; intros x.
    apply ap@{i i}, path_unit.
  - intros a; reflexivity.
Defined.

(* The negative universal property *)
Definition unit_coind {A : Type} : Unit (A Unit)
  := fun _ _tt.

Global Instance isequiv_unit_coind `{Funext} (A : Type) : IsEquiv (@unit_coind A) | 0.
Proof.
  refine (isequiv_adjointify _ (fun ftt) _ _).
  - intro f. apply path_forall; intros x; apply path_unit.
  - intro x; destruct x; reflexivity.
Defined.

Definition equiv_unit_coind `{Funext} (A : Type)
  : Unit <~> (A Unit)
  := Build_Equiv _ _ (@unit_coind A) _.

Truncation


(* The Unit type is contractible *)
Global Instance contr_unit : Contr Unit | 0 := Build_Contr _ tt (fun t : Unitmatch t with tt ⇒ 1 end).

Equivalences

A contractible type is equivalent to Unit.
Definition equiv_contr_unit `{Contr A} : A <~> Unit
  := equiv_contr_contr.

(* Conversely, a type equivalent to Unit is contractible. We don't make this an instance because Coq would have to guess the equivalence.  And when it has a map in mind, it would try to use isequiv_contr_contr, which would cause a cycle. *)
Definition contr_equiv_unit (A : Type) (f : A <~> Unit) : Contr A
  := contr_equiv' Unit f^-1%equiv.

The constant map to Unit. We define this so we can get rid of an unneeded universe variable that Coq generates when const tt is used in a context that doesn't have Universe Minimization ToSet as this file does. If we ever set that globally, then we could get rid of this and remove some imports of this file.
Definition const_tt (A : Type) := @const A Unit tt.