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Explore what we want to call "isomorphisms" #1072

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VojtechStep opened this issue Mar 13, 2024 · 1 comment
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Explore what we want to call "isomorphisms" #1072

VojtechStep opened this issue Mar 13, 2024 · 1 comment

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@VojtechStep
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In #1056 (comment) @EgbertRijke raised the question whether we should keep with the type theory convention of having "isomorphisms" be in general maps with structure, or if we should reappropriate it for a well-behaved coherent concept.

For now we have the incoherent "isomorphisms in (large) (pre)categories" (invertible morphisms) and coherent "pointed isomorphisms" (biinvertible maps) are introduced in #1056.

@fredrik-bakke
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Hey! I'd just like to note that the notion of isomorphisms in precategories is not incoherent. Rather, it is coherent, but the definition is only coherent for set-level structures and doesn't generalize to higher structures without modifications.

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