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# A type theory for cartesian closed bicategories

@article{Fiore2019ATT,
title={A type theory for cartesian closed bicategories},
author={Marcelo P. Fiore and Philip Saville},
journal={ArXiv},
year={2019},
volume={abs/1904.06538}
}
• Published 2019
• Computer Science, Mathematics
• ArXiv
We construct an internal language for cartesian closed bicategories. Precisely, we introduce a type theory modelling the structure of a cartesian closed bicategory and show that its syntactic model satisfies an appropriate universal property, thereby lifting the Curry-Howard-Lambek correspondence to the bicategorical setting. Our approach is principled and practical. Weak substitution structure is constructed using a bicategorification of the notion of abstract clone from universal algebra, and… Expand
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