English

Elementary $\infty$-toposes from type theory

Category Theory 2026-04-30 v2 Algebraic Topology Logic

Abstract

We prove that every categorical model of dependent type theory with dependent sums and products, intensional identity types and univalent universes presents via its \infty-localisation an elementary \infty-topos, that is, a finitely complete, locally cartesian closed \infty-category with enough univalent universal morphisms. We also show that elementary \infty-toposes have small subobject classifiers. To achieve this, we extend Joyal's theory of tribes by introducing the notion of a univalent tribe and a univalent fibration in a tribe.

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@article{arxiv.2512.18891,
  title  = {Elementary $\infty$-toposes from type theory},
  author = {Maximilian Petrowitsch},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.18891},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

v2: minor revision, mostly fixing typos; 37 pages; comments welcome!

R2 v1 2026-07-01T08:35:50.325Z