Questions tagged [higher-inductive-types]
Higher inductive types (HITs) are a generalization of inductive types to higher dimensions. HITs are generated inductively by elements of itself and its iterated identity types. (from nLab)
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Using induction to define Indexed family of HITs in agda
I am looking to define a family of HITs parametrized by $\mathbb{N}$. I want $(-)$-glob : $\mathbb{N} \to Type$, so that $n$-glob is the n-dimensional glob. I know how to construct the n-$glob$ by ...
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Case splitting with quotient types in Cubical Agda
I'm getting started with Cubcal Agda and I'm quite confused.
I've got a HIT A defined, with a path constructor eq returning <...
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Can I use if_then_else on indexed paths in HITs?
I want to define a function out of an indexed higher inductive type, and am running into some problems.
Here is a somewhat contrived minimal example of what I'm doing:
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