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On symmetries of spheres in univalent foundations (2401.15037v1)
Published 26 Jan 2024 in cs.LO and math.AT
Abstract: Working in univalent foundations, we investigate the symmetries of spheres, i.e., the types of the form $\mathbb{S}n = \mathbb{S}n$. The case of the circle has a slick answer: the symmetries of the circle form two copies of the circle. For higher-dimensional spheres, the type of symmetries has again two connected components, namely the components of the maps of degree plus or minus one. Each of the two components has $\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}$ as fundamental group. For the latter result, we develop an EHP long exact sequence.