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  • From: Jonathan Leivent <jonikelee AT gmail.com>
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  • Subject: Re: [Coq-Club] question about universes and equalities
  • Date: Mon, 9 May 2016 16:01:00 -0400
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On 05/09/2016 03:48 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote:
Note that [@eq Type@{i} A B -> @eq Type@{j} A B] does not hold for [i > j],
Hmm.. which part of Coq's typing rules cause this?


Stefan

I'd just like to make it go away. Specifically, I'd like [@eq Type@{i} A B] to reduce to [@eq Type@{j} A B] where j is the minimum permissible level considering A and B.

I guess one could have a type theory where some things are provably equal at higher levels but not at lower ones. But, such a thing seems quite bizarre.

-- Jonathan




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