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href="/nlab/show/decidable+equality">decidable</a>)</p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/identity+type">identity type</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/equivalence+of+types">equivalence of types</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/definitional+isomorphism">definitional isomorphism</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/isomorphism">isomorphism</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/weak+equivalence">weak equivalence</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/homotopy+equivalence">homotopy equivalence</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/weak+homotopy+equivalence">weak homotopy equivalence</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/equivalence+in+an+%28%E2%88%9E%2C1%29-category">equivalence in an (∞,1)-category</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/natural+equivalence">natural equivalence</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/natural+isomorphism">natural isomorphism</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/gauge+equivalence">gauge equivalence</a></p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Examples.</strong></p> <ul> <li><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/equivalence+of+categories">equivalence of categories</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/adjoint+equivalence">adjoint equivalence</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/weak+equivalence+of+internal+categories">weak equivalence of internal categories</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Morita+equivalence">Morita equivalence</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/equivalence+of+2-categories">equivalence of 2-categories</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/equivalence+of+%28%E2%88%9E%2C1%29-categories">equivalence of (∞,1)-categories</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><strong><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/principle+of+equivalence">principle of equivalence</a></strong></p> <ul> <li><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/univalence">univalence</a></li> </ul> <p><strong><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/equation">equation</a></strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/fiber+product">fiber product</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/pullback">pullback</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/homotopy+pullback">homotopy pullback</a></p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Examples.</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/linear+equation">linear equation</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/differential+equation">differential equation</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/ordinary+differential+equation">ordinary differential equation</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/critical+locus">critical locus</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Euler-Lagrange+equation">Euler-Lagrange equation</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Einstein+equation">Einstein equation</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/wave+equation">wave equation</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Schr%C3%B6dinger+equation">Schrödinger equation</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov+equation">Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equation</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Maurer-Cartan+equation">Maurer-Cartan equation</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/quantum+master+equation">quantum master equation</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Euler-Arnold+equation">Euler-Arnold equation</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Fuchsian+equation">Fuchsian equation</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Fokker-Planck+equation">Fokker-Planck equation</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" 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id="idea">Idea</h2> <p>A <em>weak equivalence</em> is a <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/morphism">morphism</a> in a <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/category">category</a> <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>C</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">C</annotation></semantics></math> which is supposed to be a true <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/equivalence">equivalence</a> in a <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/higher+category+theory">higher categorical</a> refinement of <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>C</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">C</annotation></semantics></math>.</p> <p>The bare minimum of axioms to be satisfied by a weak equivalence are encoded in the concepts of <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/category+with+weak+equivalences">category with weak equivalences</a> and <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/homotopical+category">homotopical category</a>. For such categories one can consider</p> <ul> <li> <p>the corresponding <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/homotopy+category">homotopy category</a>, which is the universal solution to turning all weak equivalences into <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/isomorphisms">isomorphisms</a>;</p> </li> <li> <p>the corresponding <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mn>∞</mn><mo>,</mo><mn>1</mn><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">(\infty,1)</annotation></semantics></math>-<a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/%28infinity%2C1%29-category">category</a>, which is, roughly, the universal solution to turning all weak equivalences into higher categorical <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/equivalences">equivalences</a>. There are various versions of this construction depending on what model for <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mn>∞</mn><mo>,</mo><mn>1</mn><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">(\infty,1)</annotation></semantics></math>-categories is chosen.</p> <ul> <li> <p>The <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Dwyer-Kan+localization">Dwyer-Kan localization</a> uses <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/simplicially+enriched+category">simplicially enriched categories</a> to model <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mn>∞</mn><mo>,</mo><mn>1</mn><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">(\infty,1)</annotation></semantics></math>-categories.</p> </li> <li> <p>If we use <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/complete+Segal+spaces">complete Segal spaces</a> or <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/quasicategories">quasicategories</a> to model <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mn>∞</mn><mo>,</mo><mn>1</mn><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">(\infty,1)</annotation></semantics></math>-categories, then the construction is a version of <em>fibrant replacement</em>.</p> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>Often, categories having weak equivalences also have extra structure that makes them easier to work with. A very powerful, and commonly occurring, level of such structure is called a <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/model+category">model structure</a>. There are also various weaker levels of structure, such as a <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/category+of+fibrant+objects">category of fibrant objects</a>.</p> <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2> <ul> <li> <p>A <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/weak+homotopy+equivalence">weak homotopy equivalence</a> is a weak equivalence in the <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/classical+model+structure+on+topological+spaces">classical model structure on topological spaces</a>.</p> </li> <li> <p>A <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/simplicial+weak+equivalence">simplicial weak equivalence</a> is a weak equivalence in the <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/classical+model+structure+on+simplicial+sets">classical model structure on simplicial sets</a>.</p> </li> <li> <p>An <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/equivariant+weak+homotopy+equivalence">equivariant weak homotopy equivalence</a> is a weak equivalence in the <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/fine+model+structure+on+topological+G-spaces">fine model structure on topological G-spaces</a>.</p> </li> <li> <p>A weak equivalence in the <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/folk+model+structure+on+Cat">folk model structure on Cat</a> is a functor that is <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/full+and+faithful+functor">fully faithful</a> and <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/essentially+surjective+functor">essentially surjective</a>.</p> </li> <li id="EquivalencesOfCategoriesInHomotopyTypeTheory"> <p>In <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/homotopy+type+theory">homotopy type theory</a>, a <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/functor">functor</a> <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>F</mi><mo>:</mo><mi>A</mi><mo>→</mo><mi>B</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">F: A \to B</annotation></semantics></math> between <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/internal+categories+in+HoTT">internal categories in HoTT</a> <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>A</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">A</annotation></semantics></math> and <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>B</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">B</annotation></semantics></math> is called a “weak equivalence” if it is <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/fully+faithful">fully faithful</a> and <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/essentially+surjective">essentially surjective</a>.</p> <p>For <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/univalent+categories">univalent categories</a> there is no difference between weak equivalences and <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/equivalences">equivalences</a>.</p> </li> </ul> <h2 id="related_concepts">Related concepts</h2> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/equality">equality</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/isomorphism">isomorphism</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/equivalence">equivalence</a></p> </li> <li> <p><strong>weak equivalence</strong></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/homotopy+equivalence">homotopy equivalence</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/weak+homotopy+equivalence">weak homotopy equivalence</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/equivalence+in+an+%28%E2%88%9E%2C1%29-category">equivalence in an (∞,1)-category</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/equivalence+of+%28%E2%88%9E%2C1%29-categories">equivalence of (∞,1)-categories</a></p> </li> </ul> </body></html> </div> <div class="revisedby"> <p> Last revised on June 7, 2022 at 15:55:16. 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