PIRSA:14050063

Video URL

https://pirsa.org/14050063

Equality

Fritz, T. (2014). Equality. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. https://pirsa.org/14050063

Fritz, Tobias. Equality. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, May. 21, 2014, https://pirsa.org/14050063 

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            doi = {10.48660/14050063},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/14050063},
            author = {Fritz, Tobias},
            keywords = {},
            language = {en},
            title = {Equality},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics},
            year = {2014},
            month = {may},
            note = {PIRSA:14050063 see, \url{https://scivideos.org/pirsa/14050063}}
          }

Tobias Fritz Universität Innsbruck

Talk numberPIRSA:14050063
DOI10.48660/14050063
Source RepositoryPIRSA
Collection
Talk Type Scientific Series

Abstract

Equality of two mathematical objects is a seemingly simple and well-understood concept. In this talk, I will do three things to explain why this is a misconception: I will survey different notions of equality, explain how revising the notion of equality has led to an emerging alternative foundation of mathematics called "homotopy type theory", and try to convince you that thinking about equality is relevant to your research in quantum field theory, quantum gravity or quantum foundations.