Polymorphic type systems such as System F enjoy the parametricity property: polymorphic functions cannot inspect their type argument and will therefore apply the same algorithm to any type they are instantiated on. This idea is formalized mathematically in Reynolds's theory of relational parametricity, which allows the metatheoretical derivation of parametricity theorems about all values of a given type. Although predicative System F embeds into dependent type systems such as Martin-Löf Type Theory (MLTT), parametricity does not carry over as easily. The identity extension lemma, which is crucial if we want to prove theorems involving equality, has only been shown to hold for small types, excluding the universe. We attribute this to the fact that MLTT uses a single type former Π to generalize both the parametric quantifier ∀ and the type former → which is non-parametric in the sense that its elements may use their argument as a value. We equip MLTT with parametric quantifiers ∀ and ∃ alongside the existing Π and Σ, and provide relation type formers for proving parametricity theorems internally. We show internally the existence of initial algebras and final co-algebras of indexed functors both by Church encoding and, for a large class of functors, by using sized types. We prove soundness of our type system by enhancing existing iterated reflexive graph (cubical set) models of dependently typed parametricity by distinguishing between edges that express relatedness of objects (bridges) and edges that express equality (paths). The parametric functions are those that map bridges to paths. We implement an extension to the Agda proof assistant that type-checks proofs in our type system.

Type theory should be able to handle its own meta-theory, both to justify its foundational claims and to obtain a verified implementation. At the core of a type checker for intensional type theory lies an algorithm to check equality of types, or in other words, to check whether two types are convertible. We have formalized in Agda a practical conversion checking algorithm for a dependent type theory with one universe à la Russell, natural numbers, and η-equality for Π types. We prove the algorithm correct via a Kripke logical relation parameterized by a suitable notion of equivalence of terms. We then instantiate the parameterized fundamental lemma twice: once to obtain canonicity and injectivity of type formers, and once again to prove the completeness of the algorithm. Our proof relies on inductive-recursive definitions, but not on the uniqueness of identity proofs. Thus, it is valid in variants of intensional Martin-Löf Type Theory as long as they support induction-recursion, for instance, Extensional, Observational, or Homotopy Type Theory. algorithm correctly implements equality of types is based on a Kripke logical relation and follows Abel and Scherer [2012] and Abel et al. [2016].Our novel contribution is a full formalization of the algorithm and its proof of soundness, completeness, and termination, in Martin-Löf Type Theory [Martin-Löf 1975] with intensional equality, plus some well-understood extensions such as induction-recursion [Dybjer 2000]. As a mechanization language, we use Agda itself in its latest version, using the language variant without Streicher's Axiom K [1993]. 1 Consequently, our proof is directly transferable to related foundations such as Homotopy Type Theory extended by induction-recursion.The Agda formalization is quite sizeable: around 10.000 lines of code (500.000 characters). Especially the proof of the fundamental theorem of logical relations is substantial (5.000 lines). The congruence rule for the recursor for natural numbers alone requires a lemma that stretches over more than 500 lines. It is not that the proof is mathematically deep, once the right definition of the logical relation and the right formulation of the fundamental theorem are in placeÐit is just that a formalization requires us to get all the technicalities right. In research articles with pen and paper proofs only, the proof of the fundamental theorem is often skipped or reduced to the single sentence łproof by induction on the typing and equality derivationsž. Yet checking that each case of the induction goes through would require a reviewer many hours of disciplined technical reasoning. Written out, the proof would stretch over many pages.In previous works [Abel et al. 2007;Abel and Scherer 2012;Harper and Pfenning 2005], two logical relations and two fundamental theorems are needed for the meta theory: one that entails soundness of the algorithmic equality, and one for completeness. While in pen-and-paper proofs we could get away with remarks like łproof analogousž, a formalization would require us to do ...

Sized types have been developed to make termination checking more perspicuous, more powerful, and more modular by integrating termination into type checking. In dependently-typed proof assistants where proofs by induction are just recursive functional programs, the termination checker is an integral component of the trusted core, as validity of proofs depend on termination. However, a rigorous integration of full-fledged sized types into dependent type theory is lacking so far. Such an integration is non-trivial, as explicit sizes in proof terms might get in the way of equality checking, making terms appear distinct that should have the same semantics.In this article, we integrate dependent types and sized types with higher-rank size polymorphism, which is essential for generic programming and abstraction. We introduce a size quantifier ∀ which lets us ignore sizes in terms for equality checking, alongside with a second quantifier Π for abstracting over sizes that do affect the semantics of types and terms. Judgmental equality is decided by an adaptation of normalization-by-evaluation for our new type theory, which features type shape-directed reflection and reification. It follows that subtyping and type checking of normal forms are decidable as well, the latter by a bidirectional algorithm.

Proof assistants based on dependent type theory provide expressive languages for both programming and proving within the same system. However, all of the major implementations lack powerful extensionality principles for reasoning about equality, such as function and propositional extensionality. These principles are typically added axiomatically which disrupts the constructive properties of these systems. Cubical type theory provides a solution by giving computational meaning to Homotopy Type Theory and Univalent Foundations, in particular to the univalence axiom and higher inductive types. This paper describes an extension of the dependently typed functional programming language Agda with cubical primitives, making it into a full-blown proof assistant with native support for univalence and a general schema of higher inductive types. These new primitives make function and propositional extensionality as well as quotient types directly definable with computational content. Additionally, thanks also to copatterns, bisimilarity is equivalent to equality for coinductive types. This extends Agda with support for a wide range of extensionality principles, without sacrificing type checking and constructivity.or invariance up to equivalence, in the sense that equivalent types will share the same structures and properties. The fact that equality is proof relevant in dependent type theory is the key to enabling this; the data of an equality proof can store the equivalence and transporting along this equality should then apply the function underlying the equivalence. In particular, this allows programs and properties to be transported between equivalent types, hereby increasing modularity and decreasing code duplication. A concrete example are the equivalent representations of natural numbers in unary and binary format. In a univalent system it is possible develop theory about natural numbers using the unary representation, but compute using the binary representation, and as the two representations are equivalent they share the same properties.The principle of univalence is the major new addition in Homotopy Type Theory and Univalent Foundations (HoTT/UF) [Univalent Foundations Program 2013]. However, these new type theoretic foundations add univalence as an axiom which disrupts the good constructive properties of type theory. In particular, if we transport addition on binary numbers to the unary representation we will not be able to compute with it as the system would not know how to reduce the univalence axiom. Cubical type theory [Cohen et al. 2018] addresses this problem by introducing a novel representation of equality proofs and thereby providing computational content to univalence. This makes it possible to constructively transport programs and properties between equivalent types. This representation of equality proofs has many other useful consequences, in particular function and propositional extensionality (pointwise equal functions and logically equivalent propositions are equal), and the equivalence between bisi...

Proof assistants based on dependent type theory provide expressive languages for both programming and proving within the same system. However, all of the major implementations lack powerful extensionality principles for reasoning about equality, such as function and propositional extensionality. These principles are typically added axiomatically which disrupts the constructive properties of these systems. Cubical type theory provides a solution by giving computational meaning to Homotopy Type Theory and Univalent Foundations, in particular to the univalence axiom and higher inductive types (HITs). This paper describes an extension of the dependently typed functional programming language Agda with cubical primitives, making it into a full-blown proof assistant with native support for univalence and a general schema of HITs. These new primitives allow the direct definition of function and propositional extensionality as well as quotient types, all with computational content. Additionally, thanks also to copatterns, bisimilarity is equivalent to equality for coinductive types. The adoption of cubical type theory extends Agda with support for a wide range of extensionality principles, without sacrificing type checking and constructivity.