The Eckmann-Hilton argument

Content created by Egbert Rijke, Fredrik Bakke and Raymond Baker.

Created on 2023-09-24.
Last modified on 2025-04-28.

module synthetic-homotopy-theory.eckmann-hilton-argument where
Imports 
open import foundation.action-on-identifications-functions
open import foundation.commuting-squares-of-homotopies
open import foundation.dependent-pair-types
open import foundation.homotopies
open import foundation.homotopy-algebra
open import foundation.identity-types
open import foundation.interchange-law
open import foundation.path-algebra
open import foundation.transport-along-higher-identifications
open import foundation.universe-levels
open import foundation.whiskering-homotopies-composition
open import foundation.whiskering-homotopies-concatenation
open import foundation.whiskering-identifications-concatenation

open import structured-types.pointed-equivalences
open import structured-types.pointed-types

open import synthetic-homotopy-theory.double-loop-spaces
open import synthetic-homotopy-theory.functoriality-loop-spaces
open import synthetic-homotopy-theory.loop-spaces
open import synthetic-homotopy-theory.triple-loop-spaces

Idea

There are two classical statements of the Eckmann-Hilton argument. The first states that a group object in the category of groups is abelian. The second states that π₂(X) is abelian, for any space X. The former is an algebraic statement, while the latter is a homotopy theoretic statement. As it turns out, the two are equivalent. See the following Wikipedia article.

Both of these phrasings, however, are about set level structures. Since we have access to untruncated types, it is more natural to consider untruncated analogs of the above two statements. Thus, we will work with the following statement of the Eckmann-Hilton argument:

  (α β : Ω² X) → α ∙ β = β ∙ α

For fixed 2-loops, we will call the resulting identification “the Eckmann-Hilton identification”. In this file we will give two different constructions of this identification, one that corresponds to the more algebraic statement and one that corresponds to the more homotopy theoretic statement. We will call the constructions themselves “the Eckmann-Hilton argument”.

Definitions

Constructing the Eckmann-Hilton identification from the interchange law

The more algebraic argument uses the interchange law interchange-Ω². The interchange law essentially expresses that horizontal-concat-Ω² is a group homomorphism of vertical-concat-Ω² in each variable.

module _
  {l : Level} {A : UU l} {a : A}
  where

  outer-eckmann-hilton-interchange-connection-Ω² :
    (α δ : type-Ω² a) →
    horizontal-concat-Ω² α δ ＝ vertical-concat-Ω² α δ
  outer-eckmann-hilton-interchange-connection-Ω² α δ =
    ( z-concat-Id³ {α = α} {γ = δ} (inv right-unit) (inv left-unit)) ∙
    ( ( interchange-Ω² α refl refl δ) ∙
      ( y-concat-Id³ {β = α} {δ = δ}
        ( right-unit-law-horizontal-concat-Ω² {α = α})
        ( left-unit-law-horizontal-concat-Ω² {α = δ})))

  inner-eckmann-hilton-interchange-connection-Ω² :
    (β γ : type-Ω² a) → horizontal-concat-Ω² β γ ＝ vertical-concat-Ω² γ β
  inner-eckmann-hilton-interchange-connection-Ω² β γ =
    ( z-concat-Id³ {α = β} {β} {γ} (inv left-unit) (inv right-unit)) ∙
    ( ( interchange-Ω² refl β γ refl) ∙
      ( y-concat-Id³ {β = γ} {δ = β}
        ( left-unit-law-horizontal-concat-Ω² {α = γ})
        ( right-unit-law-horizontal-concat-Ω² {α = β})))

  eckmann-hilton-interchange-Ω² : (α β : type-Ω² a) → α ∙ β ＝ β ∙ α
  eckmann-hilton-interchange-Ω² α β =
    ( inv (outer-eckmann-hilton-interchange-connection-Ω² α β)) ∙
    ( inner-eckmann-hilton-interchange-connection-Ω² α β)

  interchange-concat-Ω² :
    (α β γ δ : type-Ω² a) → (α ∙ β) ∙ (γ ∙ δ) ＝ (α ∙ γ) ∙ (β ∙ δ)
  interchange-concat-Ω² =
    interchange-law-commutative-and-associative
      ( _∙_)
      ( eckmann-hilton-interchange-Ω²)
      ( assoc)

Constructing the Eckmann-Hilton identification using the naturality condition of the operation of whiskering a fixed 2-path by a 1-path

The motivation

Now we give the more homotopy theoretic version of the Eckmann-Hilton argument. Consider 2-loops α β : Ω² X. The more homotopy theoretic Eckmann-Hilton argument is often depicted as follows:

| α |      | refl-Ω² | α |      | β | refl-Ω² |       | β |
-----  ＝  ----------------  ＝  ----------------  ＝  ----
| β |      | β | refl-Ω² |      | refl-Ω² | α |       | α |

The first picture represents the vertical concatenation of α and β. The notation | γ | δ | represents the horizontal concatenation of 2-dimensional identifications γ and δ. Then | refl-Ω² | α | is just left-whisker-concat refl-Ω² α. The first and last equality come from the unit laws of whiskering. And the middle equality can be recognized as commutative-left-whisker-right-whisker-concat α β, which is the naturality condition of left-whisker-concat - α applied to β.

Since this version of the Eckmann-Hilton argument may seem more complicated than the algbraic version, the reader is entitled to wonder why we bother giving this second version. This version of the Eckmann-Hilton argument makes more salient the connection between the Eckmann-Hilton identification and the 2-D descent data of a type family, and plays an important role in the construction of the Hopf fibration.

To see this, consider the family of based identity types Id base : X → UU. A 1-loop l induces an automorphism tr (Id base) l : Ω X ≃ Ω X. We can compute that

  tr (Id base) l p ＝ p ∙ l.

This is shown in tr-Id-right.

Up one dimension, a 2-loop s induces a homotopy tr² (Id base) s : id {A = Ω X} ~ id. We can compute

  tr² (Id base) s p ∙ tr-Id-right refl p ＝ tr-Id-right refl p ∙ left-whisker-concat p s

This claim is shown in tr²-Id-right. Thus, the 2-D descent data of Id base is (up to equivalence) the homotopy at the heart of this version of the Eckmann-Hilton argument.

Recall that homotopies of type id ~ id automatically commute with each other via eckmann-hilton-htpy. This identification is constructed using the naturality condition of one of the two homotopies involved. What the above shows is that the Eckmann-Hilton identification of 2-loops in the base type X is the same as the Eckmann-Hilton homotopy (evaluated at the base point) of the homotopies induced by those 2-loops in the family Id base.

Of course Id base is a special type family. But this idea generalizes nonetheless. Given a type family B : X → UU, any 2-loops α β : Ω X induce homotopies tr² B α and tr² B β of type id {A = B base} ~ id. Again, these homotopies automatically commute with each other via

  commutative-right-whisker-left-whisker-htpy (tr² B α) (tr² B β)

which is the naturality condition of tr² B α applied to tr² B β. The naturality condition that makes α and β commute in Ω² X is

  commutative-left-whisker-right-whisker-concat α β

Transporting along this latter identification (i.e., applying tr³ B) results in the former homotopy. This is shown in tr³-commutative-left-whisker-right-whisker-concat. From this, it is easy to compute transporting along an Eckmann-Hilton identification by proving that the additional coherence identifications in the definition of eckmann-hilton-Ω² and eckmann-hilton-htpy are compatible.

This connection has important consequences, one of which being the connection between the Eckmann-Hilton argument and the Hopf fibration.

The construction, using left whiskering

module _
  {l : Level} {A : Pointed-Type l}
  where

  eckmann-hilton-Ω² :
    (α β : type-Ω² (point-Pointed-Type A)) → α ∙ β ＝ β ∙ α
  eckmann-hilton-Ω² α β =
    ( inv
      ( horizontal-concat-Id²
        ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² α)
        ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β))) ∙
    ( commutative-left-whisker-right-whisker-concat α β) ∙
    ( horizontal-concat-Id²
      ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β)
      ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² α))

Using right whiskering

There is another natural construction of an Eckmann-Hilton identification along these lines. If we think of the first construction as “rotating clockwise”, this alternate version “rotates counter-clockwise”. In terms of braids, the previous construction of Eckmann-Hilton braids α over β, while this next construction braids α under β. This difference shows up nicely in the type theory. The first version uses the naturality of the operation of whiskering on the left, while the second version uses the naturality of the operation of whiskering on the right. Based on the intution of braiding, we should expect these two version of the Eckmann-Hilton identification to naturally “undo” each other, which they do. Thus, we will refer to this alternate construction of Eckmann-Hilton as “the inverse Eckmann-Hilton argument”, and the corresponding identification “the inverse Eckmann-Hilton identification”.

module _
  {l : Level} {A : Pointed-Type l}
  where

  inv-eckmann-hilton-Ω² :
    (α β : type-Ω² (point-Pointed-Type A)) → α ∙ β ＝ β ∙ α
  inv-eckmann-hilton-Ω² α β =
    ( inv
      ( horizontal-concat-Id²
        ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² α)
        ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² β))) ∙
    ( commutative-right-whisker-left-whisker-concat α β) ∙
    ( horizontal-concat-Id²
      ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² β)
      ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² α))

We now prove that this Eckmann-Hilton identification “undoes” the previously constructed Eckmann-Hilton identification. If we think of braiding α over β, then braiding β under α, we should end up with the trivial braid. Thus, we should have

eckmann-hilton-Ω² α β ∙ inv-eckmann-hilton-Ω² β α ＝ refl

This is equivalent to,

inv inv-eckmann-hilton-Ω² β α ＝ eckmann-hilton-Ω² α β

which is what we prove.

Note. that the above property is distinct from syllepsis, since it concerns two different construction of the Eckmann-Hilton identification. Further, it applies to all 2-loops, not solely 3-loops.

module _
  {l : Level} {A : Pointed-Type l}
  where

  compute-inv-inv-eckmann-hilton-Ω² :
    (α β : type-Ω² (point-Pointed-Type A)) →
    inv (inv-eckmann-hilton-Ω² β α) ＝ eckmann-hilton-Ω² α β
  compute-inv-inv-eckmann-hilton-Ω² α β =
    ( distributive-inv-concat
      ( ( inv
          ( horizontal-concat-Id²
            ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β)
            ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² α))) ∙
        ( commutative-right-whisker-left-whisker-concat β α))
      ( horizontal-concat-Id²
        ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² α)
        ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β))) ∙
    ( left-whisker-concat
      ( inv
        ( horizontal-concat-Id²
          ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² α)
            ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β)))
      ( distributive-inv-concat
        ( inv
          ( horizontal-concat-Id²
            ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β)
            ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² α)))
        ( commutative-right-whisker-left-whisker-concat β α))) ∙
    ( left-whisker-concat
      ( inv
        ( horizontal-concat-Id²
          ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² α)
            ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β)))
      ( horizontal-concat-Id²
        ( compute-inv-commutative-right-whisker-left-whisker-concat α β)
        ( inv-inv
          ( horizontal-concat-Id²
            ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β)
            ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² α))))) ∙
    ( inv
      ( assoc
        ( inv
          ( horizontal-concat-Id²
            ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² α)
            ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β)))
        ( commutative-left-whisker-right-whisker-concat α β)
        ( horizontal-concat-Id²
          ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β)
          ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² α))))

Properties

Obtaining a 3-loop from a 2-loop using eckmann-hilton-Ω²

Given a 2-loop s : Ω² A, we can obtain an identification eckmann-hilton-Ω² s s : s ∙ s ＝ s ∙ s. The type of this identification is equivalent to the type of 3-loops, via the equivalence pointed-equiv-2-loop-pointed-identity (Ω (A , a)) (s ∙ s).

3-loops obtained in this way are at the heart of the Hopf fibration.

module _
  {l : Level} {A : UU l} {a : A} (s : type-Ω² a)
  where

  3-loop-eckmann-hilton-Ω² : type-Ω³ a
  3-loop-eckmann-hilton-Ω² =
    map-pointed-equiv
      ( pointed-equiv-2-loop-pointed-identity (Ω (A , a)) (s ∙ s))
      ( eckmann-hilton-Ω² s s)

  inv-3-loop-eckmann-hilton-Ω² : type-Ω³ a
  inv-3-loop-eckmann-hilton-Ω² =
    map-pointed-equiv
      ( pointed-equiv-2-loop-pointed-identity (Ω (A , a)) (s ∙ s))
      ( inv-eckmann-hilton-Ω² s s)

The above two 3-loops are inverses

module _
  {l : Level} {A : UU l} {a : A} (s : type-Ω² a)
  where

  compute-inv-inv-3-loop-eckmann-hilton-Ω² :
    inv (inv-3-loop-eckmann-hilton-Ω² s) ＝ 3-loop-eckmann-hilton-Ω² s
  compute-inv-inv-3-loop-eckmann-hilton-Ω² =
    ( inv
      ( preserves-inv-map-Ω
        ( pointed-map-pointed-equiv
          ( pointed-equiv-loop-pointed-identity (Ω (A , a)) (s ∙ s)))
        (inv-eckmann-hilton-Ω² s s))) ∙
    ( ap
      ( map-Ω
        ( pointed-map-pointed-equiv
          ( pointed-equiv-loop-pointed-identity (Ω (A , a)) (s ∙ s))))
      ( compute-inv-inv-eckmann-hilton-Ω² s s))

Computing transport along eckmann-hilton-Ω²

This coherence relates the three dimensional transport tr³ along an Eckmann-Hilton identification eckmann-hilton-Ω² α β to the Eckmann-Hilton argument for homotopies eckmann-hilton-htpy (tr² B α) (tr² B β).

This takes the form of a commutative square of homotopies

                   tr²-concat α β
  tr² B (α ∙ β) -------------------> tr² B α ∙h tr² B β
       |                                    |
       |                                    |
       |                                    |
       |                                    |
       |                                    |
       |                                    |
       |                                    |
       ∨                                    ∨
  tr² B (β ∙ α) -------------------> tr² B β ∙h tr² B α,
                   tr²-concat β α

where the left leg is tr³ B (eckmann-hilton-Ω² α β) and the right leg is eckmann-hilton-htpy (tr² B α) (tr² B β).

We construct a filler for this square by first distributing tr³ across the concatenated paths used in eckmann-hilton-Ω², then splitting the resultant square into three vertical squares, constructing fillers for each, then pasting them together. The filler of the middle square is

  tr³-commutative-left-whisker-right-whisker-concat-Ω² α β

The fillers for the top and bottom squares are constructed below. They relate the unit laws for whiskering identifications used in eckmann-hilton-Ω² and the unit laws for whiskering homotopies used in eckmann-hilton-htpy.

Distributing tr³ across eckmann-hilton-Ω²

module _
  {l1 l2 : Level} {A : UU l1} {a : A}
  {B : A → UU l2} (α β : type-Ω² a)
  where

  tr³-eckmann-hilton-distributed :
    tr² B (α ∙ β) ~ tr² B (β ∙ α)
  tr³-eckmann-hilton-distributed =
    ( tr³
      ( B)
      ( inv
        ( horizontal-concat-Id²
          ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² α)
          ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β)))) ∙h
    ( tr³
      ( B)
      ( commutative-left-whisker-right-whisker-concat α β)) ∙h
    ( tr³
      ( B)
      ( horizontal-concat-Id²
        ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β)
        ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² α)))

  tr³-concat-eckmann-hilton :
    ( tr³ B (eckmann-hilton-Ω² α β)) ~
    ( tr³-eckmann-hilton-distributed)
  tr³-concat-eckmann-hilton =
    ( tr³-concat
      ( ( inv
          ( horizontal-concat-Id²
            ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² α)
            ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β))) ∙
        ( commutative-left-whisker-right-whisker-concat α β))
      ( horizontal-concat-Id²
        ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β)
        ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² α))) ∙h
    ( right-whisker-concat-htpy
      ( tr³-concat
        ( inv
          ( horizontal-concat-Id²
            ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² α)
            ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β)))
        ( commutative-left-whisker-right-whisker-concat α β))
      ( tr³
        ( B)
        ( horizontal-concat-Id²
          ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β)
          ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² α))))

The filler of the top square

  tr³-horizontal-concat-left-unit-law-left-whisker-right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² :
    coherence-square-homotopies
      ( tr²-concat-left-whisker-concat-right-whisker-concat-Ω² α β)
      ( tr³
        ( B)
        ( horizontal-concat-Id²
          ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² α)
          ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β)))
      ( left-whisker-concat-htpy
        ( tr² B α)
        ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-comp (tr² B β)))
      ( tr²-concat α β)
  tr³-horizontal-concat-left-unit-law-left-whisker-right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² =
    concat-bottom-homotopy-coherence-square-homotopies
      ( tr²-concat-left-whisker-concat-right-whisker-concat-Ω² α β)
      ( tr³
        ( B)
        ( horizontal-concat-Id²
          ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² α)
          ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β)))
      ( left-whisker-concat-htpy
        ( tr² B α)
        ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-comp (tr² B β)))
      ( tr²-concat α β ∙h refl-htpy)
      ( right-unit-htpy)
      ( horizontal-pasting-coherence-square-homotopies
        ( tr²-concat
          ( left-whisker-concat refl α)
          ( right-whisker-concat β refl))
        ( tr²-left-whisker-concat-tr²-right-whisker-concat-Ω² α β)
        ( tr³
          ( B)
          ( horizontal-concat-Id²
            ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² α)
            ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β)))
        ( horizontal-concat-htpy²
          ( tr³
            ( B)
            ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² α))
          ( tr³
            ( B)
            ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β)))
        ( left-whisker-concat-htpy
          ( tr² B α)
          ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-comp (tr² B β)))
        ( tr²-concat α β)
        ( refl-htpy)
        ( tr³-horizontal-concat
          ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² α)
          ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β))
        ( inv-concat-right-homotopy-coherence-square-homotopies
          ( tr²-left-whisker-concat-tr²-right-whisker-concat-Ω² α β)
          ( horizontal-concat-htpy²
            ( tr³ B (left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² α))
            ( tr³ B (right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β)))
          ( left-whisker-concat-htpy
            ( tr² B α)
            ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-comp (tr² B β)))
          ( refl-htpy)
          ( inv-htpy
            ( compute-left-refl-htpy-horizontal-concat-htpy²
              ( tr² B α)
              ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-comp (tr² B β))))
          ( ( right-unit-htpy) ∙h
            ( z-concat-htpy³
              ( inv-htpy right-unit-htpy)
              ( ( inv-htpy right-unit-htpy) ∙h
                ( left-whisker-concat-htpy
                  ( tr³
                    ( B)
                    ( inv
                      ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-concat β ∙ right-unit)))
                  ( inv-htpy
                    ( left-inv-htpy
                      ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-comp (tr² B β))))) ∙h
                ( inv-htpy
                  ( assoc-htpy
                    ( tr³
                      ( B)
                      ( inv
                        ( ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-concat β) ∙
                          ( right-unit))))
                    ( inv-htpy (left-unit-law-left-whisker-comp (tr² B β)))
                    ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-comp (tr² B β)))))) ∙h
            ( interchange-htpy²
              ( tr³ B (left-unit-law-left-whisker-concat α))
              ( refl-htpy)
              ( ( tr³
                  ( B)
                  ( inv
                    ( ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-concat β) ∙
                      ( right-unit)))) ∙h
                ( inv-htpy (left-unit-law-left-whisker-comp (tr² B β))))
              ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-comp (tr² B β))))))

  tr³-horizontal-concat-inv-left-unit-law-left-whisker-right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² :
    coherence-square-homotopies
      ( tr²-concat α β)
      ( tr³
        ( B)
        ( inv
          ( horizontal-concat-Id²
            ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² α)
            ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β))))
      ( inv-htpy
        ( left-whisker-concat-htpy
          ( tr² B α)
          ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-comp (tr² B β))))
      ( tr²-concat-left-whisker-concat-right-whisker-concat-Ω² α β)
  tr³-horizontal-concat-inv-left-unit-law-left-whisker-right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² =
    inv-concat-left-homotopy-coherence-square-homotopies
      ( tr²-concat α β)
      ( tr³
        ( B)
        ( inv
          ( horizontal-concat-Id²
            ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² α)
            ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β))))
      ( inv-htpy
        ( left-whisker-concat-htpy
          ( tr² B α)
          ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-comp (tr² B β))))
      ( tr²-concat-left-whisker-concat-right-whisker-concat-Ω² α β)
      ( tr⁴
        ( B)
        ( distributive-inv-horizontal-concat-Id²
          ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² α)
          ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β)))
      ( concat-left-homotopy-coherence-square-homotopies
        ( tr²-concat α β)
        ( inv-htpy
          ( tr³
            ( B)
            ( horizontal-concat-Id²
              ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² α)
              ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β))))
        ( inv-htpy
          ( left-whisker-concat-htpy
            ( tr² B α)
            ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-comp (tr² B β))))
        ( tr²-concat-left-whisker-concat-right-whisker-concat-Ω² α β)
        ( ( inv-htpy
            ( tr³-inv
              ( horizontal-concat-Id²
                ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² α)
                ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β)))) ∙h
          ( tr⁴
            ( B)
            ( distributive-inv-horizontal-concat-Id²
              ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-concat α)
              ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β))))
        ( vertical-inv-coherence-square-homotopies
          ( tr²-concat-left-whisker-concat-right-whisker-concat-Ω² α β)
          ( tr³
            ( B)
            ( horizontal-concat-Id²
              ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² α)
              ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β)))
          ( left-whisker-concat-htpy
            ( tr² B α)
            ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-comp (tr² B β)))
          ( tr²-concat α β)
          ( tr³-horizontal-concat-left-unit-law-left-whisker-right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω²)))

The filler of the bottom square

  tr³-horizontal-concat-right-unit-law-right-whisker-left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² :
    coherence-square-homotopies
      ( tr²-concat-right-whisker-concat-left-whisker-concat-Ω² β α)
      ( tr³
        ( B)
        ( horizontal-concat-Id²
          ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β)
          ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² α)))
      ( right-whisker-concat-htpy
        ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-comp (tr² B β))
        ( tr² B α))
      ( tr²-concat β α)
  tr³-horizontal-concat-right-unit-law-right-whisker-left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² =
    concat-bottom-homotopy-coherence-square-homotopies
      ( tr²-concat-right-whisker-concat-left-whisker-concat-Ω² β α)
      ( tr³
        ( B)
        ( horizontal-concat-Id²
          ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β)
          ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² α)))
      ( right-whisker-concat-htpy
        ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-comp (tr² B β))
        ( tr² B α))
      ( tr²-concat β α ∙h refl-htpy)
      ( right-unit-htpy)
      ( horizontal-pasting-coherence-square-homotopies
        ( tr²-concat
          ( right-whisker-concat β refl)
          ( left-whisker-concat refl α))
        ( tr²-right-whisker-concat-tr²-left-whisker-concat-Ω² β α)
        ( tr³
          ( B)
          ( horizontal-concat-Id²
            ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β)
            ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² α)))
        ( horizontal-concat-htpy²
          ( tr³ B (right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β))
          ( tr³ B (left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² α)))
        ( right-whisker-concat-htpy
          ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-comp (tr² B β))
          ( tr² B α))
        ( tr²-concat β α)
        ( refl-htpy)
        ( tr³-horizontal-concat
          ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β)
          ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² α))
        ( inv-concat-right-homotopy-coherence-square-homotopies
          ( tr²-right-whisker-concat-tr²-left-whisker-concat-Ω² β α)
          ( horizontal-concat-htpy²
            ( tr³ B (right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β))
            ( tr³ B (left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² α)))
          ( right-whisker-concat-htpy
            ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-comp (tr² B β))
            ( tr² B α))
          ( refl-htpy)
          ( inv-htpy
            ( compute-right-refl-htpy-horizontal-concat-htpy²
              ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-comp (tr² B β))
              ( tr² B α)))
          ( ( right-unit-htpy
              { H =
                ( horizontal-concat-htpy²
                  ( tr³ B (right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β))
                  ( tr³ B (left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² α)))}) ∙h
            ( z-concat-htpy³
              ( ( inv-htpy right-unit-htpy) ∙h
                ( left-whisker-concat-htpy
                  ( tr³ B (right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β))
                  ( inv-htpy
                    ( left-inv-htpy
                      ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-comp (tr² B β))))) ∙h
                ( inv-htpy
                  ( assoc-htpy
                    ( tr³ B (right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β))
                    ( inv-htpy (left-unit-law-left-whisker-comp (tr² B β)))
                    ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-comp (tr² B β)))))
              ( inv-htpy right-unit-htpy)) ∙h
            ( interchange-htpy²
              ( ( tr³
                  ( B)
                  ( inv
                    ( ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-concat β) ∙
                      ( right-unit)))) ∙h
                ( inv-htpy (left-unit-law-left-whisker-comp (tr² B β))))
              ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-comp (tr² B β))
              ( tr³ B (left-unit-law-left-whisker-concat α))
              ( refl-htpy)))))

The computation

  tr³-eckmann-hilton :
    coherence-square-homotopies
      ( tr²-concat α β)
      ( tr³ B (eckmann-hilton-Ω² α β))
      ( eckmann-hilton-htpy (tr² B α) (tr² B β))
      ( tr²-concat β α)
  tr³-eckmann-hilton =
    inv-concat-left-homotopy-coherence-square-homotopies
      ( tr²-concat α β)
      ( tr³ B (eckmann-hilton-Ω² α β))
      ( eckmann-hilton-htpy (tr² B α) (tr² B β))
      ( tr²-concat β α)
      ( tr³-concat-eckmann-hilton)
      ( vertical-pasting-coherence-square-homotopies
        ( tr²-concat α β)
        ( tr³ B
          ( inv
            ( horizontal-concat-Id²
              ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² α)
              ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β))) ∙h
        ( tr³ B (commutative-left-whisker-right-whisker-concat α β)))
        ( ( inv-htpy
            ( left-whisker-concat-htpy
              ( tr² B α)
              ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-comp (tr² B β)))) ∙h
          ( commutative-right-whisker-left-whisker-htpy (tr² B α) (tr² B β)))
        ( tr²-concat-right-whisker-concat-left-whisker-concat-Ω² β α)
        ( tr³ B
          ( horizontal-concat-Id²
            ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β)
            ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² α)))
        ( right-whisker-concat-htpy
          ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-comp (tr² B β)) (tr² B α))
        ( tr²-concat β α)
        ( vertical-pasting-coherence-square-homotopies
          ( tr²-concat α β)
          ( tr³
            ( B)
            ( inv
              ( horizontal-concat-Id²
                ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω² α)
                ( right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω² β))))
          ( inv-htpy
            ( left-whisker-concat-htpy
              ( tr² B α)
              ( left-unit-law-left-whisker-comp (tr² B β))))
          ( tr²-concat-left-whisker-concat-right-whisker-concat-Ω² α β)
          ( tr³ B (commutative-left-whisker-right-whisker-concat α β))
          ( commutative-right-whisker-left-whisker-htpy (tr² B α) (tr² B β))
          ( tr²-concat-right-whisker-concat-left-whisker-concat-Ω² β α)
          ( tr³-horizontal-concat-inv-left-unit-law-left-whisker-right-unit-law-right-whisker-Ω²)
          ( tr³-commutative-left-whisker-right-whisker-concat-Ω² α β))
        ( tr³-horizontal-concat-right-unit-law-right-whisker-left-unit-law-left-whisker-Ω²))

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