A finite simulation method in a non-deterministic call-by-need calculus with letrec, constructors and case
The paper proposes a variation of simulation for checking and proving contextual equivalence in a non-deterministic call-by-need lambda-calculus with constructors, case, seq, and a letrec with cyclic dependencies. It also proposes a novel method to prove its correctness. The calculus' semantics is based on a small-step rewrite semantics and on may-convergence. The cyclic nature of letrec bindings, as well as non-determinism, makes known approaches to prove that simulation implies contextual equivalence, such as Howe's proof technique, inapplicable in this setting. The basic technique for the simulation as well as the correctness proof is called pre-evaluation, which computes a set of answers for every closed expression. If simulation succeeds in finite computation depth, then it is guaranteed to show contextual preorder of expressions.
| Author: | Manfred Schmidt-Schauß, Elena Machkasova |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-53630 |
| Series (Serial Number) | Technical report Frank / Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität, Fachbereich Informatik und Mathematik, Institut für Informatik (32) |
| Publisher: | Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Univ., Fachbereich Informatik und Mathematik, Inst. für Informatik, Research group for Artificial Intelligence and Software Technology |
| Place of publication: | Frankfurt [am Main] |
| Document Type: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 07.03.2008 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2008 |
| Publishing Institution: | Univ.-Bibliothek Frankfurt am Main |
| Tag: | lambda calculus ; nondeterminism; programming languages ; semantics ; simulation |
| SWD-Keyword: | Lambda-Kalkül; Operationale Semantik ; Programmiersprache |
| HeBIS PPN: | 195575393 |
| Institutes: | Informatik |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 004 Datenverarbeitung; Informatik |
| Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
| Licence (German): |  Veröffentlichungsvertrag für Publikationen ohne Print on Demand |
