Untyped λ-calculus with relative typing

M. Randall Holmes

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Abstract

A system of untyped λ-calculus with a restriction on function abstraction using relative typing analogous to the restriction on set comprehension found in Quine's set theory “New Foundations” is discussed. The author has shown elsewhere that this system is equiconsistent with Jensen’s NFU (“New Foundations” with urelements) + Infinity, which is in turn equiconsistent with the simple theory of types with infinity. The definition of the system is given and the construction of a model is described. A semantic motivation for the stratification criterion for function abstraction is given, based on an abstract model of computation. The same line of semantic argument is used to motivate an analogy between the notion of “strongly Cantorian set” found in “New Foundations” and the notion of “data type”; an implementation of absolute types as domains of retractions with strongly Cantorian ranges is described. The implementation of these concepts in a theorem prover developed by the author is sketched.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTyped Lambda Calculi and Applications - 2nd International Conference on Typed Lambda Calculi and Applications, TLCA 1995, Proceedings
EditorsMariangiola Dezani-Ciancaglini, Gordon Plotkin
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages235-248
Number of pages14
ISBN (Print)354059048X, 9783540590484
DOIs
StatePublished - 1995
Event2nd International Conference on Typed Lambda Calculi and Applications, TLCA 1995 - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Duration: 10 Apr 199512 Apr 1995

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume902
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference2nd International Conference on Typed Lambda Calculi and Applications, TLCA 1995
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityEdinburgh
Period10/04/9512/04/95

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