Abstract. A type-based approach to termination uses sized types: an ordinal bound for the size of a data structure is stored in its type. A recursive function over a sized type is accepted if it is visible in the type system that recursive calls occur just at a smaller size. This approach is only sound if the type of the recursive function is admissible, i.e., depends on the size index in a certain way. To explore the space of admissible functions in the presence of higher-kinded data types and impredicative polymorphism, a semantics is developed where sized types are interpreted as functions from ordinals into sets of strongly normalizing terms. It is shown that upper semi-continuity of such functions is a sufficient semantical criterion for admissibility. To provide a syntactical criterion, a calculus for semi-continuous function is developed. 1

We lay out the design of HasCasl, a higher order extension of the algebraic specification language Casl that serves both as a wide-spectrum language for the rigorous specification and development of software, in particular but not exclusively in modern functional programming languages, and as an expressive standard language for higher-order logic. Distinctive features of HasCasl include partial higher order functions, higher order subtyping, shallow polymorphism, and an extensive typeclass mechanism. Moreover, HasCasl provides dedicated specification support for monad-based functional-imperative programming with generic side effects, including a monad-based generic Hoare logic.

We present the first verified normalization-by-evaluation algorithm for System F ω, the simplest impredicative type theory with computation on the type level. Types appear in three shapes: As syntactical types, as type values which direct the reification process, and as semantical types, i.e., sets of total values. The three shapes are captured by the new concept of a type structure, and the fundamental theorem now states that an induced structure is a type substructure. This work is an attempt at an algebraic treatment of type theory based on typed applicative structures rather than categories. 1