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A Linear Logical Framework
, 1996
"... We present the linear type theory LLF as the forAppeared in the proceedings of the Eleventh Annual IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science --- LICS'96 (E. Clarke editor), pp. 264--275, New Brunswick, NJ, July 27--30 1996. mal basis for a conservative extension of the LF logical framework. ..."
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We present the linear type theory LLF as the forAppeared in the proceedings of the Eleventh Annual IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science --- LICS'96 (E. Clarke editor), pp. 264--275, New Brunswick, NJ, July 27--30 1996. mal basis for a conservative extension of the LF logical framework. LLF combines the expressive power of dependent types with linear logic to permit the natural and concise representation of a whole new class of deductive systems, namely those dealing with state. As an example we encode a version of Mini-ML with references including its type system, its operational semantics, and a proof of type preservation. Another example is the encoding of a sequent calculus for classical linear logic and its cut elimination theorem. LLF can also be given an operational interpretation as a logic programming language under which the representations above can be used for type inference, evaluation and cut-elimination. 1 Introduction A logical framework is a formal system desig...
Classical Logic and Computation
, 2000
"... This thesis contains a study of the proof theory of classical logic and addresses the prob-lem of giving a computational interpretation to classical proofs. This interpretation aims to capture features of computation that go beyond what can be expressed in intuitionisticlogic. We introduce several ..."
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This thesis contains a study of the proof theory of classical logic and addresses the prob-lem of giving a computational interpretation to classical proofs. This interpretation aims to capture features of computation that go beyond what can be expressed in intuitionisticlogic. We introduce several strongly normalising cut-elimination procedures for classicallogic. Our procedures are less restrictive than previous strongly normalising procedures, while at the same time retaining the strong normalisation property, which various standardcut-elimination procedures lack. In order to apply proof techniques from term rewriting, including symmetric reducibility candidates and recursive path ordering, we develop termannotations for sequent proofs of classical logic. We then present a sequence-conclusion natural deduction calculus for classical logicand study the correspondence between cut-elimination and normalisation. In contrast to earlier work, which analysed this correspondence in various fragments of intuitionisticlogic, we establish the correspondence in classical logic. Finally, we study applications of cut-elimination. In particular, we analyse severalclassical proofs with respect to their behaviour under cut-elimination. Because our cutelimination procedures impose fewer constraints than previous procedures, we are ableto show how a fragment of classical logic can be seen as a typing system for the simplytyped lambda calculus extended with an erratic choice operator. As a pleasing conse-quence, we can give a simple computational interpretation to Lafont's example.
Structural Cut Elimination - I. Intuitionistic and Classical Logic
- Information and Computation
, 2000
"... this paper we present new proofs of cut elimination for intuitionistic and classical sequent calculi and give their representations in the logical framework LF [HHP93] as implemented in the Elf system [Pfe91]. Multi-sets are avoided altogether in these proofs, and termination measures are replaced b ..."
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this paper we present new proofs of cut elimination for intuitionistic and classical sequent calculi and give their representations in the logical framework LF [HHP93] as implemented in the Elf system [Pfe91]. Multi-sets are avoided altogether in these proofs, and termination measures are replaced by three nested structural inductions. Parameters are treated as variables bound in derivations, thus naturally capturing occurrence conditions. A starting point for the proofs is Kleene's sequent system G 3 [Kle52], which we derive systematically from the point of view that a sequent calculus should be a calculus of proof search for natural deductions. It can easily be related to Gentzen's original and other sequent calculi. We augment G 3 with proof terms that are stable under weakening. These proof terms enable the structural induction and furthermore form the basis of the representation of the proof in LF. The most closely related work on cut elimination is Martin-Lo# f 's proof of admissibility [ML68]. In Martin-Lo# f 's system the cut rule incorporates aspects of both weakening and contraction which enables a structural induction argument closely related to ours. However, without the introduction of proof terms, the implicit weakening in the cut rule makes it difficult to implement this proof directly. Herbelin [Her95] restates this proof and proceeds by assigning proof terms only to restricted sequent calculi LJT and LKT which correspond more immediately to
Self-Adjusting Computation
- In ACM SIGPLAN Workshop on ML
, 2005
"... From the algorithmic perspective, we describe novel data structures for tracking the dependences ina computation and a change-propagation algorithm for adjusting computations to changes. We show that the overhead of our dependence tracking techniques is O(1). To determine the effectiveness of change ..."
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From the algorithmic perspective, we describe novel data structures for tracking the dependences ina computation and a change-propagation algorithm for adjusting computations to changes. We show that the overhead of our dependence tracking techniques is O(1). To determine the effectiveness of changepropagation, we present an analysis technique, called trace stability, and apply it to a number of applications.
Selective Memoization
"... We present a framework for applying memoization selectively. The framework provides programmer control over equality, space usage, and identification of precise dependences so that memoization can be applied according to the needs of an application. Two key properties of the framework are that it ..."
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We present a framework for applying memoization selectively. The framework provides programmer control over equality, space usage, and identification of precise dependences so that memoization can be applied according to the needs of an application. Two key properties of the framework are that it is efficient and yields programs whose performance can be analyzed using standard techniques. We describe the framework in the context of a functional language and an implementation as an SML library. The language is based on a modal type system and allows the programmer to express programs that reveal their true data dependences when executed. The SML implementation cannot support this modal type system statically, but instead employs run-time checks to ensure correct usage of primitives.
Strong Normalisation of Cut-Elimination in Classical Logic
, 2000
"... In this paper we present a strongly normalising cut-elimination procedure for classical logic. This procedure adapts Gentzen's standard cut-reductions, but is less restrictive than previous strongly normalising cut-elimination procedures. In comparison, for example, with works by Dragalin and D ..."
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In this paper we present a strongly normalising cut-elimination procedure for classical logic. This procedure adapts Gentzen's standard cut-reductions, but is less restrictive than previous strongly normalising cut-elimination procedures. In comparison, for example, with works by Dragalin and Danos et al., our procedure requires no special annotations on formulae and allows cut-rules to pass over other cut-rules. In order to adapt the notion of symmetric reducibility candidates for proving the strong normalisation property, we introduce a novel term assignment for sequent proofs of classical logic and formalise cut-reductions as term rewriting rules.
Mode and Termination Checking for Higher-Order Logic Programs
- In Hanne Riis Nielson, editor, Proceedings of the European Symposium on Programming
, 1996
"... . We consider how mode (such as input and output) and termination properties of typed higher-order constraint logic programming languages may be declared and checked effectively. The systems that we present have been validated through an implementation and numerous case studies. 1 Introduction Jus ..."
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. We consider how mode (such as input and output) and termination properties of typed higher-order constraint logic programming languages may be declared and checked effectively. The systems that we present have been validated through an implementation and numerous case studies. 1 Introduction Just like other paradigms logic programming benefits tremendously from types. Perhaps most importantly, types allow the early detection of errors when a program is checked against a type specification. With some notable exceptions most type systems proposed for logic programming languages to date (see [18]) are concerned with the declarative semantics of programs, for example, in terms of many-sorted, order-sorted, or higher-order logic. Operational properties of logic programs which are vital for their correctness can thus neither be expressed nor checked and errors will remain undetected. In this paper we consider how the declaration and checking of mode (such as input and output) and termina...
Ordered Linear Logic and Applications
, 2001
"... This work is dedicated to my parents. Acknowledgments Firstly, and foremost, I would like to thank my principal advisor, Frank Pfenning, for his patience with me, and for teaching me most of what I know about logic and type theory. I would also like to acknowledge some useful discussions with Kevin ..."
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This work is dedicated to my parents. Acknowledgments Firstly, and foremost, I would like to thank my principal advisor, Frank Pfenning, for his patience with me, and for teaching me most of what I know about logic and type theory. I would also like to acknowledge some useful discussions with Kevin Watkins which led me to simplify some of this work. Finally, I would like to thank my other advisor, John Reynolds, for all his kindness and support over the last five years. Abstract This thesis introduces a new logical system, ordered linear logic, which combines reasoning with unrestricted, linear, and ordered hypotheses. The logic conservatively extends (intuitionistic) linear logic, which contains both unrestricted and linear hypotheses, with a notion of ordered hypotheses. Ordered hypotheses must be used exactly once, subject to the order in which they were assumed (i.e., their order cannot be changed during the course of a derivation). This ordering constraint allows for logical representations of simple data structures such as stacks and queues. We construct ordered linear logic in the style of Martin-L"of from the basic notion of a hypothetical judgement. We then show normalization for the system by constructing a sequent calculus presentation and proving cut-elimination of the sequent system.
A semantic view of classical proofs -- type-theoretic, categorical, and denotational characterizations (Extended Abstract)
- IN PROCEEDINGS OF LICS '96
, 1996
"... Classical logic is one of the best examples of a mathematical theory that is truly useful to computer science. Hardware and software engineers apply the theory routinely. Yet from a foundational standpoint, there are aspects of classical logic that are problematic. Unlike intuitionistic logic, class ..."
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Classical logic is one of the best examples of a mathematical theory that is truly useful to computer science. Hardware and software engineers apply the theory routinely. Yet from a foundational standpoint, there are aspects of classical logic that are problematic. Unlike intuitionistic logic, classical logic is often held to be non-constructive, and so, is said to admit no proof semantics. To draw an analogy in the proofsas -programs paradigm, it is as if we understand well the theory of manipulation between equivalent specifications (which we do), but have comparatively little foundational insight of the process of transforming one program to another that implements the same specification. This extended abstract outlines a semantic theory of classical proofs based on a variant of Parigot's λµ-calculus [24], but presented here as a type theory. After reviewing the conceptual problems in the area and the potential benefits of such a theory, we sketch the key steps of our approach in ...
Hybridizing a logical framework
- In International Workshop on Hybrid Logic 2006 (HyLo 2006), Electronic Notes in Computer Science
, 2006
"... The logical framework LF is a constructive type theory of dependent functions that can elegantly encode many other logical systems. Prior work has studied the benefits of extending it to the linear logical framework LLF, for the incorporation linear logic features into the type theory affords good r ..."
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The logical framework LF is a constructive type theory of dependent functions that can elegantly encode many other logical systems. Prior work has studied the benefits of extending it to the linear logical framework LLF, for the incorporation linear logic features into the type theory affords good representations of state change. We describe and argue for the usefulness of an extension of LF by features inspired by hybrid logic, which has several benefits. For one, it shows how linear logic features can be decomposed into primitive operations manipulating abstract resource labels. More importantly, it makes it possible to realize a metalogical framework capable of reasoning about stateful deductive systems encoded in the style familiar from prior work with LLF, taking advantage of familiar methodologies used for metatheoretic reasoning in LF.Acknowledgments From the very first computer science course I took at CMU, Frank Pfenning has been an exceptional teacher and mentor. For his patience, breadth of knowledge, and mathematical good taste I am extremely thankful. No less do I owe to the other two major contributors to my programming languages
