Lambda Calculus with Types

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-0-521-76614-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 854 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 250 mm, Gewicht: 1627 g

Reihe: Perspectives in Logic

This handbook with exercises reveals in formalisms, hitherto mainly used for hardware and software design and verification, unexpected mathematical beauty. The lambda calculus forms a prototype universal programming language, which in its untyped version is related to Lisp, and was treated in the first author's classic The Lambda Calculus (1984). The formalism has since been extended with types and used in functional programming (Haskell, Clean) and proof assistants (Coq, Isabelle, HOL), used in designing and verifying IT products and mathematical proofs. In this book, the authors focus on three classes of typing for lambda terms: simple types, recursive types and intersection types. It is in these three formalisms of terms and types that the unexpected mathematical beauty is revealed. The treatment is authoritative and comprehensive, complemented by an exhaustive bibliography, and numerous exercises are provided to deepen the readers' understanding and increase their confidence using types.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barendregt, Henk

Dekkers, Wil

Statman, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Logik, formale Sprachen, Automaten
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Mathematische Logik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of contributors; Preface; Introduction; Part I. Simple Types: 1. The simply typed lambda calculus; 2. Properties; 3. Tools; 4. Definability, unification and matching; 5. Extensions; 6. Applications; Part II. Recursive Types: 7. The systems; 8. Properties of recursive types; 9. Properties of terms with types; 10. Models; 11. Applications; Part III. Intersection Types: 12. An exemplary system; 13. Type assignment systems; 14. Basic properties; 15. Type and lambda structures; 16. Filter models; 17. Advanced properties and applications; Bibliography; Symbol index; Names index; Definitions index.

Über Autor(innen)

Dekkers, Wil
Wil Dekkers is an Associate Professor in the Institute of Information and Computing Sciences at Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Statman, Richard
Richard Statman is a Professor of Mathematics at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA.

Barendregt, Henk
Henk Barendregt holds the chair on the Foundations of Mathematics and Computer Science at Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Henk Barendregt holds the chair on the Foundations of Mathematics and Computer Science at Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Wil Dekkers is an Associate Professor in the Institute of Information and Computing Sciences at Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Richard Statman is a Professor of Mathematics at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA.