Normalisation for higher-order calculi with explicit substitutions

Explicit substitutions (ES) were introduced as a bridge between the theory of rewrite systems with binders and substitution, such as the λ-calculus, and their implementation. In a seminal paper Melliès observed that the dynamical properties of a rewrite system and its ES-based implementation may not...

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Autor principal: Bonelli, Eduardo
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2005
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/84837
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Sumario:Explicit substitutions (ES) were introduced as a bridge between the theory of rewrite systems with binders and substitution, such as the λ-calculus, and their implementation. In a seminal paper Melliès observed that the dynamical properties of a rewrite system and its ES-based implementation may not coincide: he showed that a strongly normalising term (i.e. one which does not admit infinite derivations) in the λ-calculus may lose this status in its ES-based implementation. This paper studies normalisation for the latter systems in the general setting of higher-order rewriting: Based on recent work extending the theory of needed strategies to non-orthogonal rewrite systems we show that needed strategies normalise in the ES-based implementation of any orthogonal pattern higher-order rewrite system.