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Mechanized Subject Expansion in Uniform Intersection Types for Perpetual Reductions

Authors Andrej Dudenhefner , Daniele Pautasso

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  • Theory of computation → Type theory
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  • lambda-calculus
  • simple types
  • intersection types
  • strong normalization
  • mechanization
  • perpetual reductions

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Abstract

We provide a new, purely syntactical proof of strong normalization for the simply typed λ-calculus. The result relies on a novel proof of the equivalence between typability in the simple type system and typability in the uniform intersection type system (a restriction of the non-idempotent intersection type system). For formal verification, the equivalence is mechanized using the Coq proof assistant.
In the present work, strong normalization of a given simply typed term M is shown in four steps. First, M is reduced to a normal form N via a suitable reduction strategy with a decreasing measure. Second, a uniform intersection type for the normal form N is inferred. Third, a uniform intersection type for M is constructed iteratively via subject expansion. Fourth, strong normalization of M is shown by induction on the size of the type derivation.
A supplementary contribution is a family of perpetual reduction strategies, i.e. strategies which preserve infinite reduction paths. This family allows for subject expansion in the intersection type systems of interest, and contains a reduction strategy with a decreasing measure in the simple type system. A notable member of this family is Barendregt’s F_∞ reduction strategy.

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Andrej Dudenhefner and Daniele Pautasso. Mechanized Subject Expansion in Uniform Intersection Types for Perpetual Reductions. In 9th International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction (FSCD 2024). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 299, pp. 8:1-8:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2024) https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.FSCD.2024.8

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Andrej Dudenhefner
  • TU Dortmund University, Germany
Daniele Pautasso
  • University of Turin, Italy

Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to Simona Ronchi Della Rocca for many insightful discussions, and to the anonymous referees for their careful reading and suggestions.

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