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The Zoo of Lambda-Calculus Reduction Strategies, And Coq

Authors Małgorzata Biernacka , Witold Charatonik , Tomasz Drab

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  • Theory of computation → Lambda calculus
  • Theory of computation → Operational semantics
  • Theory of computation → Automated reasoning
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  • Lambda calculus
  • Reduction strategies
  • Coq

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Abstract

We present a generic framework for the specification and reasoning about reduction strategies in the lambda calculus, representable as sets of term decompositions. It is provided as a Coq formalization that features a novel format of phased strategies. It facilitates concise description and algebraic reasoning about properties of reduction strategies. The formalization accommodates many well-known strategies, both weak and strong, such as call by name, call by value, head reduction, normal order, full β-reduction, etc. We illustrate the use of the framework as a tool to inspect and categorize the "zoo" of existing strategies, as well as to discover and study new ones with particular properties.

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Małgorzata Biernacka, Witold Charatonik, and Tomasz Drab. The Zoo of Lambda-Calculus Reduction Strategies, And Coq. In 13th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP 2022). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 237, pp. 7:1-7:19, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2022) https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITP.2022.7

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Małgorzata Biernacka
  • University of Wrocław, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Poland
Witold Charatonik
  • University of Wrocław, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Poland
Tomasz Drab
  • University of Wrocław, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Poland

Funding

This research is supported by the National Science Centre of Poland, under grant number 2019/33/B/ST6/00289.

Acknowledgements

We thank the anonymous reviewers for their comments and references to the literature. The last author thanks his wife, Monika, for taking care of everything around during proof completion.

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