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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.FSCD.2019.26

The Discriminating Power of the Let-In Operator in the Lazy Call-by-Name Probabilistic lambda-Calculus

Authors: Simona Kašterović and Michele Pagani

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 131, 4th International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction (FSCD 2019)

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We consider the notion of probabilistic applicative bisimilarity (PAB), recently introduced as a behavioural equivalence over a probabilistic extension of the untyped lambda-calculus. Alberti, Dal Lago and Sangiorgi have shown that PAB is not fully abstract with respect to the context equivalence induced by the lazy call-by-name evaluation strategy. We prove that extending this calculus with a let-in operator allows for achieving the full abstraction. In particular, we recall Larsen and Skou’s testing language, which is known to correspond with PAB, and we prove that every test is representable by a context of our calculus.

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Simona Kašterović and Michele Pagani. The Discriminating Power of the Let-In Operator in the Lazy Call-by-Name Probabilistic lambda-Calculus. In 4th International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction (FSCD 2019). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 131, pp. 26:1-26:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2019)

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@InProceedings{kasterovic_et_al:LIPIcs.FSCD.2019.26,
  author =	{Ka\v{s}terovi\'{c}, Simona and Pagani, Michele},
  title =	{{The Discriminating Power of the Let-In Operator in the Lazy Call-by-Name Probabilistic lambda-Calculus}},
  booktitle =	{4th International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction (FSCD 2019)},
  pages =	{26:1--26:20},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-107-8},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2019},
  volume =	{131},
  editor =	{Geuvers, Herman},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops-dev.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.FSCD.2019.26},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-105338},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.FSCD.2019.26},
  annote =	{Keywords: probabilistic lambda calculus, bisimulation, Howe’s technique, context equivalence, testing}
}

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