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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2026.48

Interpreting Lambda Calculus in Domain-Valued Random Variables

Authors: Robert Furber, Radu Mardare, Prakash Panangaden, and Dana Scott

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 363, 34th EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic (CSL 2026)

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We develop Boolean-valued domain theory and show how the lambda-calculus can be interpreted using domain-valued random variables. We focus on the reflexive domain construction rather than the language and its semantics. We develop the Boolean-valued set theory needed from scratch and then develop Boolean-valued domain theory on top of that. The notions of equality and partial order have to be given Boolean-valued interpretations; when we say that an equation is valid in the model we mean that its interpretation is the top element of the Boolean algebra.

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Robert Furber, Radu Mardare, Prakash Panangaden, and Dana Scott. Interpreting Lambda Calculus in Domain-Valued Random Variables. In 34th EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic (CSL 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 363, pp. 48:1-48:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)

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@InProceedings{furber_et_al:LIPIcs.CSL.2026.48,
  author =	{Furber, Robert and Mardare, Radu and Panangaden, Prakash and Scott, Dana},
  title =	{{Interpreting Lambda Calculus in Domain-Valued Random Variables}},
  booktitle =	{34th EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic (CSL 2026)},
  pages =	{48:1--48:20},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-411-6},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2026},
  volume =	{363},
  editor =	{Guerrini, Stefano and K\"{o}nig, Barbara},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2026.48},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-254734},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2026.48},
  annote =	{Keywords: lambda calculus, domain theory, random variables}
}

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DOI: 10.4230/OASIcs.CCA.2009.2252

Semilattices, Domains, and Computability (Invited Talk)

Authors: Dana Scott

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 11, 6th International Conference on Computability and Complexity in Analysis (CCA'09) (2009)

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As everyone knows, one popular notion of Scott domain is defined as a bounded complete algebraic cpo. These are closely related to algebraic lattices: (i) A Scott domain becomes an algebraic lattice with the adjunction of an (isolated) top element. (ii) Every non-empty Scott-closed subset of an algebraic lattice is a Scott domain. Moreover, the isolated ($=$ compact) elements of an algebraic lattice form a semilattice (under join). This semilattice has a zero element, and, provided the top element is isolated, it also has a unit element. The algebraic lattice itself may be regarded as the ideal completion of the semilattice of isolated elements. This is all well known. What is not so clear that is that there is an easy-to-construct domain of countable semilattices giving isomorphic copies of all countably based domains. This approach seems to have advantages over both ``information systems'' or more abstract lattice formulations, and it makes definitions of solutions to domain equations very elementary to justify. The ``domain of domains'' also has an immediate computable structure.

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Dana Scott. Semilattices, Domains, and Computability (Invited Talk). In 6th International Conference on Computability and Complexity in Analysis (CCA'09). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 11, p. 17, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2009)

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@InProceedings{scott:OASIcs.CCA.2009.2252,
  author =	{Scott, Dana},
  title =	{{Semilattices, Domains, and Computability}},
  booktitle =	{6th International Conference on Computability and Complexity in Analysis (CCA'09)},
  pages =	{17--17},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-939897-12-5},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2009},
  volume =	{11},
  editor =	{Bauer, Andrej and Hertling, Peter and Ko, Ker-I},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.CCA.2009.2252},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-22525},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.CCA.2009.2252},
  annote =	{Keywords: Semilattices, domains, computability}
}

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