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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.CALCO.2025.7

A Coinductive Representation of Computable Functions

Authors: Alvin Tang and Dirk Pattinson

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 342, 11th Conference on Algebra and Coalgebra in Computer Science (CALCO 2025)

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We investigate a representation of computable functions as total functions over 2^∞, the set of finite and infinite sequences over {0,1}. In this model, infinite sequences are interpreted as non-terminating computations whilst finite sequences represent the sum of their digits. We introduce a new definition principle, function space corecursion, that simultaneously generalises minimisation and primitive recursion. This defines the class of computable corecursive functions that is closed under composition and function space corecursion. We prove computable corecursive functions represent all partial recursive functions, and show that all computable corecursive functions are indeed computable by translation into the untyped λ-calculus.

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Alvin Tang and Dirk Pattinson. A Coinductive Representation of Computable Functions. In 11th Conference on Algebra and Coalgebra in Computer Science (CALCO 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 342, pp. 7:1-7:15, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)

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@InProceedings{tang_et_al:LIPIcs.CALCO.2025.7,
  author =	{Tang, Alvin and Pattinson, Dirk},
  title =	{{A Coinductive Representation of Computable Functions}},
  booktitle =	{11th Conference on Algebra and Coalgebra in Computer Science (CALCO 2025)},
  pages =	{7:1--7:15},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-383-6},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{342},
  editor =	{C\^{i}rstea, Corina and Knapp, Alexander},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.CALCO.2025.7},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-235662},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.CALCO.2025.7},
  annote =	{Keywords: Computability, Coinduction}
}

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