4 Search Results for "Pradic, Pierre"


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Cyclic Proof Theory of Generalised Inductive Definitions

Authors: Gianluca Curzi and Lukas Melgaard

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


Abstract
We study cyclic proof systems for μPA, an extension of Peano arithmetic by generalised inductive definitions that is arithmetically equivalent to the (impredicative) subsystem of second-order arithmetic Π^1_2-CA₀ by Möllerfeld. The main result of this paper is that cyclic and inductive μPA have the same proof-theoretic strength. First, we translate cyclic proofs into an annotated variant based on Sprenger and Dam’s systems for first-order μ-calculus, whose stronger validity condition allows for a simpler proof of soundness. We then formalise this argument within Π^1_2-CA₀, leveraging Möllerfeld’s conservativity properties. To this end, we build on prior work by Curzi and Das on the reverse mathematics of the Knaster-Tarski theorem. As a byproduct of our proof methods we show that, despite the stronger validity condition, annotated and "plain" cyclic proofs for μPA prove the same theorems. This work represents a further step in the non-wellfounded proof-theoretic analysis of theories of arithmetic via impredicative fragments of second-order arithmetic, an approach initiated by Simpson’s Cyclic Arithmetic, and continued by Das and Melgaard in the context of arithmetical inductive definitions.

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Gianluca Curzi and Lukas Melgaard. Cyclic Proof Theory of Generalised Inductive Definitions. In 34th EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic (CSL 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 363, pp. 15:1-15:19, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)


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@InProceedings{curzi_et_al:LIPIcs.CSL.2026.15,
  author =	{Curzi, Gianluca and Melgaard, Lukas},
  title =	{{Cyclic Proof Theory of Generalised Inductive Definitions}},
  booktitle =	{34th EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic (CSL 2026)},
  pages =	{15:1--15:19},
  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.2026.15},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-254399},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.CSL.2026.15},
  annote =	{Keywords: cyclic proofs, positive inductive definitions, arithmetic, fixed points, proof theory, reset proof systems}
}
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Slightly Non-Linear Higher-Order Tree Transducers

Authors: Lê Thành Dũng (Tito) Nguyễn and Gabriele Vanoni

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 327, 42nd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2025)


Abstract
We investigate the tree-to-tree functions computed by "affine λ-transducers": tree automata whose memory consists of an affine λ-term instead of a finite state. They can be seen as variations on Gallot, Lemay and Salvati’s Linear High-Order Deterministic Tree Transducers. When the memory is almost purely affine (à la Kanazawa), we show that these machines can be translated to tree-walking transducers (and with a purely affine memory, we get a reversible tree-walking transducer). This leads to a proof of an inexpressivity conjecture of Nguyễn and Pradic on "implicit automata" in an affine λ-calculus. We also prove that a more powerful variant, extended with preprocessing by an MSO relabeling and allowing a limited amount of non-linearity, is equivalent in expressive power to Engelfriet, Hoogeboom and Samwel’s invisible pebble tree transducers. The key technical tool in our proofs is the Interaction Abstract Machine (IAM), an operational avatar of Girard’s geometry of interaction, a semantics of linear logic. We work with ad-hoc specializations to λ-terms of low exponential depth of a tree-generating version of the IAM.

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Lê Thành Dũng (Tito) Nguyễn and Gabriele Vanoni. Slightly Non-Linear Higher-Order Tree Transducers. In 42nd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 327, pp. 68:1-68:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{nguyen_et_al:LIPIcs.STACS.2025.68,
  author =	{Nguy\~{ê}n, L\^{e} Th\`{a}nh D\~{u}ng (Tito) and Vanoni, Gabriele},
  title =	{{Slightly Non-Linear Higher-Order Tree Transducers}},
  booktitle =	{42nd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2025)},
  pages =	{68:1--68:20},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-365-2},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{327},
  editor =	{Beyersdorff, Olaf and Pilipczuk, Micha{\l} and Pimentel, Elaine and Thắng, Nguy\~{ê}n Kim},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2025.68},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-228934},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2025.68},
  annote =	{Keywords: Almost affine lambda-calculus, geometry of interaction, reversibility, tree transducers, tree-walking automata}
}
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Track B: Automata, Logic, Semantics, and Theory of Programming
Hiding Pebbles When the Output Alphabet Is Unary

Authors: Gaëtan Douéneau-Tabot

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 229, 49th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2022)


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Pebble transducers are nested two-way transducers which can drop marks (named "pebbles") on their input word. Blind transducers have been introduced by Nguyên et al. as a subclass of pebble transducers, which can nest two-way transducers but cannot drop pebbles on their input. In this paper, we study the classes of functions computed by pebble and blind transducers, when the output alphabet is unary. Our main result shows how to decide if a function computed by a pebble transducer can be computed by a blind transducer. We also provide characterizations of these classes in terms of Cauchy and Hadamard products, in the spirit of rational series. Furthermore, pumping-like characterizations of the functions computed by blind transducers are given.

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Gaëtan Douéneau-Tabot. Hiding Pebbles When the Output Alphabet Is Unary. In 49th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2022). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 229, pp. 120:1-120:17, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2022)


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@InProceedings{doueneautabot:LIPIcs.ICALP.2022.120,
  author =	{Dou\'{e}neau-Tabot, Ga\"{e}tan},
  title =	{{Hiding Pebbles When the Output Alphabet Is Unary}},
  booktitle =	{49th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2022)},
  pages =	{120:1--120:17},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-235-8},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2022},
  volume =	{229},
  editor =	{Boja\'{n}czyk, Miko{\l}aj and Merelli, Emanuela and Woodruff, David P.},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2022.120},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-164613},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2022.120},
  annote =	{Keywords: polyregular functions, pebble transducers, rational series, factorization forests, Cauchy product, Hadamard product}
}
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Track B: Automata, Logic, Semantics, and Theory of Programming
Implicit Automata in Typed λ-Calculi I: Aperiodicity in a Non-Commutative Logic

Authors: Lê Thành Dũng Nguyễn and Cécilia Pradic

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 168, 47th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2020)


Abstract
We give a characterization of star-free languages in a λ-calculus with support for non-commutative affine types (in the sense of linear logic), via the algebraic characterization of the former using aperiodic monoids. When the type system is made commutative, we show that we get regular languages instead. A key ingredient in our approach – that it shares with higher-order model checking – is the use of Church encodings for inputs and outputs. Our result is, to our knowledge, the first use of non-commutativity in implicit computational complexity.

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Lê Thành Dũng Nguyễn and Cécilia Pradic. Implicit Automata in Typed λ-Calculi I: Aperiodicity in a Non-Commutative Logic. In 47th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2020). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 168, pp. 135:1-135:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2020)


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@InProceedings{nguyen_et_al:LIPIcs.ICALP.2020.135,
  author =	{Nguy\~{ê}n, L\^{e} Th\`{a}nh D\~{u}ng and Pradic, C\'{e}cilia},
  title =	{{Implicit Automata in Typed \lambda-Calculi I: Aperiodicity in a Non-Commutative Logic}},
  booktitle =	{47th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2020)},
  pages =	{135:1--135:20},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-138-2},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2020},
  volume =	{168},
  editor =	{Czumaj, Artur and Dawar, Anuj and Merelli, Emanuela},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2020.135},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-125426},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2020.135},
  annote =	{Keywords: Church encodings, ordered linear types, star-free languages}
}
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