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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.FSCD.2025.12
Ohana Trees and Taylor Expansion for the λI-Calculus: No variable gets left behind or forgotten!

Authors: Rémy Cerda, Giulio Manzonetto, and Alexis Saurin

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 337, 10th International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction (FSCD 2025)

Abstract
Although the λI-calculus is a natural fragment of the λ-calculus, obtained by forbidding the erasure, its equational theories did not receive much attention. The reason is that all proper denotational models studied in the literature equate all non-normalizable λI-terms, whence the associated theory is not very informative. The goal of this paper is to introduce a previously unknown theory of the λI-calculus, induced by a notion of evaluation trees that we call "Ohana trees". The Ohana tree of a λI-term is an annotated version of its Böhm tree, remembering all free variables that are hidden within its meaningless subtrees, or pushed into infinity along its infinite branches. We develop the associated theories of program approximation: the first approach - more classic - is based on finite trees and continuity, the second adapts Ehrhard and Regnier’s Taylor expansion. We then prove a Commutation Theorem stating that the normal form of the Taylor expansion of a λI-term coincides with the Taylor expansion of its Ohana tree. As a corollary, we obtain that the equality induced by Ohana trees is compatible with abstraction and application. We conclude by discussing the cases of Lévy-Longo and Berarducci trees, and generalizations to the full λ-calculus.
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Rémy Cerda, Giulio Manzonetto, and Alexis Saurin. Ohana Trees and Taylor Expansion for the λI-Calculus: No variable gets left behind or forgotten!. In 10th International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction (FSCD 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 337, pp. 12:1-12:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)

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@InProceedings{cerda_et_al:LIPIcs.FSCD.2025.12,
  author =	{Cerda, R\'{e}my and Manzonetto, Giulio and Saurin, Alexis},
  title =	{{Ohana Trees and Taylor Expansion for the \lambdaI-Calculus: No variable gets left behind or forgotten!}},
  booktitle =	{10th International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction (FSCD 2025)},
  pages =	{12:1--12:20},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-374-4},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{337},
  editor =	{Fern\'{a}ndez, Maribel},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.FSCD.2025.12},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-236277},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.FSCD.2025.12},
  annote =	{Keywords: \lambda-calculus, program approximation, Taylor expansion, \lambdaI-calculus, persistent free variables, B\"{o}hm trees, Ohana trees}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ECOOP.2025.12
Automatic Goal Clone Detection in Rocq

Authors: Ali Ghanbari

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 333, 39th European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming (ECOOP 2025)

Abstract
Proof engineering in Rocq is a labor-intensive process, and as proof developments grow in size, redundancy and maintainability become challenges. One such redundancy is goal cloning, i.e., proving α-equivalent goals multiple times, leading to wasted effort and bloated proof scripts. In this paper, we introduce clone-finder, a novel technique for detecting goal clones in Rocq proofs. By leveraging the formal notion of α-equivalence for Gallina terms, clone-finder systematically identifies duplicated proof goals across large Rocq codebases. We evaluate clone-finder on 40 real-world Rocq projects from the CoqGym dataset. Our results reveal that each project contains an average of 27.73 instances of goal clone. We observed that the clones can be categorized as either exact goal duplication, generalization, or α-equivalent goals with different proofs, each signifying varying levels duplicate effort. Our findings highlight significant untapped potential for proof reuse in Rocq-based formal verification projects, paving the way for future improvements in automated proof engineering.
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Ali Ghanbari. Automatic Goal Clone Detection in Rocq. In 39th European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming (ECOOP 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 333, pp. 12:1-12:19, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)

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@InProceedings{ghanbari:LIPIcs.ECOOP.2025.12,
  author =	{Ghanbari, Ali},
  title =	{{Automatic Goal Clone Detection in Rocq}},
  booktitle =	{39th European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming (ECOOP 2025)},
  pages =	{12:1--12:19},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-373-7},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{333},
  editor =	{Aldrich, Jonathan and Silva, Alexandra},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ECOOP.2025.12},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-233055},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ECOOP.2025.12},
  annote =	{Keywords: Clone Detection, Goal, Proof, Rocq, Gallina}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.CALCO.2015.205
Approximation of Nested Fixpoints – A Coalgebraic View of Parametric Dataypes

Authors: Alexander Kurz, Alberto Pardo, Daniela Petrisan, Paula Severi, and Fer-Jan de Vries

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 35, 6th Conference on Algebra and Coalgebra in Computer Science (CALCO 2015)

Abstract
The question addressed in this paper is how to correctly approximate infinite data given by systems of simultaneous corecursive definitions. We devise a categorical framework for reasoning about regular datatypes, that is, datatypes closed under products, coproducts and fixpoints. We argue that the right methodology is on one hand coalgebraic (to deal with possible nontermination and infinite data) and on the other hand 2-categorical (to deal with parameters in a disciplined manner). We prove a coalgebraic version of Bekic lemma that allows us to reduce simultaneous fixpoints to a single fix point. Thus a possibly infinite object of interest is regarded as a final coalgebra of a many-sorted polynomial functor and can be seen as a limit of finite approximants. As an application, we prove correctness of a generic function that calculates the approximants on a large class of data types.
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Alexander Kurz, Alberto Pardo, Daniela Petrisan, Paula Severi, and Fer-Jan de Vries. Approximation of Nested Fixpoints – A Coalgebraic View of Parametric Dataypes. In 6th Conference on Algebra and Coalgebra in Computer Science (CALCO 2015). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 35, pp. 205-220, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2015)

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@InProceedings{kurz_et_al:LIPIcs.CALCO.2015.205,
  author =	{Kurz, Alexander and Pardo, Alberto and Petrisan, Daniela and Severi, Paula and de Vries, Fer-Jan},
  title =	{{Approximation of Nested Fixpoints – A Coalgebraic View of Parametric Dataypes}},
  booktitle =	{6th Conference on Algebra and Coalgebra in Computer Science (CALCO 2015)},
  pages =	{205--220},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-939897-84-2},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2015},
  volume =	{35},
  editor =	{Moss, Lawrence S. and Sobocinski, Pawel},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.CALCO.2015.205},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-55351},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.CALCO.2015.205},
  annote =	{Keywords: coalgebra, Bekic lemma, infinite data, functional programming, type theory}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.RTA.2012.288
Meaningless Sets in Infinitary Combinatory Logic

Authors: Paula Severi and Fer-Jan de Vries

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 15, 23rd International Conference on Rewriting Techniques and Applications (RTA'12) (2012)

Abstract
In this paper we study meaningless sets in infinitary combinatory logic. So far only a handful of meaningless sets were known. We show that there are uncountably many meaningless sets. As an application to the semantics of finite combinatory logics, we show that there exist uncountably many combinatory algebras that are not a lambda algebra. We also study ways of weakening the axioms of meaningless sets to get, not only sufficient, but also necessary conditions for having confluence and normalisation.
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Paula Severi and Fer-Jan de Vries. Meaningless Sets in Infinitary Combinatory Logic. In 23rd International Conference on Rewriting Techniques and Applications (RTA'12). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 15, pp. 288-304, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2012)

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@InProceedings{severi_et_al:LIPIcs.RTA.2012.288,
  author =	{Severi, Paula and de Vries, Fer-Jan},
  title =	{{Meaningless Sets in Infinitary Combinatory Logic}},
  booktitle =	{23rd International Conference on Rewriting Techniques and Applications (RTA'12)},
  pages =	{288--304},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-939897-38-5},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2012},
  volume =	{15},
  editor =	{Tiwari, Ashish},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.RTA.2012.288},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-34993},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.RTA.2012.288},
  annote =	{Keywords: Infinitary Rewriting, Combinatory Logic, Meaningless Sets, Confluence, Normalisation}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.RTA.2011.313
Weakening the Axiom of Overlap in Infinitary Lambda Calculus

Authors: Paula Severi and Fer-Jan de Vries

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 10, 22nd International Conference on Rewriting Techniques and Applications (RTA'11) (2011)

Abstract
In this paper we present a set of necessary and sufficient conditions on a set of lambda terms to serve as the set of meaningless terms in an infinitary bottom extension of lambda calculus. So far only a set of sufficient conditions was known for choosing a suitable set of meaningless terms to make this construction produce confluent extensions. The conditions covered the three main known examples of sets of meaningless terms. However, the much later construction of many more examples of sets of meaningless terms satisfying the sufficient conditions renewed the interest in the necessity question and led us to reconsider the old conditions. The key idea in this paper is an alternative solution for solving the overlap between beta reduction and bottom reduction. This allows us to reformulate the Axiom of Overlap, which now determines together with the other conditions a larger class of sets of meaningless terms. We show that the reformulated conditions are not only sufficient but also necessary for obtaining a confluent and normalizing infinitary lambda beta bottom calculus. As an interesting consequence of the necessity proof we obtain for infinitary lambda calculus with beta and bot reduction that confluence implies normalization.
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Paula Severi and Fer-Jan de Vries. Weakening the Axiom of Overlap in Infinitary Lambda Calculus. In 22nd International Conference on Rewriting Techniques and Applications (RTA'11). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 10, pp. 313-328, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2011)

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@InProceedings{severi_et_al:LIPIcs.RTA.2011.313,
  author =	{Severi, Paula and de Vries, Fer-Jan},
  title =	{{Weakening the Axiom of Overlap in Infinitary Lambda Calculus}},
  booktitle =	{22nd International Conference on Rewriting Techniques and Applications (RTA'11)},
  pages =	{313--328},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-939897-30-9},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2011},
  volume =	{10},
  editor =	{Schmidt-Schauss, Manfred},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.RTA.2011.313},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-31312},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.RTA.2011.313},
  annote =	{Keywords: Infinitary Lambda Calculus, Confluence, Normalization}
}
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