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2008
IEEE
15 years 7 months ago
Typed Normal Form Bisimulation for Parametric Polymorphism
This paper presents a new bisimulation theory for parametric polymorphism which enables straightforward coinductive proofs of program equivalences involving existential types. The...
Søren B. Lassen, Paul Blain Levy
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FOCS
2002
IEEE
15 years 5 months ago
Concurrent Zero Knowledge with Logarithmic Round-Complexity
We show that every language in NP has a (black-box) concurrent zero-knowledge proof system using ˜O(log n) rounds of interaction. The number of rounds in our protocol is optimal,...
Manoj Prabhakaran, Alon Rosen, Amit Sahai
124
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CSL
2007
Springer
15 years 4 months ago
MSO on the Infinite Binary Tree: Choice and Order
We give a new proof showing that it is not possible to define in monadic second-order logic (MSO) a choice function on the infinite binary tree. This result was first obtained by G...
Arnaud Carayol, Christof Löding
77
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ENTCS
2007
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15 years 22 days ago
A Head-to-Head Comparison of de Bruijn Indices and Names
Often debates about pros and cons of various techniques for formalising lambda-calculi rely on subjective arguments, such as de Bruijn indices are hard to read for humans or nomin...
Stefan Berghofer, Christian Urban
106
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LPAR
2010
Springer
14 years 11 months ago
On Strong Normalization of the Calculus of Constructions with Type-Based Termination
Termination of recursive functions is an important property in proof assistants based on dependent type theories; it implies consistency and decidability of type checking. Type-bas...
Benjamin Grégoire, Jorge Luis Sacchini