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LICS
2009
IEEE
15 years 4 months ago
Wreath Products of Forest Algebras, with Applications to Tree Logics
—We use the recently developed theory of forest algebras to find algebraic characterizations of the languages of unranked trees and forests definable in various logics. These i...
Mikolaj Bojanczyk, Howard Straubing, Igor Walukiew...
JAPLL
2008
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14 years 9 months ago
The seven virtues of simple type theory
Simple type theory, also known as higher-order logic, is a natural extension of first-order logic which is simple, elegant, highly expressive, and practical. This paper surveys th...
William M. Farmer
TLCA
2005
Springer
15 years 3 months ago
A Lambda Calculus for Quantum Computation with Classical Control
The objective of this paper is to develop a functional programming language for quantum computers. We develop a lambda calculus for the classical control model, following the firs...
Peter Selinger, Benoît Valiron
CIE
2007
Springer
15 years 3 months ago
From Logic to Physics: How the Meaning of Computation Changed over Time
The intuition guiding the de…nition of computation has shifted over time, a process that is re‡ected in the changing formulations of the Church-Turing thesis. The theory of co...
Itamar Pitowsky
LICS
2008
IEEE
15 years 4 months ago
Focusing on Binding and Computation
Variable binding is a prevalent feature of the syntax and proof theory of many logical systems. In this paper, we define a programming language that provides intrinsic support fo...
Daniel R. Licata, Noam Zeilberger, Robert Harper