Normalization Without Syntax

Willem Heijltjes; Dominic Hughes; Lutz Strassburger

doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.FSCD.2022.19

Normalization Without Syntax

Willem Heijltjes, Dominic Hughes, Lutz Strassburger

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We present normalization for intuitionistic combinatorial proofs (ICPs) and relate it to the simply-typed lambda-calculus. We prove confluence and strong normalization. Combinatorial proofs, or "proofs without syntax", form a graphical semantics of proof in various logics that is canonical yet complexity-aware: they are a polynomial-sized representation of sequent proofs that factors out exactly the non-duplicating permutations. Our approach to normalization aligns with these characteristics: it is canonical (free of permutations) and generic (readily applied to other logics). Our reduction mechanism is a canonical representation of reduction in sequent calculus with closed cuts (no abstraction is allowed below a cut), and relates to closed reduction in lambda-calculus and supercombinators. While we will use ICPs concretely, the notion of reduction is completely abstract, and can be specialized to give a reduction mechanism for any representation of typed normal forms.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	7th International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction, FSCD 2022
Subtitle of host publication	FSCD 2022
Editors	Amy P. Felty
Place of Publication	Dagstuhl, Germany
Publisher	Schloss Dagstuhl- Leibniz-Zentrum fur Informatik GmbH, Dagstuhl Publishing
Pages	19:1-19:19
Number of pages	19
Volume	228
Edition	2022
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-95977-233-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.FSCD.2022.19
Publication status	Published - 28 Jun 2022

Publication series

Name	Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs
Volume	228
ISSN (Print)	1868-8969

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Funding Information:
Funding Supported by EPSRC Grant EP/R029121/1 Typed Lambda-Calculi with Sharing and Unsharing and Inria Associated Team Combinatorial Proof Normalization (COMPRONOM).

Publisher Copyright:
© Willem B. Heijltjes, Dominic J. D. Hughes, and Lutz Straßburger

Keywords

Curry–Howard
combinatorial proofs
intuitionistic logic
lambda-calculus
proof nets

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Heijltjes, W., Hughes, D., & Strassburger, L. (2022). Normalization Without Syntax. In A. P. Felty (Ed.), 7th International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction, FSCD 2022: FSCD 2022 (2022 ed., Vol. 228, pp. 19:1-19:19). Article 19 (Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs; Vol. 228). Schloss Dagstuhl- Leibniz-Zentrum fur Informatik GmbH, Dagstuhl Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.FSCD.2022.19

Normalization Without Syntax. / Heijltjes, Willem; Hughes, Dominic; Strassburger, Lutz.
7th International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction, FSCD 2022: FSCD 2022. ed. / Amy P. Felty. Vol. 228 2022. ed. Dagstuhl, Germany: Schloss Dagstuhl- Leibniz-Zentrum fur Informatik GmbH, Dagstuhl Publishing, 2022. p. 19:1-19:19 19 (Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs; Vol. 228).

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Heijltjes, W, Hughes, D & Strassburger, L 2022, Normalization Without Syntax. in AP Felty (ed.), 7th International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction, FSCD 2022: FSCD 2022. 2022 edn, vol. 228, 19, Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs, vol. 228, Schloss Dagstuhl- Leibniz-Zentrum fur Informatik GmbH, Dagstuhl Publishing, Dagstuhl, Germany, pp. 19:1-19:19. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.FSCD.2022.19

Heijltjes W, Hughes D, Strassburger L. Normalization Without Syntax. In Felty AP, editor, 7th International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction, FSCD 2022: FSCD 2022. 2022 ed. Vol. 228. Dagstuhl, Germany: Schloss Dagstuhl- Leibniz-Zentrum fur Informatik GmbH, Dagstuhl Publishing. 2022. p. 19:1-19:19. 19. (Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs). doi: 10.4230/LIPIcs.FSCD.2022.19

Heijltjes, Willem ; Hughes, Dominic ; Strassburger, Lutz. / Normalization Without Syntax. 7th International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction, FSCD 2022: FSCD 2022. editor / Amy P. Felty. Vol. 228 2022. ed. Dagstuhl, Germany : Schloss Dagstuhl- Leibniz-Zentrum fur Informatik GmbH, Dagstuhl Publishing, 2022. pp. 19:1-19:19 (Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs).

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