inria-00284186, version 1
On the Expressivity of Minimal Generic Quantification
International Workshop on Logical Frameworks and Meta-Languages: Theory and Practice (2008)
Résumé : We come back to the initial design of the $\nabla$ quantifier by Miller and Tiu, which we call minimal generic quantification. In the absence of fixed points, it is equivalent to seemingly stronger designs. However, several expected theorems about (co)inductive specifications can not be derived in that setting. We present a refinement of minimal generic quantification that brings the expected expressivity while keeping the minimal semantic, which we claim is useful to get natural adequate specifications. We build on the idea that generic quantification is not a logical connective but one that is defined, like negation in classical logics. This allows us to use the standard (co)induction rule, but obtain much more expressivity than before. We show classes of theorems that can now be derived in the logic, and present a few practical examples.
- 1 : Laboratoire d'informatique de l'école polytechnique (LIX)
- CNRS : UMR7161 – Polytechnique - X
- Domaine : Informatique/Logique en informatique
- Mots-clés : proof theory – generic quantification – fixed points – higher-order abstract syntax
- Référence interne : Extended version of the paper at LFMTP08
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- Contributeur : David Baelde
- Soumis le : Lundi 2 Juin 2008, 13:49:42
- Dernière modification le : Lundi 2 Juin 2008, 15:22:46







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