Denotational Semantics of Call-by-name Normalization in Lambda-mu Calculus

  • Authors:
  • Vladimir Komendantsky

  • Affiliations:
  • INRIA Sophia Antipolis, 2004 rte Lucioles, B.P. 93, 06902 Sophia Antipolis cedex, France

  • Venue:
  • Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science (ENTCS)
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

We study normalization in the simply typed lambda-mu calculus, an extension of lambda calculus with control flow operators. Using an enriched version of the Yoneda embedding, we obtain a categorical normal form function for simply typed lambda-mu terms, which gives a special kind of a call-by-name denotational semantics particularly useful for deciding equalities in the lambda-mu calculus.