Geometry of Interaction 1: Interpretation of System F
TL;DR: The chapter describes the development of a semantics of computation free from the twin drawbacks of reductionism and subjectivism and that a representative class of algorithms can be modelized by means of standard mathematics.
Abstract: Publisher Summary This chapter describes the development of a semantics of computation free from the twin drawbacks of reductionism (that leads to static modification) and subjectivism (that leads to syntactical abuses, in other terms, bureaucracy). The new approach initiated in this chapter rests on the use of a specific C*-algebra Λ* that has the distinguished property of bearing a (non associative) inner tensor product. The chapter describes that a representative class of algorithms can be modelized by means of standard mathematics.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the Curry-Howard isomorphism and the normalisation theorem of a natural deduction system T coherence spaces have been studied in the context of linear logic and linear logic semantics.
Abstract: Sense, denotation and semantics natural deduction the Curry-Howard isomorphism the normalisation theorem Godel's system T coherence spaces denotational semantics of T sums in natural deduction system F coherence semantics of the sum cut elimination (Hauptsatz) strong normalisation for F representation theorem semantics of System F what is linear logic?
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TL;DR: This paper describes the syntax and semantics of a simple quantum programming language with high-level features such as loops, recursive procedures, and structured data types, and has an interesting denotational semantics in terms of complete partial orders of superoperators.
Abstract: We propose the design of a programming language for quantum computing. Traditionally, quantum algorithms are frequently expressed at the hardware level, for instance in terms of the quantum circuit model or quantum Turing machines. These approaches do not encourage structured programming or abstractions such as data types. In this paper, we describe the syntax and semantics of a simple quantum programming language with high-level features such as loops, recursive procedures, and structured data types. The language is functional in nature, statically typed, free of run-time errors, and has an interesting denotational semantics in terms of complete partial orders of superoperators.
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TL;DR: Girard's linear logic is studied from the point of view of giving a concrete computational interpretation of the logic, based on the Curry—Howard isomorphism, which opens up a promising new approach to the parallel implementation of functional programming languages.
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TL;DR: An intensional model for the programming language PCF is described, in which the types of PCF are interpreted by games, and the terms by certain "history-free" strategies are interpreted.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors considered the C*-algebra generated by n≧2 isometries S 1S 1+1+snS * n = 1.
Abstract: We consider theC*-algebra\(\mathcal{O}_n \) generated byn≧2 isometriesS1,...,Sn on an infinite-dimensional Hilbert space, with the property thatS1S*1+...+SnS*n=1. It turns out that\(\mathcal{O}_n \) has the structure of a crossed product of a finite simpleC*-algebra ℱ by a single endomorphism scaling the trace of ℱ by 1/n. Thus,\(\mathcal{O}_n \) is a separableC*-algebra sharing many of the properties of a factor of typeIIIλ with λ=1/n. As a consequence we show that\(\mathcal{O}_n \) is simple and that its isomorphism type does not depend on the choice ofS1,...,Sn.
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