Proof Nets and Explicit Substitutions

TLDR: The simulation technique introduced in [10] is refined to show strong normalization of λ-calculi with explicit substitutions via termination of cut elimination in proof nets and a version of typed λl with named variables is proposed which helps to better understand the complex mechanism of the explicit weakening notation.

Abstract: We refine the simulation technique introduced in [10] to show strong normalization of λ-calculi with explicit substitutions via termination of cut elimination in proof nets [13]. We first propose a notion of equivalence relation for proof nets that extends the one in [9], and we show that cut elimination modulo this equivalence relation is terminating. We then show strong normalization of the typed version of the λl-calculus with de Bruijn indices (a calculus with full composition defined in [8]) using a translation from typed λl to proof nets. Finally, we propose a version of typed λl with named variables which helps to better understand the complex mechanism of the explicit weakening notation introduced in the λl-calculus with de Bruijn indices [8].