On the complexity of the standard translation of lambda calculus into combinatory logic

• Autorzy: Lachowski, Ł.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

We investigate the complexity of the standard translation of lambda calculus into combinatory logic. The main result shows that the asymptotic growth rate of the size of a translated term is Θ(n3) in worst-case, where n denotes the size of the lambda term.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

combinatory logic; lambda calculus; complexity analysis; functional programming

• Czasopismo: Reports on Mathematical Logic
• Rocznik: 2018
• Tom: Vol. 53
• Strony: 19--42
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 11 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Lachowski, Ł.

• Department of Theoretical Computer Science Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science Jagiellonian University Lojasiewicza 6, 30-348 Kraków, Poland ,

Bibliografia

• [1] H.P. Barendregt, The Lambda Calculus: Its Syntax and Semantics, College Publications, London, 2012.
• [2] D.A. Turner, Another Algorithm for Bracket Abstraction, The Journal of Symbolic Logic 44:2 (1979), 729–740.
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• [8] L. Lachowski, l2cl, A computer program which searches for worst-case instances of the standard translation. Available at: https://bitbucket.org/zbyszko/l2cl, 2017.
• [9] K. Noshita, Translation of Turner Combinators in O(n log n) Space, Information Processing Letters 20:2 (1985), 71–74.
• [10] M. Schonfinkel, Uber die Bausteine der mathematischen Logik, ¨ Mathematische Annalen 92:3 (1924), 305–316.
• [11] D.A. Turner, Another Algorithm for Bracket Abstraction, The Journal of Symbolic Logic 44:2 (1979), 267–270.

Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu w ramach umowy 509/P-DUN/2018 ze środków MNiSW przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (2018).

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DOI

10.4467/20842589RM.18.002.8835