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A Modern Perspective on Type Theory: From Its Origins Until TodayPaperback, 22 October 2010

A Modern Perspective on Type Theory: From Its Origins Until Today
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Part of Series
Applied Logic
Print Length
360 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Springer
Date Published
22 Oct 2010
ISBN-10
904816639X
ISBN-13
9789048166398

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`Towards the end of the nineteenth century, Frege gave us the abstraction principles and the general notion of functions. Self-application of functions was at the heart of Russell's paradox. This led Russell to introduce type theory in order to avoid the paradox. Since, the twentieth century has seen an amazing number of theories concerned with types and functions and many applications. Progress in computer science also meant more and more emphasis on the use of logic, types and functions to study the syntax, semantics, design and implementation of programming languages and theorem provers, and the correctness of proofs and programs. The authors of this book have themselves been leading the way by providing various extensions of type theory which have been shown to bring many advantages. This book gathers much of their influential work and is highly recommended for anyone interested in type theory. The main emphasis is on:

- Types: from Russell to Ramsey, to Church, to the modern Pure Type Systems and some of their extensions.

- Functions: from Frege, to Russell to Church, to Automath and the use of functions in mathematics, programming languages and theorem provers.

- The role of types in logic: Kripke's notion of truth, the evolution and role of the propositions as types concept and its use in logical frameworks.

- The role of types in computation: extensions of type theories which can better model proof checkers and programming languages are given.

The first part of the book is historical, yet at the same time, places historical systems (like Russell's RTT) in the modern setting. The second part deals with modern type theory as it developed since the 1940s, and with the role of propositions as types (or proofs as terms), but at the same time, places another historical system (the proof checker Automath) in the modern setting. The third part uses this bridging in the first two parts between historical and modern systems to propose new systems that bring more advantages together. This book has much to offer to mathematicians, logicians and to computer scientists in general. It will have considerable influence for many years to come.' - Henk Barendregt

Product Details

Authors:
F D KamareddineT LaanRob Nederpelt
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
NL
Date Published:
22 October 2010
Dimensions:
23.39 x 15.6 x 1.98 cm
ISBN-10:
904816639X
ISBN-13:
9789048166398
Language:
English
Location:
Dordrecht
Pages:
360
Publisher:
Weight:
526.17 gm

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