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A Rewriting Theory for Quantum Lambda-Calculus

Logic in Computer Science 2025-01-29 v2

Abstract

Quantum lambda calculus has been studied mainly as an idealized programming language -- the evaluation essentially corresponds to a deterministic abstract machine. Very little work has been done to develop a rewriting theory for quantum lambda calculus. Recent advances in the theory of probabilistic rewriting give us a way to tackle this task with tools unavailable a decade ago. Our primary focus is standardization and normalization results.

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@article{arxiv.2411.14856,
  title  = {A Rewriting Theory for Quantum Lambda-Calculus},
  author = {Claudia Faggian and Gaetan Lopez and Benoît Valiron},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.14856},
  year   = {2025}
}

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CSL2025: 33rd EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic 2025