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An Elementary Fragment of Second-Order Lambda Calculus

Logic in Computer Science 2007-05-23 v3

Abstract

A fragment of second-order lambda calculus (System F) is defined that characterizes the elementary recursive functions. Type quantification is restricted to be non-interleaved and stratified, i.e., the types are assigned levels, and a quantified variable can only be instantiated by a type of smaller level, with a slightly liberalized treatment of the level zero.

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@article{arxiv.cs/0210022,
  title  = {An Elementary Fragment of Second-Order Lambda Calculus},
  author = {Klaus Aehlig and Jan Johannsen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cs/0210022},
  year   = {2007}
}

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16 pages; corrections