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The Undecidability of Typability in the Lambda-Pi-Calculus

Logic in Computer Science 2023-06-14 v1

Abstract

The set of pure terms which are typable in the λ\lambdaΠ\Pi-calculus in a given context is not recursive. So there is no general type inference algorithm for the programming language Elf and, in some cases, some type information has to be mentioned by the programmer.

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@article{arxiv.2306.07599,
  title  = {The Undecidability of Typability in the Lambda-Pi-Calculus},
  author = {Gilles Dowek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.07599},
  year   = {2023}
}
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