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Canonicity and normalisation for Dependent Type Theory

Programming Languages 2018-10-23 v1

Abstract

We show canonicity and normalization for dependent type theory with a cumulative sequence of universes and a type of Boolean. The argument follows the usual notion of reducibility, going back to Godel's Dialectica interpretation and the work of Tait. A key feature of our approach is the use of a proof relevant notion of reducibility.

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@article{arxiv.1810.09367,
  title  = {Canonicity and normalisation for Dependent Type Theory},
  author = {Thierry Coquand},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.09367},
  year   = {2018}
}

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9 pages

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