Title
On combinatory complete sets of proper combinators
Abstract
A combinatory system (or equivalently the set of its basic combinators) is called combinatorially complete for a functional system, if any member of the latter can be defined by an entity of the former system. In this paper the decision problem of combinatory completeness for finite sets of proper combinators is studied for three subsystems of the pure lambda calculus. Precise characterizations of proper combinator bases for the linear and the affine λ-calculus are given, and the respective decision problems are shown to be decidable. Furthermore, it is determined which extensions with proper combinators of bases for the linear λ-calculus are combinatorially complete for the λI-calculus.
Year
DOI
Venue
1997
10.1017/S0956796897002888
J. Funct. Program.
Keywords
DocType
Volume
basic combinators,functional system,decision problem,combinatory complete set,former system,proper combinator base,respective decision problem,combinatory system,pure lambda calculus,combinatory completeness,proper combinators
Journal
7
Issue
Citations 
PageRank 
6
0
0.34
References 
Authors
4
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sabine Broda16413.83
Luís Damas212822.34