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Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science, Bratislava : Slovaquie (2003)
The Minimal Graph Model of Lambda Calculus
Antonio Bucciarelli 1, Antonino Salibra 2
(2003)

A longstanding open problem in lambda-calculus, raised by G.Plotkin, is whether there exists a continuous model of the untyped lambda-calculus whose theory is exactly the beta-theory or the beta-eta-theory. A related question, raised recently by C.Berline, is whether, given a class of lambda-models, there is a minimal theory represented by it. In this paper, we give a positive answer to this latter question for the class of graph models à la Plotkin-Scott-Engeler. In particular, we build a graph model in which the equations satisfied are exactly those satisfied in any graph model.
1:  Preuves, Programmes et Systèmes (PPS)
CNRS : UMR7126 – Université Paris VII - Paris Diderot
2:  Dipartimento di Informatica
Università "Cà Foscari", Veneziz
Computer Science/Logic in Computer Science
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