Paper: Context Semantics, Linear Logic and Computational Complexity (at LICS 2006)
Winner of the Kleene Award in 2006
Authors: Ugo Dal Lago
Abstract
We show that context semantics can be fruitfully applied to the quantitative analysis of proof normalization in linear logic. In particular, context semantics lets us define the weight of a proof-net as a measure of its inherent complexity: it is both an upper bound to normalization time (modulo a polynomial overhead, independently on the reduction strategy) and a lower bound to the number of steps to normal form (for certain reduction strategies). Weights are then exploited in proving strong soundness theorems for various subsystems of linear logic, namely elementary linear logic, soft linear logic and light linear logic.
BibTeX
@InProceedings{DalLago-ContextSemanticsLin, author = {Ugo Dal Lago}, title = {Context Semantics, Linear Logic and Computational Complexity}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Twenty-First Annual IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science (LICS 2006)}, year = {2006}, month = {August}, pages = {169--178}, location = {Seattle, Washington, USA}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society Press} }