Re: [TYPES] Reduction ordering on terms of simply-typed lambda-calculus compatible with beta-reduction

Frédéric Blanqui <[email protected]>
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Hello. I am not aware of such results. Concerning reduction orders on 
simply-typed lambda-terms, you can have a look at the works of Jouannaud 
and Rubio: http://doi.org/10.1145/1206035.1206037 and 
http://doi.org/10.1145/2699913. Best regards, Frédéric.

Le 06/01/2019 à 12:54, Ahmed Bhayat a écrit :
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> Dear all,
>
> Would welcome information on the following:
>
> Does there exist a reduction ordering, total on ground terms of the simply-typed lambda calculus, that is compatible with beta-reduction?
>
> That is, does there exist a reduction order ‘>’, total on ground terms of STT, such that for all terms t1 and t2 such that t1 beta-reduces to t2, we have t1 > t2?
>
> Alternatively, is there a proof that no such ordering  can exist?
>
> Failing either of the above, I would be interested in any partial results or possibly relevant results.
>
> Thanks
>
> Ahmed Bhayat
>
> [email protected]
> PhD candidate at the University of Manchester
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