The separation theorem for differential interaction nets

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Abstract

Differential interaction nets (DIN) have been introduced by Thomas Ehrhard and Laurent Regnier as an extension of linear logic proof-nets. We prove that DIN enjoy an internal separation property: given two different normal nets, there exists a dual net separating them, in analogy with Böhm's theorem for the λ-calculus. Our result implies in particular the faithfulness of every non-trivial denotational model of DIN (such as Ehrhard's finiteness spaces). We also observe that internal separation does not hold for linear logic proof-nets: our work points out that this failure is due to the fundamental asymmetry of linear logic exponential modalities, which are instead completely symmetric in DIN.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLogic for Programming, Artificial Intelligence, and Reasoning - 14th International Conference, LPAR 2007, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages393-407
Number of pages15
ISBN (Print)9783540755586
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2007
Externally publishedYes
Event14th International Conference on Logic for Programming, Artificial Intelligence, and Reasoning, LPAR 2007 - Yerevan, Armenia
Duration: 15 Oct 200719 Oct 2007

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume4790 LNAI
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference14th International Conference on Logic for Programming, Artificial Intelligence, and Reasoning, LPAR 2007
Country/TerritoryArmenia
CityYerevan
Period15/10/0719/10/07

Keywords

  • Differential interaction nets
  • Faithfulness
  • Linear logic
  • Obser-vational equivalence
  • Proof-nets

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