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Problem # 19 [SOLVED]

Submitted by Mariangiola Dezani-Ciancaglini
Date: 2002
Statement. Does easiness imply simple easiness?
Problem Origin. The problem was posed by Fabio Alessi and Mariangiola Dezani-Ciancaglini .


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According to [Jacopini, 1975] a closed term E  is easy if, for any other closed term M  , the theory λ β + {M  = E} is consistent.

[Alessi and Lusin, 2002] introduce the notion of simple easiness: roughly a term M  is simple easy if given an arbitrary intersection type τ  one can find a suitable pre-order on types which allows to derive τ  for M  . In the same paper the authors show that for each simple easy term E  and for each arbitrary closed term M  it is possible to build a λ  -model in which the interpretations of E  and M  coincide.

Clearly each simple easy term is easy, but the vice versa is open.

Remark: The content of [Alessi et al., 2004] are some applications of simple easiness.

Solution: Alberto Carraro and Antonino Salibra announced a solution in February 2010, the solution is published in [Carraro and Salibra, 2012].

References for # 19

[Alessi et al., 2004]    Alessi, F., Dezani-Ciancaglini, M., and Lusin, S. (2004). Intersection types and domain operators. Theoretical Computer Science, 316(1–3):25–47.

[Alessi and Lusin, 2002]    Alessi, F. and Lusin, S. (2002). Simple easy terms. In van Bakel, S., editor, Intersection Types and Related Systems, volume 70 of Electronic Notes in Computer Science. Elsevier.

[Carraro and Salibra, 2012]    Carraro, A. and Salibra, A. (2012). Easy lambda-terms are not always simple. RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications, 46:291–314.

[Jacopini, 1975]    Jacopini, G. (1975). A condition for identifying two elements of whatever model of combinatory logic. In Böhm, C., editor, λ  -Calculus and Computer Science Theory, volume 37 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 213–219. Springer-Verlag.


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