Nominal Sets: Names and Symmetry in Computer Science by Andrew M. Pitts
Nominal Sets: Names and Symmetry in Computer Science (Cambridge Tracts in Theoretical Computer Science) by Andrew M. Pitts
English | July 15, 2013 | ISBN: 1107017785 | 292 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
English | July 15, 2013 | ISBN: 1107017785 | 292 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
Nominal sets provide a promising new mathematical analysis of names in formal languages based upon symmetry, with many applications to the syntax and semantics of programming language constructs that involve binding, or localising names. Part I provides an introduction to the basic theory of nominal sets.