Nominal Sets: Names and Symmetry in Computer Science (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781107017788)

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. In Part II, the author surveys some of the applications that have developed in programming language semantics (both operational and denotational), functional programming and logic programming. As the first book to give a detailed account of the theory of nominal sets, it will be welcomed by researchers and graduate students in theoretical computer science.

Author: Andrew M. Pitts
ISBN-10: 1107017785
ISBN-13: 9781107017788
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/30/2013
Pages: 287
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.80w x 0.60d