A simple formalization of alpha-equivalence
Kalmer Apinis, Danel Ahman
原文摘要
While teaching untyped $λ$-calculus to undergraduate students, we were left wondering why $α$-equivalence is not directly inductively defined. In this paper, we demonstrate that this is indeed feasible. Specifically, we provide a grounded, inductive definition for $α$-equivalence and show that it conforms to the specification provided in the literature. The work presented in this paper is fully formalized in the Rocq Prover.
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