Integration in Real PCF

Real PCF is an extension of the programming language PCF with a data type for real numbers. Although a Real PCF definable real number cannot be computed in finitely many steps, it is possible to compute an arbitrarily small rational interval containing the real number in a sufficiently large number of steps. Based on a domain-theoretic approach to integration, we propose two approaches to integration in Real PCF. One consists in adding integration as primitive. The other consists in adding a primitive for function maximization and then recursively defining integration from maximization. In both cases we have a computational adequacy theorem for the corresponding extension of Real PCF. Moreover, based on previous work on Real PCF definability, we show that Real PCF extended with the maximization operator is universal.

Authors

• Abbas Edalat
• Martı́n Hötzel Escardó

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