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Introduction to Higher-Order Categorical Logic - Lambek, J., and Scott, P. J.
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In this book the authors reconcile two different viewpoints of the foundations of mathematics, namely mathematical logic and category theory. In Part I, they show that typed lambda-calculi, a formulation of higher order logic, and cartesian closed categories are essentially the same. In Part II, it is demonstrated that another formulation of higher order logic (intuitionistic type theories) is closely related to topos theory. Part III is devoted to recursive functions. Numerous applications of the close relationship between ...

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Introduction to Higher-Order Categorical Logic 1988, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9780521356534

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