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Higher−Order Distributions for Differential Linear Logic

Marie Kerjean and Jean−Simon Pacaud Lemay

Abstract

Linear Logic was introduced as the computational counterpart of the algebraic notion of linearity. Differential Linear Logic refines Linear Logic with a proof-theoretical interpretation of the geometrical process of differentiation. In this article, we construct a polarized model of Differential Linear Logic satisfying computational constraints such as an interpretation for higher-order functions, as well as constraints inherited from physics such as a continuous interpretation for spaces. This extends what was done previously by Kerjean for first order Differential Linear Logic without promotion. Concretely, we follow the previous idea of interpreting the exponential of Differential Linear Logic as a space of higher-order distributions with compact-support, which is constructed as an inductive limit of spaces of distributions on Euclidean spaces. We prove that this exponential is endowed with a co-monadic like structure, with the notable exception that it is functorial only on isomorphisms. Interestingly, as previously argued by Ehrhard, this still allows the interpretation of differential linear logic without promotion.

Address
Cham
Book Title
Foundations of Software Science and Computation Structures
Editor
Bojańczyk‚ Mikołaj and Simpson‚ Alex
ISBN
978−3−030−17127−8
Pages
330–347
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Year
2019