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Analogical type theory

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This paper proposes an analogical type system based on ITT. Based on the intuitive meaning of analogy, a set of rules are introduced and justified to deal with analogy. Analogies on types as well as terms are introduced in our system. By an analogy between types, we mean a pair of mappings satisfying coherent conditions on those types. Terms with analogous types are analogical if their focus points meet with each other under the analogy of the types. Analogical theorem proving and term derivation methods are also illustrated as examples of applications of our system.

This project is partially supported by National Science Fundations of China.

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Yi, B., Xu, J. (1993). Analogical type theory. In: Miola, A. (eds) Design and Implementation of Symbolic Computation Systems. DISCO 1993. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 722. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0013166

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