Models for polymorphism over physical dimensions

Robert Atkey; Neil Ghani; Fredrik Nordvall Forsberg; Timothy Revell; Sam Staton

doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.TLCA.2015.999

Models for polymorphism over physical dimensions

Robert Atkey, Neil Ghani, Fredrik Nordvall Forsberg, Timothy Revell, Sam Staton

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Abstract

We provide a categorical framework for models of a type theory that has special types for physical quantities. The types are indexed by the physical dimensions that they involve. Fibrations are used to organize this index structure in the models of the type theory. We develop some informative models of this type theory: firstly, a model based on group actions, which captures invariance under scaling, and secondly, a way of constructing new models using relational parametricity.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	13th International Conference on Typed Lambda Calculi and Applications (TLCA'15)
Editors	Thorsten Altenkirch
Place of Publication	Wadern, Germany
Pages	999-1013
Number of pages	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.TLCA.2015.999
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	13th International Conference on Typed Lambda Calculi and Applications TLCA15 - Warsaw, Poland, Poland Duration: 29 Jun 2015 → 3 Jul 2015

Publication series

Name	Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)

Conference

Conference	13th International Conference on Typed Lambda Calculi and Applications TLCA15
Country	Poland
City	Warsaw, Poland
Period	29/06/15 → 3/07/15

Keywords

units of measure
category theory
type theory
dimension types

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Atkey, R , Ghani, N , Nordvall Forsberg, F, Revell, T & Staton, S 2015, Models for polymorphism over physical dimensions. in T Altenkirch (ed.), 13th International Conference on Typed Lambda Calculi and Applications (TLCA'15). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Wadern, Germany , pp. 999-1013, 13th International Conference on Typed Lambda Calculi and Applications TLCA15, Warsaw, Poland, Poland, 29/06/15. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.TLCA.2015.999

Models for polymorphism over physical dimensions. / Atkey, Robert ; Ghani, Neil ; Nordvall Forsberg, Fredrik; Revell, Timothy; Staton, Sam.

13th International Conference on Typed Lambda Calculi and Applications (TLCA'15). ed. / Thorsten Altenkirch. Wadern, Germany , 2015. p. 999-1013 (Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution book

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