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A Non-Type-Theoretic Definition of Martin-Lof's Types

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It is possible to make a natural non-type-theoretic reinterpretation of Martin-Lof's type theory. This paper presents an inductive definition of the types explicitly defined in Martin-Lof's paper, Constructive Mathematics and Computer Programming. The definition is set-theoretically valid, and probably will be convincing to intuitionists as well. When this definition is used with methods set out in the author's thesis, the inference rules presented in Martin-Lof's paper can be shown to be valid under the non-type-theoretic interpretation. This interpretation is non-trivial, that is, there are both inhabited types and empty types, and so, validity entails simple consistency. Finally, Michael Beeson has defined some recursive realizability models which we shall compare with the term model presented here, and we shall compare the methods of definition.

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1987-04

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Cornell University

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computer science; technical report

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http://techreports.library.cornell.edu:8081/Dienst/UI/1.0/Display/cul.cs/TR87-832

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