A theory of binding structures and applications to rewriting

DOI10.1016/0304-3975(93)90240-TzbMath0783.68089OpenAlexW1995328923MaRDI QIDQ685380

Carolyn L. Talcott

Publication date: 17 October 1993

Published in: Theoretical Computer Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3975(93)90240-t

zbMATH Keywords

homomorphismsunificationrewritingalgebra of binding structuresfirst-order reasoningstructural recursion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symbolic computation and algebraic computation (68W30) Applications of universal algebra in computer science (08A70) Data structures (68P05) Theory of computing (68Q99)

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