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Use this tag for normalization: the process of reducing something (e.g. a formula) to a better form by a given criterion.

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Higher Observational Type Theory: variables becoming free in reduction rules

This question is based on the talks given by Mike Shulman on higher observational type theory (part 1, part 2, part 3). In trying to understand the reduction rules of the calculus, I tried to work ...
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Comparison of normal forms in Normalization by Evaluation

From what I understand of Normalization by Evaluation (NbE) as a technique to implement conversion, it 1) computes (some representation of) normal forms for each of the terms to compare, and 2) ...
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Canonical forms of combinators

Binders are painful when dealing with metatheory. Combinators are one potential approach to avoid the pain of binders. But it'd be nice if I could normalize combinators to canonical forms. Is there ...
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What is a neutral term?

A neutral/normal term in the lambda calculus is typically defined data nf = Lam of nf | Neu of ne data ne = Var of int | App of ne * nf Now the question is what to ...
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Normalization by evaluation for extensional type theories

Is there material on how to implement normalization for (any flavor of) ETT? This describes techniques related to doing untyped normalization. But there are (operational and semantic) problems when ...
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How much of trouble is Lean's failure of normalization, given that logical consistency is not obviously broken?

This document showed that Lean's impredicative universe of strict propositions breaks normalization (of proofs) in a way that canonicity and logical consistency are unaffected, because the ...
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Constructive proof of strong normalization for simply typed lambda calculus

I'm reading Girard's Proofs and Types, and in section 4.4 he writes: Lemma: t is strongly normalisable iff there is a number ...
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Is unguarded fixpoint reduction consistent?

In Coq, there are two restrictions on fixpoints to retain normalization: Recursive calls can only be done on structurally smaller arguments, enforced by a guard condition during type checking; and ...
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What are the advantages of normalization by evaluation over traditional reduction-based normalization?

I think in NBE, you get rid of certain substitutions, and it solves the problem of binding representation (so you don't have to use indices or capture-avoiding substitution or something). But I ...
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