R.C. de Vrijer

A geometric proof of confluence by decreasing diagrams

The criterion for confluence using decreasing diagrams is a generalization of several well-known confluence criteria in abstract rewriting, such as the strong confluence lemma. We give a new proof of the decreasing diagram theorem based on a geometric study of infinite reduction diagrams, arising from unsuccessful attempts to obtain a confluent diagram by tiling with elementary diagrams.

Completing partial combinatory algebras with unique head-normal forms

In this note, we prove that having unique head-normal forms is a sufficient condition on partial combinatory algebras to be completable. As application, we show that the pca of strongly normalizing CL-terms as well as the pca of natural numbers with partial recursive function application can be extended to total combinatory algebras.