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12<h3>HOLCF: A higher-order version of LCF based on Isabelle/HOL</h3>
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14HOLCF is the definitional extension of Church's Higher-Order Logic with
15Scott's Logic for Computable Functions that has been implemented in the
16theorem prover Isabelle.  This results in a flexible setup for reasoning
17about functional programs. HOLCF supports standard domain theory (in particular
18fixpoint reasoning and recursive domain equations) but also coinductive
19arguments about lazy datatypes.
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23The most recent description of HOLCF is found here:
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26  <li><a href="http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~brianh/phdthesis.html">HOLCF '11: A Definitional Domain Theory for Verifying Functional Programs</a>, <br>
27  Brian Huffman.<br>
28  Ph.D. thesis, Portland State University.<br>
29  Year: 2012.
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32Descriptions of earlier versions can also be found online:
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35  <li><a href="/~nipkow/pubs/jfp99.html">HOLCF = HOL+LCF</a>
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38A detailed description (in German) of the entire development can be found in:
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41  <li><a href="http://www4.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/publ/papers/Diss_Regensbu.pdf">HOLCF: eine konservative Erweiterung von HOL um LCF</a>, <br>
42      Franz Regensburger.<br>
43      Dissertation Technische Universit&auml;t M&uuml;nchen.<br>
44      Year: 1994.
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47A short survey is available in:
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49  <li><a href="http://www4.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/publ/papers/Regensburger_HOLT1995.pdf">HOLCF: Higher Order Logic of Computable Functions</a><br>
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