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Functorial Semantics of Second-Order Algebraic Theories

Marcelo Fiore·Ola Mahmoud
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The purpose of this work is to complete the algebraic foundations of second-order languages from the viewpoint of categorical algebra as developed by Lawvere. To this end, this paper introduces the notion of second-order algebraic theory and develops its basic theory. A crucial role in the definition is played by the second-order theory of equality $\M$, representing the most elementary operators and equations present in every second-order language. The category $\M$ can be described abstractly via the universal property of being the free cartesian category on an exponentiable object. Thereby, in the tradition of categorical algebra, a second-order algebraic theory consists of a cartesian category $\Mlaw$ and a strict cartesian identity-on-objects functor $\M \to \Mlaw$ that preserves the universal exponentiable object of $\Mlaw$. Lawvere's functorial semantics for algebraic theories can then be generalised to the second-order setting. To verify the correctness of our theory, two categorical equivalences are established: at the syntactic level, that of second-order equational presentations and second-order algebraic theories; at the semantic level, that of second-order algebras and second-order functorial models.

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Marcelo Fiore, Ola Mahmoud. 2014-01-19. Functorial Semantics of Second-Order Algebraic Theories. https://arxiv.org/abs/1401.4697

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