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Term Rewriting

bachelor program

VU3  SS 2025  703141

Content

The course provides an introduction to term rewriting. Term rewriting is a general model of computation which has been successfully applied in many areas of computer science. Here one can think of the analysis and implementation of algebraic specifications of abstract data types, the foundations of functional (logic) programming, automated theorem proving, and code optimization in compilers, to name just a few.

Schedule

week date topics slides solutions material
1 03.03 examples, terms, matching algorithm pdf (1x1, 4x1) pdf lecture notes
2 10.03 abstract rewrite systems, Newman's lemma pdf (1x1, 4x1) pdf link
3 17.03 multiset orders, equational reasoning, algebras pdf (1x1, 4x1) pdf
4 24.03 term rewrite systems, undecidability pdf (1x1, 4x1) pdf
5 31.03 congruence closure, termination, polynomial interpretations pdf (1x1, 4x1) pdf link
6 07.04 LPO, unification, critical pairs pdf (1x1, 4x1) pdf
7 28.04 completion, first-order theory of rewriting pdf (1x1, 4x1) pdf
8 05.05 KBO, normalization equivalence, abstract completion pdf (1x1, 4x1) pdf link
9 12.05 confluence, orthogonality pdf (1x1, 4x1) link
10 19.05 proof terms, strategies, normalization pdf (1x1, 4x1)
11 26.05 strategy annotations, simple termination
12 02.06 dependency pairs, Z property
13 16.06 dependency pairs
14 23.06 test

Literature

The course material and slides will be made available online. The same holds for solutions to selected exercises.