15-317 Constructive Logic

Fall 2008
Frank Pfenning
TuTh 12:00-1:20
BH 255A note new room!
Recitation Sec A, Wed 11:30-12:20, SH 214
9 units

This multidisciplinary junior/senior-level course is designed to provide a thorough introduction to modern constructive logic, its roots in philosophy, its numerous applications in computer science, and its mathematical properties. Some of the topics to be covered are intuitionistic logic, inductive definitions, functional programming, type theory, connections between classical and constructive logic, logic programming, linear logic, lax logic.


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Class Material

Schedule Lecture schedule, readings, and code
Assignments Assignments, due dates, and policies
Handouts Course handouts
Software Proof checkers, language implementations, model-checkers

Course Information

Lectures TuTh 12:00-1:20, Baker 255A, Frank Pfenning
Recitations Section A, Wed 11:30-12:20, SH 214, Dan Licata
Textbook There is no textbook.
Notes will be handed out throughout the class.
Credit 9 units
Grading 40% Homework and Tests, 15% Midterm I, 15% Midterm II, 30% Final
Homework Weekly homework is assigned each Thursday and due the following Thursday.
3 late days can be used throughout the semester.
Homework assignments are worth a total of 400 points.
Midterm I Thu Oct 2, in class, 150 points.
Closed book, one two-sided sheet of notes permitted.
Midterm II Thu Nov 6, in class, 150 points.
Closed book, one two-sided sheet of notes permitted.
Final Tue Dec 9, 8:30am-11:30am, PH A19, 300 points.
Open book.
Topics Intuitionistic Logic, Inductive Definitions,
Functional Programming, Type Theory,
Logic Programming,
Classical Logic, Decidable Classes,
Temporal Logic, Model Checking
Home http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~fp/courses/15411-f08/
Newsgroup academic.cs.15-317
Directory /afs/andrew.cmu.edu/scs/cs/15-317/

Teaching Staff

    Office Office Hours Phone Email
Lecturer Frank Pfenning WeH 8117 W 2:00-3:00 x8-6343 fp@cs
Section A Dan Licata WeH 5130 M 2:00-3:00 x8-3052 drl@cs

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