The Scott model of PCF in univalent type theory
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We develop the Scott model of the programming language PCF in constructive predicative univalent type theory. To account for the non-termination in PCF, we work with the partial map classifier monad (also known as the lifting monad) from topos theory, which has been extended to constructive type theory by Knapp and Escardó. Our results show that lifting is a viable approach to partiality in univalent type theory. Moreover, we show that the Scott model can be constructed in a predicative and constructive setting. Other approaches to partiality either require some form of choice or higher inductive-inductive types. We show that one can do without these extensions.
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