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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.FSCD.2023.14
URN: urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-179983
URL: http://dagstuhl.sunsite.rwth-aachen.de/volltexte/2023/17998/
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Ghica, Dan R. ; Kaye, George

Rewriting Modulo Traced Comonoid Structure

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Abstract

In this paper we adapt previous work on rewriting string diagrams using hypergraphs to the case where the underlying category has a traced comonoid structure, in which wires can be forked and the outputs of a morphism can be connected to its input. Such a structure is particularly interesting because any traced Cartesian (dataflow) category has an underlying traced comonoid structure. We show that certain subclasses of hypergraphs are fully complete for traced comonoid categories: that is to say, every term in such a category has a unique corresponding hypergraph up to isomorphism, and from every hypergraph with the desired properties, a unique term in the category can be retrieved up to the axioms of traced comonoid categories. We also show how the framework of double pushout rewriting (DPO) can be adapted for traced comonoid categories by characterising the valid pushout complements for rewriting in our setting. We conclude by presenting a case study in the form of recent work on an equational theory for sequential circuits: circuits built from primitive logic gates with delay and feedback. The graph rewriting framework allows for the definition of an operational semantics for sequential circuits.

BibTeX - Entry

@InProceedings{ghica_et_al:LIPIcs.FSCD.2023.14,
  author =	{Ghica, Dan R. and Kaye, George},
  title =	{{Rewriting Modulo Traced Comonoid Structure}},
  booktitle =	{8th International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction (FSCD 2023)},
  pages =	{14:1--14:21},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-277-8},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2023},
  volume =	{260},
  editor =	{Gaboardi, Marco and van Raamsdonk, Femke},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/opus/volltexte/2023/17998},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-179983},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.FSCD.2023.14},
  annote =	{Keywords: symmetric traced monoidal categories, string diagrams, graph rewriting, comonoid structure, double pushout rewriting}
}

Keywords: symmetric traced monoidal categories, string diagrams, graph rewriting, comonoid structure, double pushout rewriting
Collection: 8th International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction (FSCD 2023)
Issue Date: 2023
Date of publication: 28.06.2023

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