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This paper describes a semantics of typed lambda calculi based on relations. The main mathematical tool is a category-theoretic method of sconing, also called glueing or Freyd covers. Its correspondence to logical relations is also examined.

Supported in part by an NSF PYI Award, matching funds from Digital Equipment Corporation, the Powell Foundation, and Xerox Corporation; and the Wallace F. and Lucille M. Davis Faculty Scholarship.

Scedrov is an American Mathematical Society Centennial Research Fellow. He is partially supported by NSF Grant CCR-91-02753 and by ONR Grants N00014-88-K-0635 and N00014-92-J-1916.

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    John C. Mitchell & Andre Scedrov

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Mitchell, J.C., Scedrov, A. (1993). Notes on sconing and relators. In: Börger, E., Jäger, G., Kleine Büning, H., Martini, S., Richter, M.M. (eds) Computer Science Logic. CSL 1992. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 702. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-56992-8_21

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