Reversible Effects as Inverse Arrows

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  • Chris Heunen
  • Robin Kaarsgaard
  • Martti Karvonen
Reversible computing models settings in which all processes can be reversed. Applications include low-power computing, quantum computing, and robotics. It is unclear how to represent side-effects in this setting, because conventional methods need not respect reversibility. We model reversible effects by adapting Hughes' arrows to dagger arrows and inverse arrows. This captures several fundamental reversible effects, including serialization and mutable store computations. Whereas arrows are monoids in the category of profunctors, dagger arrows are involutive monoids in the category of profunctors, and inverse arrows satisfy certain additional properties. These semantics inform the design of functional reversible programs supporting side-effects.
Original languageEnglish
JournalElectronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science
Volume341
Pages (from-to)179-199
ISSN1571-0661
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2018
Event34th Conference on the Mathematical Foundations of Programming Semantics - Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
Duration: 6 Jun 20189 Jun 2018
Conference number: 34
https://www.mathstat.dal.ca/mfps2018/

Conference

Conference34th Conference on the Mathematical Foundations of Programming Semantics
Number34
LocationDalhousie University
CountryCanada
CityHalifax
Period06/06/201809/06/2018
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    Research areas

  • Arrow, Inverse Category, Involutive Monoid, Reversible Effect

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