A Hybrid Encoding of Howe's Method for Establishing Congruence of Bisimilarity

Abstract

We give a short description of Hybrid, a new tool for interactive theorem proving. It provides a form of Higher Order Abstract Syntax (HOAS) combined consistently with induction and coinduction. We present a case study illustrating the use of Hybrid for reasoning about the lazy lambda-calculus. In particular, we prove that the standard notion of simulation is a precongruence. Although such a proof is not new, the development is non-trivial, and we attempt to illustrate the advantages of using Hybrid, as well as some issues which are being addressed as further work