Intensional properties of polygraphs
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We present polygraphic programs, a subclass of Albert Burroni's polygraphs, as a computational model, showing how these objects can be seen as first-order functional programs. We prove that the model is Turing complete. We use polygraphic interpretations, a termination proof method introduced by the second author, to characterize polygraphic programs that compute in polynomial time. We conclude with a characterization of polynomial time functions and non-deterministic polynomial time functions.
Proceedings of TERMGRAPH 2007, Electronic Notes in Computer Science (to appear), 12 pages, minor changes from previous version
Proceedings of TERMGRAPH 2007, Electronic Notes in Computer Science (to appear), 12 pages, minor changes from previous version