// Ackermann function on unary natural numbers // Originally the function is written as follows: // fun ack(0,y) = y+1 // | ack(x,0) = ack(x-1,1) // | ack(x,y) = ack(x-1,ack(x,y-1)); // This is written one on unary natural nunbers: // fun ack(Z , y) = S(y) // | ack(S(x), Z) = ack(x,S(Z)) // | ack(S(x), S(y)) = ack(x,ack(S(x),y)); // For easily translation to interaction nets, // the first argument will be moved to the last: // fun ack(y, Z) = S(y) // | ack(Z, S(x)) = ack(S(Z),x) // | ack(S(y), S(x)) = ack(ack(y,S(x)),x); // It is traslated directly as follows: // ack(r,y)>< Z => r~S(y); // ack(r,y)>< S(x) => ack_Sx(r, x)~y; // ack_Sx(r,x)>< Z => ack(r, S(Z))~x; // ack_Sx(r,x)>< S(y) => Dup(x1,x2)~x, ack(r,cnt)~x1, ack(cnt,y)~S(x2); // The last connection can be optimised by applying the rule ack>< Z => r~S(y); ack(r,y)>< S(x) => ack_Sx(r, x)~y; ack_Sx(r,x)>< Z => ack(r, S(Z))~x; ack_Sx(r,x)>< S(y) => Dup(x1,x2)~x, ack(r,cnt)~x1, ack_Sx(cnt,x2)~y; // By the way, it is possible to write it by using abbreviation notation: // ack(r,y)>< Z => r~S(y); // ack(r,y)>< S(x) => r<< Z => r<< S(y) => x1,x2<< Z => a1~Z, a2~Z; // Dup(a1,a2)>< S(x) => a1~S(w1), a2~S(w2), Dup(w1,w2)~x; // ack(result, y)~x // For computation `ack 3 5', it is written as follows: ack(result, S(S(S(S(S(Z))))))~S(S(S(Z))); prnat result; exit;