BIB-VERSION:: CS-TR-v2.0 ID:: STAN//CS-TR-72-272 ENTRY:: October 16, 1995 ORGANIZATION:: Stanford University, Department of Computer Science TITLE:: Fixpoint approach to the theory of computation. TYPE:: Technical Report AUTHOR:: Manna, Zohar AUTHOR:: Vuillemin, Jean DATE:: March 1972 PAGES:: 31 ABSTRACT:: Following the fixpoint theory of Scott, we propose to define the semantics of computer programs in terms of the least fixpoints of recursive programs. This allows one not only to justify all existing verification techniques, but also to extend them to handle various properties of computer programs, including correctness, termination and equivalence, in a uniform manner. NOTES:: [Adminitrivia V1/Prg/19951016] END:: STAN//CS-TR-72-272