We investigate a class of nominal algebraic Henkin-style models for the simply typed l calculus in which variables map to names in the denotation and l -abstraction maps to a (non-functional) name-abstraction operation. The resulting denotations are smaller and better-behaved, in ways we make precise, than functional valuation-based models. Using these new models, we then develop a generalisation of l -term syntax enriching them with existential meta-variables, thus yielding a theory of incomplete functions. This incompleteness is orthogonal to the usual notion of incompleteness given by function abstraction and application, and corresponds to holes and incomplete objects.
['Murdoch James Gabbay', 'Dominic P. Mulligan']
Nominal Henkin Semantics: simply-typed lambda-calculus models in nominal sets