Lambda-terms of Bounded Unary Height
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We aim at the asymptotic enumeration of lambda-terms of a given size where the order of nesting of abstractions is bounded whereas the size is tending to infinity. This is done by means of a generating function approach and singularity analysis. The generating functions appear to be composed of nested square roots which exhibit unexpected phenomena. We derive the asymptotic number of such lambda-terms and it turns out that the order depends on the bound of the height. Furthermore, we present some observations when generating such lambda randomly and explain why powerful tools for random generation, such as Boltzmann samplers, face serious difficulties in generating lambda-terms.
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