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 In other words, assigning a variable is the same as changing it arbitrarily and then assuming that it has the right value. ​ Under what condition does this equality hold? In other words, assigning a variable is the same as changing it arbitrarily and then assuming that it has the right value. ​ Under what condition does this equality hold?
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 +===== Summary of Correspondence between Programs and Relations =====
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 +# program construct # relational meaning #
 +| sequential composition | relation composition |
 +| branching | union |
 +| loops | transitive closure |
 +| assignment | update of one state component |
 +| havoc | arbitrary change of one state component |
  
 ===== Control-Flow Graphs, While Theorem: One Loop is Enough ​ ===== ===== Control-Flow Graphs, While Theorem: One Loop is Enough ​ =====
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   * C A R Hoare and He Jifeng. Unifying Theories of Programming. Prentice Hall, 1998   * C A R Hoare and He Jifeng. Unifying Theories of Programming. Prentice Hall, 1998
   * Semantics-based Program Analysis via Symbolic Composition of Transfer Relations, [[http://​www.cs.cmu.edu/​afs/​cs.cmu.edu/​project/​fox/​mosaic/​papers/​acid-thesis.ps|PhD dissertation by Christopher Colby]], 1996   * Semantics-based Program Analysis via Symbolic Composition of Transfer Relations, [[http://​www.cs.cmu.edu/​afs/​cs.cmu.edu/​project/​fox/​mosaic/​papers/​acid-thesis.ps|PhD dissertation by Christopher Colby]], 1996
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