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A Simple Proof That Super-Consistency Implies Cut Elimination

Logic in Computer Science 2023-04-24 v1

Abstract

We give a simple and direct proof that super-consistency implies the cut elimination property in deduction modulo. This proof can be seen as a simplification of the proof that super-consistency implies proof normalization. It also takes ideas from the semantic proofs of cut elimination that proceed by proving the completeness of the cut-free calculus. As an application, we compare our work with the cut elimination theorems in higher-order logic that involve V-complexes.

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@article{arxiv.2304.10975,
  title  = {A Simple Proof That Super-Consistency Implies Cut Elimination},
  author = {Gilles Dowek and Olivier Hermant},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.10975},
  year   = {2023}
}
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