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An extension of Kracht's theorem to generalized Sahlqvist formulas

Logic 2010-03-15 v1

Abstract

Sahlqvist formulas are a syntactically specified class of modal formulas proposed by Hendrik Sahlqvist in 1975. They are important because of their first-order definability and canonicity, and hence axiomatize complete modal logics. The first-order properties definable by Sahlqvist formulas were syntactically characterized by Marcus Kracht in 1993. The present paper extends Kracht's theorem to the class of `generalized Sahlqvist formulas' introduced by Goranko and Vakarelov and describes an appropriate generalization of Kracht formulas.

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@article{arxiv.1003.2603,
  title  = {An extension of Kracht's theorem to generalized Sahlqvist formulas},
  author = {Stanislav Kikot},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.2603},
  year   = {2010}
}