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Cut-free sequent calculi for the provability logic D

Logic 2025-08-13 v3

Abstract

We say that a Kripke model is a GL-model if the accessibility relation \prec is transitive and converse well-founded. We say that a Kripke model is a D-model if it is obtained by attaching infinitely many worlds t1,t2,t_1, t_2, \ldots, and tωt_\omega to a world t0t_0 of a GL-model so that t0t1t2tωt_0 \succ t_1 \succ t_2 \succ \cdots \succ t_\omega. A non-normal modal logic D, which was studied by Beklemishev (1999), is characterized as follows. A formula φ\varphi is a theorem of D if and only if φ\varphi is true at tωt_\omega in any D-model. D is an intermediate logic between the provability logics GL and S. A Hilbert-style proof system for D is known, but there has been no sequent calculus. In this paper, we establish two sequent calculi for D, and show the cut-elimination theorem. We also introduce new Hilbert-style systems for D by interpreting the sequent calculi. Moreover, we show that D-models can be defined using an arbitrary limit ordinal as well as ω\omega. Finally, we show a general result as follows. Let XX and X+X^+ be arbitrary modal logics. If the relationship between semantics of XX and semantics of X+X^+ is equal to that of GL and D, then X+X^+ can be axiomatized based on XX in the same way as the new axiomatization of D based on GL.

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@article{arxiv.2310.16369,
  title  = {Cut-free sequent calculi for the provability logic D},
  author = {Ryo Kashima and Taishi Kurahashi and Sohei Iwata and So Morioka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.16369},
  year   = {2025}
}
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