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Enumerating proofs of positive formulae

Logic in Computer Science 2023-05-03 v1

Abstract

We provide a semi-grammatical description of the set of normal proofs of positive formulae in minimal predicate logic, i.e. a grammar that generates a set of schemes, from each of which we can produce a finite number of normal proofs. This method is complete in the sense that each normal proof-term of the formula is produced by some scheme generated by the grammar. As a corollary, we get a similar description of the set of normal proofs of positive formulae for a large class of theories including simple type theory and System F.

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@article{arxiv.2305.01440,
  title  = {Enumerating proofs of positive formulae},
  author = {Gilles Dowek and Ying Jiang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.01440},
  year   = {2023}
}
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