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Faithful Logic Embeddings in HOL -- Deep and Shallow

Logic in Computer Science 2025-06-03 v3 Artificial Intelligence Logic

Abstract

Deep and shallow embeddings of non-classical logics in classical higher-order logic have been explored, implemented, and used in various reasoning tools in recent years. This paper presents a method for the simultaneous deployment of deep and shallow embeddings of various degrees in classical higher-order logic. This enables flexible, interactive and automated theorem proving and counterexample finding at meta and object level, as well as automated faithfulness proofs between these logic embeddings. The method is beneficial for logic education, research and application and is illustrated here using a simple propositional modal logic. However, this approach is conceptual in nature and not limited to this simple logic context.

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@article{arxiv.2502.19311,
  title  = {Faithful Logic Embeddings in HOL -- Deep and Shallow},
  author = {Christoph Benzmüller},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.19311},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

Preprint of paper accepted for CADE 2025; 24 pages, 11 figures

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