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On the conservation results for local reflection principles

Logic 2023-11-30 v2

Abstract

For a class Γ\Gamma of formulas, Γ\Gamma local reflection principle RfnΓ(T)\mathrm{Rfn}_{\Gamma}(T) for a theory TT of arithmetic is a scheme formalizing the Γ\Gamma-soundness of TT. Beklemishev proved that for every Γ{Σn,Πn+1n1}\Gamma \in \{\Sigma_n, \Pi_{n+1} \mid n \geq 1\}, the full local reflection principle Rfn(T)\mathrm{Rfn}(T) is Γ\Gamma-conservative over T+RfnΓ(T)T + \mathrm{Rfn}_{\Gamma}(T). We firstly generalize the conservation theorem to nonstandard provability predicates: we prove that the second condition D2\mathbf{D2} of the derivability conditions is a sufficient condition for the conservation theorem to hold. We secondly investigate the conservation theorem in terms of Rosser provability predicates. We construct Rosser predicates for which the conservation theorem holds and Rosser predicates for which the theorem does not hold.

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@article{arxiv.2306.07243,
  title  = {On the conservation results for local reflection principles},
  author = {Haruka Kogure and Taishi Kurahashi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.07243},
  year   = {2023}
}

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29 pages

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