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On the Proof Complexity of Deep Inference

Computational Complexity 2009-04-19 v3 Logic in Computer Science Logic

Abstract

We obtain two results about the proof complexity of deep inference: 1) deep-inference proof systems are as powerful as Frege ones, even when both are extended with the Tseitin extension rule or with the substitution rule; 2) there are analytic deep-inference proof systems that exhibit an exponential speed-up over analytic Gentzen proof systems that they polynomially simulate.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0709.1201,
  title  = {On the Proof Complexity of Deep Inference},
  author = {Paola Bruscoli and Alessio Guglielmi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0709.1201},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

Minor improvements over the published version. Always updated version at <http://cs.bath.ac.uk/ag/p/PrComplDI.pdf>

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