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Proof Theory for Intuitionistic Strong L\"ob Logic

Logic 2023-03-07 v2

Abstract

This paper introduces two sequent calculi for intuitionistic strong L\"ob logic iSL{\sf iSL}_\Box: a terminating sequent calculus G4iSL{\sf G4iSL}_\Box based on the terminating sequent calculus G4ip{\sf G4ip} for intuitionistic propositional logic IPC{\sf IPC} and an extension G3iSL{\sf G3iSL}_\Box of the standard cut-free sequent calculus G3ip{\sf G3ip} without structural rules for IPC{\sf IPC}. One of the main results is a syntactic proof of the cut-elimination theorem for G3iSL{\sf G3iSL}_\Box. In addition, equivalences between the sequent calculi and Hilbert systems for iSL{\sf iSL}_\Box are established. It is known from the literature that iSL{\sf iSL}_\Box is complete with respect to the class of intuitionistic modal Kripke models in which the modal relation is transitive, conversely well-founded and a subset of the intuitionistic relation. Here a constructive proof of this fact is obtained by using a countermodel construction based on a variant of G4iSL{\sf G4iSL}_\Box. The paper thus contains two proofs of cut-elimination, a semantic and a syntactic proof.

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@article{arxiv.2011.10383,
  title  = {Proof Theory for Intuitionistic Strong L\"ob Logic},
  author = {Iris van der Giessen and Rosalie Iemhoff},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.10383},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

31 pages, 5 figures, submitted to the Special Volume of the Workshop Proofs! held in Paris in 2017

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