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The failure of cut-elimination in cyclic proof for first-order logic with inductive definitions

Logic in Computer Science 2024-02-16 v4 Logic

Abstract

A cyclic proof system is a proof system whose proof figure is a tree with cycles. The cut-elimination in a proof system is fundamental. It is conjectured that the cut-elimination in the cyclic proof system for first-order logic with inductive definitions does not hold. This paper shows that the conjecture is correct by giving a sequent not provable without the cut rule but provable in the cyclic proof system.

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@article{arxiv.2106.11798,
  title  = {The failure of cut-elimination in cyclic proof for first-order logic with inductive definitions},
  author = {Yukihiro Oda and James Brotherston and Makoto Tatsuta},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.11798},
  year   = {2024}
}

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18 pages