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Truth and Feasible Reducibility

Logic 2020-04-22 v1

Abstract

Let T\mathcal{T} be any of the three canonical truth theories CT\textsf{CT}^- (Compositional truth without extra induction), FS\textsf{FS}^- (Friedman--Sheard truth without extra induction), and KF\textsf{KF}^- (Kripke--Feferman truth without extra induction), where the base theory of T\mathcal{T} is PA\textsf{PA} (Peano arithmetic). We show that T\mathcal{T} is \textit{feasibly reducible to} PA\textsf{PA}, i.e., there is a polynomial time computable function ff such that for any proof π\pi of an arithmetical sentence ϕ\phi in T\mathcal{T}, f(π)f(\pi ) is a proof of ϕ\phi in PA\textsf{PA}. In particular, T\mathcal{T} has at most polynomial speed-up over PA\textsf{PA}, in sharp contrast to the situation for T[B]\mathcal{T}[\textsf{B}] for \textit{finitely axiomatizable} base theories B\textsf{B}.

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@article{arxiv.1902.00392,
  title  = {Truth and Feasible Reducibility},
  author = {Ali Enayat and Mateusz Łełyk and Bartosz Wcisło},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.00392},
  year   = {2020}
}

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53 pages

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