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Unification types and union splittings in intermediate logics

Logic 2022-05-24 v1

Abstract

Following a characterization [10] of locally tabular logics with finitary (or unitary) unification by their Kripke models we determine the unification types of some intermediate logics (extensions of {\sf INT}). There are exactly four maximal logics with nullary unification L(R2+){\mathsf L}(\mathfrak R_{2}+), L(R2)L(F2){\mathsf L}(\mathfrak R_{2})\cap{\mathsf L}(\mathfrak F_{2}), L(G3){\mathsf L}(\mathfrak G_{3}) and L(G3+){\mathsf L}(\mathfrak G_{3}+) and they are tabular. There are only two minimal logics with hereditary finitary unification: L{\mathsf L}(Fun\mathbf F_{un}), the least logic with hereditary unitary unification, and L{\mathsf L}( Fpr\mathbf F_{pr}) the least logic with hereditary projective approximation; they are locally tabular. Unitary and non-projective logics need additional variables for mgu's of some unifiable formulas, and unitary logics with projective approximation are exactly projective. None of locally tabular intermediate logics has infinitary unification. Logics with finitary, but not hereditary finitary, unification are rare and scattered among the majority of those with nullary unification, see the example of H3B2\mathsf H_3\mathsf B_2 and its extensions.

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@article{arxiv.2205.10644,
  title  = {Unification types and union splittings in intermediate logics},
  author = {W. Dzik and S. Kost and P. Wojtylak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.10644},
  year   = {2022}
}
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