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We present a variation of Maehara's method to construct Craig-Lyndon interpolants for the three-valued propositional logic of here and there (HT), also known as G\"odel's $G_3$, a superintuitionistic logic of importance in logic…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-05-07 Christoph Wernhard

We show that Propositional Dynamic Logic (PDL) has the Craig Interpolation Property. This question has been open for many years. Three proof attempts were published, but later criticized in the literature or retracted. Our proof is based on…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-03-18 Manfred Borzechowski , Malvin Gattinger , Helle Hvid Hansen , Revantha Ramanayake , Valentina Trucco Dalmas , Yde Venema

While the computation of Craig interpolants for description logics (DLs) with the Craig Interpolation Property (CIP) is well understood, very little is known about the computation and size of interpolants for DLs without CIP or if one aims…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-07-22 Jean Christoph Jung , Jędrzej Kołodziejski , Frank Wolter

We show how variations of range-restriction and also the Horn property can be passed from inputs to outputs of Craig interpolation in first-order logic. The proof system is clausal tableaux, which stems from first-order ATP. Our results are…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-09-28 Christoph Wernhard

Recent research has established complexity results for the problem of deciding the existence of interpolants in logics lacking the Craig Interpolation Property (CIP). The proof techniques developed so far are non-constructive, and no…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-05-20 Jean Christoph Jung , Jędrzej Kołodziejski , Frank Wolter

Software model checking is a challenging problem, and generating relevant invariants is a key factor in proving the safety properties of a program. Program invariants can be obtained by various approaches, including lightweight procedures…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Dirk Beyer , Po-Chun Chien , Nian-Ze Lee

In this paper we study interpolation in local extensions of a base theory. We identify situations in which it is possible to obtain interpolants in a hierarchical manner, by using a prover and a procedure for generating interpolants in the…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2015-07-01 Viorica Sofronie-Stokkermans

The notion of Craig interpolant, used as a form of explanation in automated reasoning, is adapted from logical inference to statistical inference and used to explain inferences made by neural networks. The method produces explanations that…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-04-10 Kenneth L. McMillan

Interpolation based software model checkers have been successfully employed to automatically prove programs correct. Their power comes from interpolating SMT solvers that check the feasibility of potential counterexamples and compute…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2019-04-26 Jochen Hoenicke , Tanja Schindler

In this paper, we establish an analogue of Craig Interpolation Property for a many-sorted variant of first-order hybrid logic. We develop a forcing technique that dynamically adds new constants to the underlying signature in a way that…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-05-08 Daniel Găină , Go Hashimoto

We show a projective Beth definability theorem for logic programs under the stable model semantics: For given programs $P$ and $Q$ and vocabulary $V$ (set of predicates) the existence of a program $R$ in $V$ such that $P \cup R$ and $P \cup…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2024-08-19 Jan Heuer , Christoph Wernhard

A modular proof-theoretic framework was recently developed to prove Craig interpolation for normal modal logics based on generalizations of sequent calculi (e.g., nested sequents, hypersequents, and labelled sequents). In this paper, we…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2021-10-12 Iris van der Giessen , Raheleh Jalali , Roman Kuznets

Normal modal logics extending the logic K4.3 of linear transitive frames are known to lack the Craig interpolation property, except some logics of bounded depth such as S5. We turn this `negative' fact into a research question and pursue a…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-08-14 Agi Kurucz , Frank Wolter , Michael Zakharyaschev

We present a new model-based interpolation procedure for satisfiability modulo theories (SMT). The procedure uses a new mode of interaction with the SMT solver that we call solving modulo a model. This either extends a given partial model…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2021-06-09 Dejan Jovanović , Bruno Dutertre

Craig's interpolation theorem (Craig 1957) is an important theorem known for propositional logic and first-order logic. It says that if a logical formula $\beta$ logically follows from a formula $\alpha$, then there is a formula $\gamma$,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Eyal Amir

Interpolation-based techniques have been widely and successfully applied in the verification of hardware and software, e.g., in bounded-model check- ing, CEGAR, SMT, etc., whose hardest part is how to synthesize interpolants. Various work…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2013-03-05 Liyun Dai , Bican Xia , Naijun Zhan

This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of proof-theoretic methods for establishing interpolation properties across a range of logics, including classical, intuitionistic, modal, and substructural logics. Central to the discussion…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-02-19 Iris van der Giessen , Raheleh Jalali , Roman Kuznets

We formalise and mechanise a construtive, proof theoretic proof of Craig's Interpolation Theorem in Isabelle/HOL. We give all the definitions and lemma statements both formally and informally. We also transcribe informally the formal…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Tom Ridge

Theory interpolation has found several successful applications in model checking. We present a novel method for computing interpolants for ground formulas in the theory of equality. The method produces interpolants from colored congruence…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2015-07-01 Alexander Fuchs , Amit Goel , Jim Grundy , Sava Krstić , Cesare Tinelli

Converse PDL is the extension of propositional dynamic logic with a converse operation on programs. Our main result states that Converse PDL enjoys the (local) Craig Interpolation Property, with respect to both atomic programs and…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-09-18 Johannes Kloibhofer , Valentina Trucco Dalmas , Yde Venema