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We give a type system in which the universe of types is closed by reflection into it of the logical relation defined externally by induction on the structure of types. This contribution is placed in the context of the search for a natural,…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2015-02-23 Andrew Polonsky

We determine the modal logic of fixed-point models of truth and their axiomatizations by Solomon Feferman via Solovay-style completeness results. Given a fixed-point model $\mathcal{M}$, or an axiomatization $S$ thereof, we find a modal…

Logic · Mathematics 2020-10-28 Carlo Nicolai , Johannes Stern

In this paper a class of languages which are formal enough for mathematical reasoning is introduced. First-order formal languages containing natural numbers and numerals belong to that class. Its languages are called mathematically…

Logic · Mathematics 2015-02-19 Seppo Heikkilä

While model checking has often been considered as a practical alternative to building formal proofs, we argue here that the theory of sequent calculus proofs can be used to provide an appealing foundation for model checking. Since the…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2017-01-19 Quentin Heath , Dale Miller

The impressive recent performance of large language models has led many to wonder to what extent they can serve as models of general intelligence or are similar to human cognition. We address this issue by applying GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 to a…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-08-07 Simon J. Han , Keith Ransom , Andrew Perfors , Charles Kemp

As mathematical induction is applied to prove statements on natural numbers, {\it continuous induction} (or, {\it real induction}) is a tool to prove some statements in real analysis.(Although, this comparison is somehow an overstatement.)…

Logic · Mathematics 2017-03-17 Jafar S. Eivazloo

We present a computable algorithm that assigns probabilities to every logical statement in a given formal language, and refines those probabilities over time. For instance, if the language is Peano arithmetic, it assigns probabilities to…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-12-09 Scott Garrabrant , Tsvi Benson-Tilsen , Andrew Critch , Nate Soares , Jessica Taylor

What is the nature of reality? How should be an answer to this question? At this level, we are so deep that all our concepts are obscure. Quantum theory (QT) is at this level. The quest for interpreting it fails because the clarity of our…

General Physics · Physics 2012-10-19 Frederico R. Pfrimer

We study a new proof principle in the context of constructive Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory based on what we will call "non-deterministic inductive definitions". We give applications to formal topology as well as a predicative justification…

Logic · Mathematics 2012-09-17 Benno van den Berg

According to the math tea argument, there must be real numbers that we cannot describe or define, because there are uncountably many real numbers, but only countably many definitions. And yet, the existence of pointwise-definable models of…

Logic · Mathematics 2024-04-09 Joel David Hamkins

This paper deals with strong invariance principles (known also as strong approximation theorems) for sums of the form $\sum_{n=1}^{[Nt]}F\big(X(n),X(2n),...,X(kn), X(q_{k+1}(n)),X(q_{k+2}(n)),..., X(q_\ell(n))\big)$

Probability · Mathematics 2013-02-21 Yuri Kifer

In this paper we continue the exploration of the classes of positively closed and h-maximal model of an h-inductive theory in the context of positive logic. In the section 2 we give a concrete description of the class of h-maximal models of…

Logic · Mathematics 2018-12-27 M. Belkasmi

In an empirical logic, an experimentally verifiable proposition P relating to a quantum system is assigned the value of either true of false if the system is in the pure state that belongs or, respectively, does not belong to the Hilbert…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-05-01 Arkady Bolotin

In the paper, the question whether truth values can be assigned to the propositions before their verification is discussed. To answer this question, a notion of a propositionally noncontextual theory is introduced that in order to explain…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-09-27 Arkady Bolotin

This paper describes an axiomatic theory BT for constructive mathematics. BT has a predicative comprehension axiom for a countable number of set types and usual combinatorial operations. BT has intuitionistic logic, is consistent with…

Logic · Mathematics 2015-05-01 Farida Kachapova

We present decidability results for termination of classes of term rewriting systems modulo permutative theories. Termination and innermost termination modulo permutative theories are shown to be decidable for term rewrite systems (TRS)…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2015-07-01 Luis Barguno , Guillem Godoy , Eduard Huntingford , Ashish Tiwari

After highlighting the cases in which the semantics of a language cannot be mechanically reproduced (in which case it is called inherent), the main epistemological consequences of the first incompleteness Theorem for the two fundamental…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2016-02-11 Giuseppe Raguní

We consider the theory of algebraically closed fields of characteristic zero with multivalued operations $x\mapsto x^r$ (raising to powers). It is in fact the theory of equations in exponential sums. In an earlier paper we have described…

Logic · Mathematics 2015-01-15 Boris Zilber

We introduce and consider the inner-model reflection principle, which asserts that whenever a statement $\varphi(a)$ in the first-order language of set theory is true in the set-theoretic universe $V$, then it is also true in a proper inner…

We investigate the position that foundational theories should be modelled on ordinary computability. In this context, we investigate the metamathematics of $\Sigma$ formulas. We consider theories whose axioms are implications between…

Logic · Mathematics 2017-07-25 Andre Kornell