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Logic · Mathematics 2009-07-22 Dov Gabbay , Karl Schlechta

Based on an analysis of the inference rules used, we provide a characterization of the situations in which classical provability entails intuitionistic provability. We then examine the relationship of these derivability notions to uniform…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2016-08-31 Gopalan Nadathur

In this paper, we consider the complexity of propositional proofs of classical and intuitionistic tautologies. In fact, we describe a nondeterministic polynomial-time decision procedure for intuitionistic implicational tautologies. For this…

Logic · Mathematics 2017-01-19 Grigoriy V. Bokov

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

Within classical propositional logic, assigning probabilities to formulas is shown to be equivalent to assigning probabilities to valuations. A novel notion of probabilistic entailment enjoying desirable properties of logical consequence is…

Logic · Mathematics 2016-01-13 Joao Rasga , Cristina Sernadas , Amilcar Sernadas

Craig's Interpolation theorem has a wide range of applications, from mathematical logic to computer science. Proof-theoretic techniques for establishing interpolation usually follow a method first introduced by Maehara for the Sequent…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-03-04 Meven Lennon Bertrand , Alexis Saurin

We try to bring to light some combinatorial structure underlying formal proofs in logic. We do this through the study of the Craig Interpolation Theorem which is properly a statement about the structure of formal derivations. We show that…

Logic · Mathematics 2016-09-06 Alessandra Carbone

We study quantifiers and interpolation properties in \emph{orthologic}, a non-distributive weakening of classical logic that is sound for formula validity with respect to classical logic, yet has a quadratic-time decision procedure. We…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-07-16 Simon Guilloud , Sankalp Gambhir , Viktor Kunčak

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 show that the vast majority of extensions of the description logic $\mathcal{EL}$ do not enjoy the Craig interpolation nor the projective Beth definability property. This is the case, for example, for $\mathcal{EL}$ with nominals,…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2022-05-31 Marie Fortin , Boris Konev , Frank Wolter

We show that a vast class of finitary fragments of geometric logic admit a form of Craig interpolation property. In doing so, we provide a new dictionary to import technology from algebraic logic to categorical logic.

Logic · Mathematics 2026-01-29 Ivan Di Liberti , Lingyuan Ye

None of the first-order modal logics between $\mathsf{K}$ and $\mathsf{S5}$ under the constant domain semantics enjoys Craig interpolation or projective Beth definability, even in the language restricted to a single individual variable. It…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-10-15 Agi Kurucz , Frank Wolter , Michael Zakharyaschev

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

Which choices of truth tables and consequence relations for two logics $\mathsf{L}_1$ and $\mathsf{L}_2$ ensure the satisfaction of the following split interpolation property: If two formulas $\phi$ and $\psi$ share at least one…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-03-28 Quentin Blomet

Pitts' proof-theoretic technique for uniform interpolation, which generates uniform interpolants from terminating sequent calculi, has only been applied to logics on an intuitionistic basis through single-succedent sequent calculi. We adapt…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-05-28 Hugo Férée , Ian Shillito

We prove a generalization of Maehara's lemma to show that the extensions of classical and intuitionistic first-order logic with a special type of geometric axioms, called singular geometric axioms, have Craig's interpolation property. As a…

Logic · Mathematics 2019-03-12 Guido Gherardi , Paolo Maffezioli , Eugenio Orlandelli

We present some new methods for logical deduction, based on ideas from ground theory. Roughly speaking, in our calculi a typical deduction will proceed as follows: we first analyse the premiss down to its ultimate grounds; then we discard…

Logic · Mathematics 2022-08-09 Roderick Batchelor

Craig interpolation is used in program verification for automating key tasks such as the inference of loop invariants and the computation of program abstractions. This chapter covers some of the most important techniques that have been…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-02-10 Philipp Rümmer

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

The Craig interpolation property (CIP) states that an interpolant for an implication exists iff it is valid. The projective Beth definability property (PBDP) states that an explicit definition exists iff a formula stating implicit…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-05-01 Alessandro Artale , Jean Christoph Jung , Andrea Mazzullo , Ana Ozaki , Frank Wolter