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A calculus for modal compact Hausdorff spaces

Logic 2025-02-11 v2

Abstract

The symmetric strict implication calculus S2IC\mathsf{S^2IC} is a modal calculus for compact Hausdorff spaces. This is established through de Vries duality, linking compact Hausdorff spaces with de Vries algebras-complete Boolean algebras equipped with a special relation. Modal compact Hausdorff spaces are compact Hausdorff spaces enriched with a continuous relation. These spaces correspond, via modalized de Vries duality, to upper continuous modal de Vries algebras. In this paper we introduce the modal symmetric strict implication calculus MS2IC\mathsf{MS^2IC}, which extends S2IC\mathsf{S^2IC}. We prove that MS2IC\mathsf{MS^2IC} is strongly sound and complete with respect to upper continuous modal de Vries algebras, thereby providing a logical calculus for modal compact Hausdorff spaces. We also develop a relational semantics for MS2IC\mathsf{MS^2IC} that we employ to show admissibility of various Π2\Pi_2-rules in this system.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2402.00528,
  title  = {A calculus for modal compact Hausdorff spaces},
  author = {Nick Bezhanishvili and Luca Carai and Silvio Ghilardi and Zhiguang Zhao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.00528},
  year   = {2025}
}
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