English

Mechanised uniform interpolation for modal logics K, GL, and iSL

Logic in Computer Science 2024-04-30 v2 Logic

Abstract

The uniform interpolation property in a given logic can be understood as the definability of propositional quantifiers. We mechanise the computation of these quantifiers and prove correctness in the Coq proof assistant for three modal logics, namely: (1) the modal logic K, for which a pen-and-paper proof exists; (2) G\"odel-L\"ob logic GL, for which our formalisation clarifies an important point in an existing, but incomplete, sequent-style proof; and (3) intuitionistic strong L\"ob logic iSL, for which this is the first proof-theoretic construction of uniform interpolants. Our work also yields verified programs that allow one to compute the propositional quantifiers on any formula in this logic.

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@article{arxiv.2402.10494,
  title  = {Mechanised uniform interpolation for modal logics K, GL, and iSL},
  author = {Hugo Férée and Iris van der Giessen and Sam van Gool and Ian Shillito},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.10494},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

18 pages, to appear in IJCAR 2024

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