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A herbrandized functional interpretation of classical first-order logic

A herbrandized functional interpretation of classical first-order logic We introduce a new typed combinatory calculus with a type constructor that, to each type $$\sigma $$ σ , associates the star type $$\sigma ^*$$ σ ∗ of the nonempty finite subsets of elements of type $$\sigma $$ σ . We prove that this calculus enjoys the properties of strong normalization and confluence. With the aid of this star combinatory calculus, we define a functional interpretation of first-order predicate logic and prove a corresponding soundness theorem. It is seen that each theorem of classical first-order logic is connected with certain formulas which are tautological in character. As a corollary, we reprove Herbrand’s theorem on the extraction of terms from classically provable existential statements. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archive for Mathematical Logic Springer Journals

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2017 by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Subject
Mathematics; Mathematical Logic and Foundations; Mathematics, general; Algebra
ISSN
0933-5846
eISSN
1432-0665
DOI
10.1007/s00153-017-0555-6
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Abstract

We introduce a new typed combinatory calculus with a type constructor that, to each type $$\sigma $$ σ , associates the star type $$\sigma ^*$$ σ ∗ of the nonempty finite subsets of elements of type $$\sigma $$ σ . We prove that this calculus enjoys the properties of strong normalization and confluence. With the aid of this star combinatory calculus, we define a functional interpretation of first-order predicate logic and prove a corresponding soundness theorem. It is seen that each theorem of classical first-order logic is connected with certain formulas which are tautological in character. As a corollary, we reprove Herbrand’s theorem on the extraction of terms from classically provable existential statements.

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Archive for Mathematical LogicSpringer Journals

Published: May 19, 2017

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