Modular focused proof systems for intuitionistic modal logics

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Abstract

Focusing is a general technique for syntactically compartmentalizing the non-deterministic choices in a proof system, which not only improves proof search but also has the representational benefit of distilling sequent proofs into synthetic normal forms. However, since focusing is usually specified as a restriction of the sequent calculus, the technique has not been transferred to logics that lack a (shallow) sequent presentation, as is the case for some of the logics of the modal cube. We have recently extended the focusing technique to classical nested sequents, a generalization of ordinary sequents. In this work we further extend focusing to intuitionistic nested sequents, which can capture all the logics of the intuitionistic S5 cube in a modular fashion. We present an internal cut-elimination procedure for the focused system which in turn is used to show its completeness.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication1st International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction, FSCD 2016
EditorsDelia Kesner, Brigitte Pientka
PublisherSchloss Dagstuhl- Leibniz-Zentrum fur Informatik GmbH, Dagstuhl Publishing
ISBN (Electronic)9783959770101
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2016
Event1st International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction, FSCD 2016 - Porto, Portugal
Duration: 22 Jun 201626 Jun 2016

Publication series

NameLeibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs
Volume52
ISSN (Print)1868-8969

Conference

Conference1st International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction, FSCD 2016
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityPorto
Period22/06/1626/06/16

Keywords

  • Cut elimination
  • Focusing
  • Intuitionistic modal logic
  • Nested sequents
  • Proof search

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