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On an interpretation of second order quantification in first order intuitionistic propositional logic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2014

Andrew M. Pitts
Andrew M. Pitts*
Affiliation:
Computer Laboratory, Cambridge University, Cambridge CB2 3QG, England, E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

We prove the following surprising property of Heyting's intuitionistic propositional calculus, IpC. Consider the collection of formulas, ϕ, built up from propositional variables (p, q, r, …) and falsity (⊥) using conjunction (∧), disjunction (∨) and implication (→). Write ⊢ϕ to indicate that such a formula is intuitionistically valid. We show that for each variable p and formula ϕ there exists a formula Apϕ (effectively computable from ϕ), containing only variables not equal to p which occur in ϕ, and such that for all formulas ψ not involving p, ⊢ψ → Apϕ if and only if ⊢ψ → ϕ. Consequently quantification over propositional variables can be modelled in IpC, and there is an interpretation of the second order propositional calculus, IpC2, in IpC which restricts to the identity on first order propositions.

An immediate corollary is the strengthening of the usual interpolation theorem for IpC to the statement that there are least and greatest interpolant formulas for any given pair of formulas. The result also has a number of interesting consequences for the algebraic counterpart of IpC, the theory of Heyting algebras. In particular we show that a model of IpC2 can be constructed whose algebra of truth-values is equal to any given Heyting algebra.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Symbolic Logic , Volume 57 , Issue 1 , March 1992 , pp. 33 - 52
Copyright
Copyright © Association for Symbolic Logic 1992

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