The call-by-value λµ∧∨-calculus

International audienceIn this paper, we introduce the $λ μ ^{∧∨}$ - call-by-value calculus and we give a proof of the Church-Rosser property of this system. This proof is an adaptation of that of Andou (2003) which uses an extended parallel reduction method and complete development

Correspondences between Classical, Intuitionistic and Uniform Provability

Based on an analysis of the inference rules used, we provide a characterization of the situations in which classical provability entails intuitionistic provability. We then examine the relationship of these derivability notions to uniform provability, a restriction of intuitionistic provability that embodies a special form of goal-directedness. We determine, first, the circumstances in which the former relations imply the latter. Using this result, we identify the richest versions of the so-called abstract logic programming languages in classical and intuitionistic logic. We then study the reduction of classical and, derivatively, intuitionistic provability to uniform provability via the addition to the assumption set of the negation of the formula to be proved. Our focus here is on understanding the situations in which this reduction is achieved. However, our discussions indicate the structure of a proof procedure based on the reduction, a matter also considered explicitly elsewhere.Comment: 31 page

Proof-Terms for Classical and Intuitionistic Resolution

We extend Parigot's ¯-calculus to form a system of realizers for classical logic which reflects the structure of Gentzen's cut-free, multiple-conclusioned, sequent calculus LK when used as a system for proof-search. Specifically, we add (i) a second binding operator, , which realizes classical, multipleconclusioned disjunction, and (ii) explicit substitutions, ffl, which provide sufficient term-structure to interpret the left rules of LK. A necessary and sufficient condition is formulated on realizers to characterize when a given (classical) realizer for a sequent witnesses the intuitionistic provability of that sequent. A translation between the classical sequent calculus and classical resolution due to Mints is used to lift the conditions to classical resolution, thereby giving a characterization of the intuitionistic force of classical resolution. One application of these results is to allow standard resolution methods of uniform proof-search to be used directly for intuitionistic l..

Proof-Terms for Classical and Intuitionistic Resolution (Extended Abstract)

We exploit a system of realizers for classical logic, and a translation from resolution into the sequent calculus, to assess the intuitionistic force of classical resolution for a fragment of intuitionistic logic. This approach is in contrast to formulating locally intuitionistically sound resolution rules. The techniques use the ffl-calculus, a development of Parigot's -calculus