Journal
THEORETICAL COMPUTER SCIENCE
Volume 410, Issue 46, Pages 4747-4768Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcs.2009.07.041
Keywords
Focused proof system; Sequent calculus; Intuitionistic logic; Classical logic
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- INRIA
- European Commission
- Future and Emerging Technologies [IST-2005-015905]
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A focused proof system provides a normal form to cut-free proofs in which the application of invertible and non-invertible inference rules is structured. Within linear logic, the focused proof system of Andreoli provides an elegant and comprehensive normal form for cut-free proofs. Within intuitionistic and classical logics, there are various different proof systems in the literature that exhibit focusing behavior. These focused proof systems have been applied to both the proof search and the proof normalization approaches to computation. We present a new, focused proof system for intuitionistic logic, called LJF, and show how other intuitionistic proof systems can be mapped into the new system by inserting logical connectives that prematurely stop focusing. We also use LJF to design a focused proof system LKF for classical logic. Our approach to the design and analysis of these systems is based on the completeness of focusing in linear logic and on the notion of polarity that appears in Girard's LC and LU proof systems. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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