On interplay of quantifiers in Gödel-Dummett fuzzy logics

Axiomatization of Gödel-Dummett predicate logics S2G, S3G, and PG, where PG is the weakest logic in which all prenex operations are sound, and the relationships of these logics to logics known from the literature are discussed. Examples of non-prenexable formulas are given for those logics where some prenex operation is not available. Inter-expressibility of quantifiers is explored for each of the considered logics.     

A short proof of Glivenko theorems for intermediate predicate logics

We give a simple proof-theoretic argument showing that Glivenko’s theorem for propositional logic and its version for predicate logic follow as an easy consequence of the deduction theorem, which also proves some Glivenko type theorems relating intermediate predicate logics between intuitionistic and classical logic. We consider two schemata, the double negation shift (DNS) and the one consisting of instances of the principle of excluded middle for sentences (REM). We prove that both schemata combined derive classical logic, while each one of them provides a strictly weaker intermediate logic, and neither of them is derivable from the other. We show that over every intermediate logic there exists a maximal intermediate logic for which Glivenko’s theorem holds. We deduce as well a characterization of DNS, as the weakest (with respect to derivability) scheme that added to REM derives classical logic.     

The classical decision problem and partial functions

We consider the decision problem for sets of sentences of first-order logic when instead of interpreting function symbols as total functions over the universe of a model (henceforth referred to as the usual interpretation) we interpret them as partial functions.We consider only standard classes, which are certain sets of prenex sentences specified by restrictions on the prefix and on the numbers ofk-place predicate and function symbols for eachk1. Standard classes are introduced in [1] and it is proved there that the decision problem for any set of prenex sentences specified by such restrictions reduces to that for the standard classes.We solve the decision problem completely for standard classes with at least one function symbol and both with and without equality.This problem was suggested to me by my supervisor, Professor Yuri Gurevich who was confident that the results would be very similar to those for the usual interpretation and could be achieved by similar techniques.     

Negation and partial axiomatizations of dependence and independence logic revisited

In this paper, we axiomatize the negatable consequences in dependence and independence logic by extending the systems of natural deduction of the logics given in [22] and [11]. We prove a characterization theorem for negatable formulas in independence logic and negatable sentences in dependence logic, and identify an interesting class of formulas that are negatable in independence logic. Dependence and independence atoms, first-order formulas belong to this class. We also demonstrate our extended system of independence logic by giving explicit derivations for Armstrong's Axioms and the Geiger-Paz-Pearl axioms of dependence and independence atoms.     

Canonical formulas for <Emphasis Type="Italic">k</Emphasis>-potent commutative,integral, residuated lattices

Canonical formulas are a powerful tool for studying intuitionistic and modal logics. Indeed, they provide a uniform and semantic way of axiomatising all extensions of intuitionistic logic and all modal logics above K4. Although the method originally hinged on the relational semantics of those logics, recently it has been completely recast in algebraic terms. In this new perspective, canonical formulas are built from a finite subdirectly irreducible algebra by describing completely the behaviour of some operations and only partially the behaviour of some others. In this paper, we export the machinery of canonical formulas to substructural logics by introducing canonical formulas for k-potent, commutative, integral, residuated lattices (k-CIRL). We show that any subvariety of k-CIRL is axiomatised by canonical formulas. The paper ends with some applications and examples.     

The lattice of extensions of the minimal logic

In this article, we survey the results on the lattice of extensions of the minimal logic Lj, a paraconsistent analog of the intuitionistic logic Li. Unlike the well-studied classes of explosive logics, the class of extensions of the minimal logic has an interesting global structure. This class decomposes into the disjoint union of the class Int of intermediate logics, the class Neg of negative logics with a degenerate negation, and the class Par of properly paraconsistent extensions of the minimal logic. The classes Int and Neg are well studied, whereas the study of Par can be reduced to some extent to the classes Int and Neg.     

On the rules of intermediate logics

If the Visser rules are admissible for an intermediate logic, they form a basis for the admissible rules of the logic. How to characterize the admissible rules of intermediate logics for which not all of the Visser rules are admissible is not known. In this paper we give a brief overview of results on admissible rules in the context of intermediate logics. We apply these results to some well-known intermediate logics. We provide natural examples of logics for which the Visser rule are derivable, admissible but nonderivable, or not admissible. Supported by the Austrian Science Fund FWF under projects P16264 and P16539.     

Frame definability in finitely valued modal logics

In this paper we study frame definability in finitely valued modal logics and establish two main results via suitable translations: (1) in finitely valued modal logics one cannot define more classes of frames than are already definable in classical modal logic (cf. [27, Thm. 8]), and (2) a large family of finitely valued modal logics define exactly the same classes of frames as classical modal logic (including modal logics based on finite Heyting and MV-algebras, or even BL-algebras). In this way one may observe, for example, that the celebrated Goldblatt–Thomason theorem applies immediately to these logics. In particular, we obtain the central result from [26] with a much simpler proof and answer one of the open questions left in that paper. Moreover, the proposed translations allow us to determine the computational complexity of a big class of finitely valued modal logics.     

Coalgebraic logic

We present a generalization of modal logic to logics which are interpreted on coalgebras of functors on sets. The leading idea is that infinitary modal logic contains characterizing formulas. That is, every model-world pair is characterized up to bisimulation by an infinitary formula. The point of our generalization is to understand this on a deeper level. We do this by studying a fragment of infinitary modal logic which contains the characterizing formulas and is closed under infinitary conjunction and an operation called Δ. This fragment generalizes to a wide range of coalgebraic logics. Each coalgebraic logic is determined by a functor on sets satisfying a few properties, and the formulas of each logic are interpreted on coalgebras of that functor. Among the logics obtained are the fragment of infinitary modal logic mentioned above as well as versions of natural logics associated with various classes of transition systems, including probabilistic transition systems. For most of the interesting cases, there is a characterization result for the coalgebraic logic determined by a given functor. We then apply the characterization result to get representation theorems for final coalgebras in terms of maximal elements of ordered algebras. The end result is that the formulas of coalgebraic logics can be viewed as approximations to the elements of a final coalgebra.     

A note on admissible rules and the disjunction property in intermediate logics

With any structural inference rule A/B, we associate the rule ${(A \lor p)/(B \lor p)}$ , providing that formulas A and B do not contain the variable p. We call the latter rule a join-extension ( ${\lor}$ -extension, for short) of the former. Obviously, for any intermediate logic with disjunction property, a ${\lor}$ -extension of any admissible rule is also admissible in this logic. We investigate intermediate logics, in which the ${\lor}$ -extension of each admissible rule is admissible. We prove that any structural finitary consequence operator (for intermediate logic) can be defined by a set of ${\lor}$ -extended rules if and only if it can be defined through a set of well-connected Heyting algebras of a corresponding quasivariety. As we exemplify, the latter condition is satisfied for a broad class of algebraizable logics.     

Decidability of ∀*∀-Sentences in Membership Theories

The problem is addressed of establishing the satisfiability of prenex formulas involving a single universal quantifier, in diversified axiomatic set theories. A rather general decision method for solving this problem is illustrated through the treatment of membership theories of increasing strength, ending with a subtheory of Zermelo-Fraenkel which is already complete with respect to the ?*? class of sentences. NP-hardness and NP-completeness results concerning the problems under study are achieved and a technique for restricting the universal quantifier is presented. Mathematics Subject Classification: 03B25, 03E30.     

Literal‐paraconsistent and literal‐paracomplete matrices

We introduce a family of matrices that define logics in which paraconsistency and/or paracompleteness occurs only at the level of literals, that is, formulas that are propositional letters or their iterated negations. We give a sound and complete axiomatization for the logic defined by the class of all these matrices, we give conditions for the maximality of these logics and we study in detail several relevant examples. (© 2006 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Interpolation in superintuitionistic predicate logics with equality

It is shown that the Craig interpolation property and the Beth property are preserved under passage from a superintuitionistic predicate logic to its extension via standard axioms for equality, and under adding formulas of pure equality as new axioms. We find an infinite independent set of formulas which, though not equivalent to formulas of pure equality, may likewise be added as new axiom schemes without loss of the interpolation, or Beth, property. The formulas are used to construct a continuum of logics with equality, which are intermediate between the intuitionistic and classical ones, having the interpolation property. Moreover, an equality-free fragment of the logics constructed is an intuitionistic predicate logic, and formulas of pure equality satisfy all axioms of the classical predicate logic. Supported by RFFR grant No. 96-01-01552. Translated fromAlgebra i Logika, Vol. 36, No. 5, pp. 543–561, September–October, 1997.     

Polynomial Computability of Certain Rudimentary Predicates

The class of rudimentary predicates is defined as the smallest class of numerical predicates that contains the equality and concatenation predicates and is closed under the operations of propositional logic, explicit transformations, and bounded quantification. Two classes of rudimentary predicates are considered. The first of them consists of the predicates whose prenex normal form of a special type has the quantifier prefix of the form . Predicates of the second class can have an arbitrary quantifier prefix, but restrictions are imposed on the Skolem deciding functions. It is proved that any predicate from each of these classes can be computed by a suitable deterministic algorithm in polynomial time.     

Topologies for intermediate logics

We investigate the problem of characterizing the classes of Grothendieck toposes whose internal logic satisfies a given assertion in the theory of Heyting algebras, and introduce natural analogues of the double negation and De Morgan topologies on an elementary topos for a wide class of intermediate logics.     

Characteristic Formulas of Partial Heyting Algebras

The goal of this paper is to generalize a notion of characteristic (or Jankov) formula by using finite partial Heyting algebras instead of the finite subdirectly irreducible algebras: with every finite partial Heyting algebra we associate a characteristic formula, and we study the properties of these formulas. We prove that any intermediate logic can be axiomatized by such formulas. We further discuss the correlations between characteristic formulas of finite partial algebras and canonical formulas. Then with every well-connected Heyting algebra we associate a set of characteristic formulas that correspond to each finite relative subalgebra of this algebra. Finally, we demonstrate that in many respects these sets enjoy the same properties as regular characteristic formulas. In the last section we outline an approach how to generalize these obtained results to the broad classes of algebras.     

Pecularities of Some Three- and Four-Valued Second Order Logics

Logics that have many truth values—more than just True and False—have been argued to be useful in the analysis of very many philosophical and linguistic puzzles (as well, sometimes, in various computational-oriented tasks). In this paper, which is a followup to (Hazen and Pelletier in K3, ?3, LP, RM3, A3, FDE, M: How to make many-valued logics work for you. Winning paper for the Canadian Schotch-Jennings Prize, one of the prizes of the Universal Logic competition in 2018; Notre Dame J Form Log 59, 2018), we will start with a particularly well-motivated four-valued logic that has been studied mainly in its propositional and first-order versions. And we will then investigate its second-order version. This four-valued logic has two natural three-valued extensions: what is called a “gap logic” (some formulas are neither True nor False), and what is called a “glut logic” (some formulas are both True and False). We mention various results about the second-order version of these logics as well. And we then follow our earlier papers, where we had added a specific conditional connective to the three valued logics, and now add that connective to the four-valued logic under consideration. We then show that, although this addition is “conservative” in the sense that no new theorems are generated in the four-valued logic unless they employ this new conditional in their statement, nevertheless the resulting second-order versions of these logics with and without the conditional are quite different in important ways. We close with a moral for logical investigations in this realm.     

The Gödel-McKinsey-Tarski embedding for infinitary intuitionistic logic and its extensions

The Gödel-McKinsey-Tarski embedding allows to view intuitionistic logic through the lenses of modal logic. In this work, an extension of the modal embedding to infinitary intuitionistic logic is introduced. First, a neighborhood semantics for a family of axiomatically presented infinitary modal logics is given and soundness and completeness are proved via the method of canonical models. The semantics is then exploited to obtain a labelled sequent calculus with good structural properties. Next, soundness and faithfulness of the embedding are established by transfinite induction on the height of derivations: the proof is obtained directly without resorting to non-constructive principles. Finally, the modal embedding is employed in order to relate classical, intuitionistic and modal derivability in infinitary logic extended with axioms.     

Two decidable classes of formulas of the modal logic S5

With the use of S. Yu. Maslov's inverse method, we prove the decidability by derivability of two classes of formulas of the quantifier modal logic S5 containing only one-place predicate variables. Translated from Lietuvos Matematikos Rinkinys, Vol. 40, No. 3, pp. 350–360, July–September, 2000. Translated by Remigijus Lapinskas     

Formal systems of fuzzy logic and their fragments

Formal systems of fuzzy logic (including the well-known Łukasiewicz and Gödel–Dummett infinite-valued logics) are well-established logical systems and respected members of the broad family of the so-called substructural logics closely related to the famous logic BCK. The study of fragments of logical systems is an important issue of research in any class of non-classical logics. Here we study the fragments of nine prominent fuzzy logics to all sublanguages containing implication. However, the results achieved in the paper for those nine logics are usually corollaries of theorems with much wider scope of applicability. In particular, we show how many of these fragments are really distinct and we find axiomatic systems for most of them. In fact, we construct strongly separable axiomatic systems for eight of our nine logics. We also fully answer the question for which of the studied fragments the corresponding class of algebras forms a variety. Finally, we solve the problem how to axiomatize predicate versions of logics without the lattice disjunction (an essential connective in the usual axiomatic system of fuzzy predicate logics).