Soundness and completeness proofs by coinductive methods

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Blanchette, J., Popescu, A. and Traytel, D. 2017. Soundness and completeness proofs by coinductive methods. Journal of Automated Reasoning. 58 (1), pp. 149-179. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10817-016-9391-3
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TitleSoundness and completeness proofs by coinductive methods
AuthorsBlanchette, J., Popescu, A. and Traytel, D.
Abstract

We show how codatatypes can be employed to produce compact, high-level proofs of key results in logic: the soundness and completeness of proof systems for variations of first-order logic. For the classical completeness result, we first establish an abstract property of possibly infinite derivation trees. The abstract proof can be instantiated for a wide range of Gentzen and tableau systems for various flavors of first-order logic. Soundness becomes interesting as soon as one allows infinite proofs of first-order formulas. This forms the subject of several cyclic proof systems for first-order logic augmented with inductive predicate definitions studied in the literature. All the discussed results are formalized using Isabelle/HOL’s recently introduced support for codatatypes and corecursion. The development illustrates some unique features of Isabelle/HOL’s new coinductive specification language such as nesting through non-free types and mixed recursion–corecursion.

Research GroupFoundations of Computing group
PublisherSpringer
JournalJournal of Automated Reasoning
ISSN0168-7433
Publication dates
Online18 Oct 2016
Print01 Jan 2017
Publication process dates
Deposited19 Jun 2017
Accepted07 Oct 2016
Output statusPublished
Accepted author manuscript
Copyright Statement

This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Journal of Automated Reasoning. The final authenticated version is available online via Springer at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10817-016-9391-3

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1007/s10817-016-9391-3
LanguageEnglish
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