• DocumentCode
    3260610
  • Title

    On the geometry of interaction for classical logic

  • Author

    Führmann, Carsten ; Pym, David

  • Author_Institution
    Bath Univ., England, UK
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    13-17 July 2004
  • Firstpage
    211
  • Lastpage
    220
  • Abstract
    It is well-known that weakening and contraction cause naive categorical models of the classical sequent calculus to collapse to Boolean lattices. We introduce sound and complete models that avoid this collapse by interpreting cut-reduction by a partial order between morphisms. We provide concrete examples of such models by applying the geometry-of-interaction construction to quantaloids with finite biproducts, and show how these models illuminate cut reduction in the presence of weakening and contraction. Our models make no commitment to any translation of classical logic into intuitionistic logic and distinguish non-deterministic choices of cut-elimination.
  • Keywords
    Boolean algebra; process algebra; Boolean lattices; classical logic; cut elimination; finite biproducts; geometry-of-interaction construction; intuitionistic logic; naive categorical models; quantaloids; sequent calculus; Boolean functions; Calculus; Chromium; Computer science; Concrete; Geometry; Lattices; Logic; Solid modeling;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Logic in Computer Science, 2004. Proceedings of the 19th Annual IEEE Symposium on
  • ISSN
    1043-6871
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7695-2192-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LICS.2004.1319615
  • Filename
    1319615