Extensional proofs in a propositional logic modulo isomorphisms

ALEJANDRO DÍAZ CARO; DOWEK, GILLES

THEORETICAL COMPUTER SCIENCE

ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV

Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2023 vol. 977 p. 114172 - 114172

0304-3975

System I is a proof language for a fragment of propositional logic where isomorphic propositions, such as A∧B and B∧A, or A⇒(B∧C) and (A⇒B)∧(A⇒C) are made equal. System I enjoys the strong normalisation property. This is sufficient to prove the existence of empty types, but not to prove the introduction property (every closed term in normal form is an introduction). Moreover, a severe restriction had to be made on the types of the variables in order to obtain the existence of empty types. We show here that adding η-expansion rules to System I permits to drop this restriction, and yields a strongly normalizing calculus with enjoying the introduction property.