Infinitary proof theory : the multiplicative additive case
Abstract
Infinitary and regular proofs are commonly used in fixed point logics. Being natural intermediate
devices between semantics and traditional finitary proof systems, they are commonly found in
completeness arguments, automated deduction, verification, etc. However, their proof theory
is surprisingly underdeveloped. In particular, very little is known about the computational
behavior of such proofs through cut elimination. Taking such aspects into account has unlocked
rich developments at the intersection of proof theory and programming language theory. One
would hope that extending this to infinitary calculi would lead, e.g., to a better understanding of
recursion and corecursion in programming languages. Structural proof theory is notably based
on two fundamental properties of a proof system: cut elimination and focalization. The first
one is only known to hold for restricted (purely additive) infinitary calculi, thanks to the work
of Santocanale and Fortier; the second one has never been studied in infinitary systems. In
this paper, we consider the infinitary proof system μMALL ∞ for multiplicative and additive
linear logic extended with least and greatest fixed points, and prove these two key results. We
thus establish μMALL ∞ as a satisfying computational proof system in itself, rather than just an
intermediate device in the study of finitary proof systems.
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