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- From: boshuck@triples.math.mcgill.ca (William Boshuck)
- Subject: Re: Equivalence of Strong completeness and categoricity
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- References: <1992Jul22.205827.16651@cenatls.cena.dgac.fr>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 02:50:48 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul22.205827.16651@cenatls.cena.dgac.fr> alliot@cenatls.cena.dgac.fr (Jean-Marc Alliot) writes:
- >
- >Consistency: A system is consistent if, for any wff F, we
- >can not have at the same time (F is a theorem) and (not F is a
- >theorem).
- >
- >Categoricity: a system is categoric if, for any wff F, we have either
- >(F is theorem) or (not F is a theorem).
- >
- >Strong completeness: a system based on a set S of axioms is strongly
- >complete if for any wff F, we have either (F is a theorem) or (F added
- >to S is an inconsistent system).
- >
- >
- >Now the questions:
- >
- >1) It seems quite clear that in any system which is a superset of
- >propositional calculus Categoricity and Strong completeness are
- >equivalent. However a short and clear demonstration would be very much
- >welcome.
- >
- >2) Does the property hold in the general case (I especially think of
- >intuitionist logic) ?
- >
-
- The proof which answers question 1) depends on something
- called the deduction theorem which, in turn gives an answer to
- the second question. The deduction theorem says that for a
- theory T and formulas F,G, that the following inferences (both
- top to bottom and bottom to top) are valid
-
- T,F |- G
- ------------
- T |- F ==> G .
-
- (I am using |- to denote provability in whatever logic is
- under consideration) In some treatments of logic, this is
- virtually the definition of implication (perhaps rightly so).
- In particular, this rule is valid in intuitionistic, and modal
- logics (at least in the more common ones like S4).
-
- If T is a theory in a logic which admits the above rule for
- implication then we can say the following. First, categoricity
- implies strong completeness: Suppose T is categorical. If T |-
- F then that's it. Otherwise, T |- ~F in which case T,F |- F &
- ~F so T adjoin F is an inconsistent theory. Now, strong
- completeness implies categoricity: Again, if F is a theorem
- then you're done. Otherwise, T adjoin F is an inconsistent
- theory; that is, T,F |- (false). By the above rule we get
- T |- F ==> (false), that is, T |- ~F.
-
- I hope this has been helpful.
-
- WHB
-
-
-