| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/R29680/01 |
| Title: |
The Semantics of Classical Proofs |
| Principal Investigator: |
Pym, Professor D |
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| Department: |
Computer Science |
| Organisation: |
University of Bath |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
15 February 2002 |
Ends: |
14 February 2005 |
Value (£): |
144,879
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Fundamentals of Computing |
Logic & Combinatorics |
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| Information Technologies |
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22 Feb 2001
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Classical proof is of fundamental importance in both Mathematics and Computer Science. In proof theory some of the most interesting and hardest problems centre round the equivalence of proofs and the classification of this through rules of local permutability. The sequent calculus in particular exhibits strong symmetry properties which make it hard to model. Current research concentrates on semantics which pass through a double negation translation and which therefore violate some of these symmetries. We propose to harness recent work in enriched cateogry theory to furnish a fully symmetric calculus and to provide the natural supporting theoretical results. We intend to use this analysis in a search for concrete and interesting models, inspired perhaps by process calculus and by conventional combinatorial and mathematical structures. We plan to commence an investigation of applications in mathematics (Herbrand's theorem, Ramsay's theorem) and Computer Science (productive use of failure in classical proof search)
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