CONSERVATION THEOREMS ON SEMI-CLASSICAL ARITHMETIC

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Abstract: We systematically study conservation theorems on theories of semi-classical arithmetic, which lie in-between classical arithmetic mathsfPA and intuitionistic arithmetic mathsfHA. Using a generalized negative translation, we first provide a new structured proof of the fact that mathsfPA is Pik+2-conservative over mathsfHA+SigmakextmathrmLEM where SigmakextmathrmLEM is the axiom scheme of the law-of-excluded-middle restricted to formulas in Sigmak. In addition, we show that this conservation theorem is optimal in the sense that for any semi-classical arithmetic T, if mathsfPA is Pik+2-conservative over T, then T proves SigmakextmathrmLEM. In the same manner, we also characterize conservation theorems for other well-studied classes of formulas by fragments of classical axioms or rules. This reveals the entire structure of conservation theorems with respect to the arithmetical hierarchy of classical principles.









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