Unification types and union splittings in intermediate logics

arXiv2205.10644MaRDI QIDQ6399786FDOQ6399786

Authors: Wojciech Dzik, Sławomir Kost, Piotr Wojtylak

Publication date: 21 May 2022

Abstract: Following a characterization [10] of locally tabular logics with finitary (or unitary) unification by their Kripke models we determine the unification types of some intermediate logics (extensions of {sf INT}). There are exactly four maximal logics with nullary unification

m a t h s f L (m a t h f r a k R_{2} +)

,

m a t h s f L (m a t h f r a k R_{2}) c a p m a t h s f L (m a t h f r a k F_{2})

,

m a t h s f L (m a t h f r a k G_{3})

and

m a t h s f L (m a t h f r a k G_{3} +)

and they are tabular. There are only two minimal logics with hereditary finitary unification:

m a t h s f L

(

m a t h b f F_{u n}

), the least logic with hereditary unitary unification, and

m a t h s f L

(

m a t h b f F_{p r}

) the least logic with hereditary projective approximation; they are locally tabular. Unitary and non-projective logics need additional variables for mgu's of some unifiable formulas, and unitary logics with projective approximation are exactly projective. None of locally tabular intermediate logics has infinitary unification. Logics with finitary, but not hereditary finitary, unification are rare and scattered among the majority of those with nullary unification, see the example of

m a t h s f H_{3} m a t h s f B_{2}

and its extensions.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Modal logic (including the logic of norms) (03B45) Logic in artificial intelligence (68T27) Intermediate logics (03B55) Boolean algebras with additional operations (diagonalizable algebras, etc.) (06E25) Heyting algebras (lattice-theoretic aspects) (06D20)

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