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David Fernández-Duque

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Dynamic Cantor Derivative Logic

Topological semantics for modal logic based on the Cantor derivative operator gives rise to derivative logics, also referred to as $d$-logics. Unlike logics based on the topological closure operator, $d$-logics have not previously been studied in the framework of dynamical systems, which are pairs $(X,f)$ consisting of a topological space $X$ equipped with a continuous function $f\colon X\to X$. We introduce the logics $\bf{wK4C}$, $\bf{K4C}$ and $\bf{GLC}$ and show that they all have the finite Kripke model property and are sound and complete with respect to the $d$-semantics in this dynamical setting. In particular, we prove that $\bf{wK4C}$ is the $d$-logic of all dynamic topological systems, $\bf{K4C}$ is the $d$-logic of all $T_D$ dynamic topological systems, and $\bf{GLC}$ is the $d$-logic of all dynamic topological systems based on a scattered space. We also prove a general result for the case where $f$ is a homeomorphism, which in particular yields soundness and completeness for the corresponding systems $\bf{wK4H}$, $\bf{K4H}$ and $\bf{GLH}$. The main contribution of this work is the foundation of a general proof method for finite model property and completeness of dynamic topological $d$-logics. Furthermore, our result for $\bf{GLC}$ constitutes the first step towards a proof of completeness for the trimodal topo-temporal language with respect to a finite axiomatisation -- something known to be impossible over the class of all spaces.

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The universal tangle for spatial reasoning

The topological $μ$-calculus has gathered attention in recent years as a powerful framework for representation of spatial knowledge. In particular, spatial relations can be represented over finite structures in the guise of weakly transitive wK4 frames. In this paper we show that the topological $μ$-calculus is equivalent to a simple fragment based on a variant of the `tangle' operator. Similar results were proven for transitive frames by Dawar and Otto, using modal characterisation theorems for the corresponding classes of frames. However, since these theorems are not available in our setting, which has the upshot of providing a more explicit translation and upper bounds on formula size.

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Gödel-Dummett linear temporal logic

We investigate a version of linear temporal logic whose propositional fragment is Gödel-Dummett logic (which is well known both as a superintuitionistic logic and a t-norm fuzzy logic). We define the logic using two natural semantics: first a real-valued semantics, where statements have a degree of truth in the real unit interval and second a `bi-relational' semantics. We then show that these two semantics indeed define one and the same logic: the statements that are valid for the real-valued semantics are the same as those that are valid for the bi-relational semantics. This Gödel temporal logic does not have any form of the finite model property for these two semantics: there are non-valid statements that can only be falsified on an infinite model. However, by using the technical notion of a quasimodel, we show that every falsifiable statement is falsifiable on a finite quasimodel, yielding an algorithm for deciding if a statement is valid or not. Later, we strengthen this decidability result by giving an algorithm that uses only a polynomial amount of memory, proving that Gödel temporal logic is PSPACE-complete. We also provide a deductive calculus for Gödel temporal logic, and show this calculus to be sound and complete for the above-mentioned semantics, so that all (and only) the valid statements can be proved with this calculus.

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Metric fixed point theory and partial impredicativity

We show that the Priess-Crampe & Ribenboim fixed point theorem is provable in $\mathsf{RCA}_0$. Furthermore, we show that Caristi's fixed point theorem for both Baire and Borel functions is equivalent to the transfinite leftmost path principle, which falls strictly between $\mathsf{ATR}_0$ and $Π^1_1\mbox{-}\mathsf{CA}_0$. We also exhibit several weakenings of Caristi's theorem that are equivalent to $\mathsf{WKL}_0$ and to $\mathsf{ACA}_0$.

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Dynamic Tangled Derivative Logic of Metric Spaces

Dynamical systems are abstract models of interaction between space and time. They are often used in fields such as physics and engineering to understand complex processes, but due to their general nature, they have found applications for studying computational processes, interaction in multi-agent systems, machine learning algorithms and other computer science related phenomena. In the vast majority of applications, a dynamical system consists of the action of a continuous 'transition function' on a metric space. In this work, we consider decidable formal systems for reasoning about such structures. Spatial logics can be traced back to the 1940's, but our work follows a more dynamic turn that these logics have taken due to two recent developments: the study of the topological mu-calculus, and the the integration of linear temporal logic with logics based on the Cantor derivative. In this paper, we combine dynamic topological logics based on the Cantor derivative and the 'next point in time' operators with an expressively complete fixed point operator to produce a combination of the topological mu-calculus with linear temporal logic. We show that the resulting logics are decidable and have a natural axiomatisation. Moreover, we prove that these logics are complete for interpretations on the Cantor space, the rational numbers, and subspaces thereof.

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Arithmetical and Hyperarithmetical Worm Battles

Japaridze's provability logic $GLP$ has one modality $[n]$ for each natural number and has been used by Beklemishev for a proof theoretic analysis of Peano aritmetic $(PA)$ and related theories. Among other benefits, this analysis yields the so-called Every Worm Dies $(EWD)$ principle, a natural combinatorial statement independent of $PA$. Recently, Beklemishev and Pakhomov have studied notions of provability corresponding to transfinite modalities in $GLP$. We show that indeed the natural transfinite extension of $GLP$ is sound for this interpretation, and yields independent combinatorial principles for the second order theory $ACA$ of arithmetical comprehension with full induction. We also provide restricted versions of $EWD$ related to the fragments $IΣ_n$ of Peano arithmetic. In order to prove the latter, we show that standard Hardy functions majorize their variants based on tree ordinals.

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Fast Goodstein Walks

We define a variant of the Goodstein process based on fast-growing functions and show that it terminates, but this fact is not provable in Kripke-Platek set theory or other theories of strength the Bachmann-Howard ordinal. We moreover show that this Goodstein process is of maximal length, so that any alternative Goodstein process based on the same fast-growing functions will also terminate.

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A Gödel Calculus for Linear Temporal Logic

We consider Gödel temporal logic ($\sf GTL$), a variant of linear temporal logic based on Gödel--Dummett propositional logic. In recent work, we have shown this logic to enjoy natural semantics both as a fuzzy logic and as a superintuitionistic logic. Using semantical methods, the logic was shown to be {\sc pspace}-complete. In this paper we provide a deductive calculus for $\sf GTL$, and show this calculus to be sound and complete for the above-mentioned semantics.

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Time and Gödel: Fuzzy temporal reasoning in PSPACE

We investigate a non-classical version of linear temporal logic whose propositional fragment is Gödel--Dummett logic (which is well known both as a superintuitionistic logic and a t-norm fuzzy logic). We define the logic using two natural semantics, a real-valued semantics and a bi-relational semantics, and show that these indeed define one and the same logic. Although this Gödel temporal logic does not have any form of the finite model property for these two semantics, we show that every falsifiable formula is falsifiable on a finite quasimodel, which yields decidability of the logic. We then strengthen this result by showing that this Gödel temporal logic is PSPACE-complete.

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Untangled: A Complete Dynamic Topological Logic

Dynamic topological logic ($\mathbf{DTL}$) is a trimodal logic designed for reasoning about dynamic topological systems. It was shown by Fernández-Duque that the natural set of axioms for $\mathbf{DTL}$ is incomplete, but he provided a complete axiomatisation in an extended language. In this paper, we consider dynamic topological logic over scattered spaces, which are topological spaces where every nonempty subspace has an isolated point. Scattered spaces appear in the context of computational logic as they provide semantics for provability and enjoy definable fixed points. We exhibit the first sound and complete dynamic topological logic in the original trimodal language. In particular, we show that the version of $\mathbf{DTL}$ based on the class of scattered spaces is finitely axiomatisable over the original language, and that the natural axiomatisation is sound and complete.

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Intermediate Goodstein principles

The original Goodstein process proceeds by writing natural numbers in nested exponential $k$-normal form, then successively raising the base to $k+1$ and subtracting one from the end result. Such sequences always reach zero, but this fact is unprovable in Peano arithmetic. In this paper we instead consider notations for natural numbers based on the Ackermann function. We define three new Goodstein processes, obtaining new independence results for $ {\sf ACA}_0$, ${\sf ACA}_0'$ and ${\sf ACA}_0^+$, theories of second order arithmetic related to the existence of Turing jumps.

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The many faces of omega-logic

We consider several formalizations in the language of second-order arithmetic of "The formula $ϕ$ is a theorem of $ω$-logic", including some which have been studied in the literature and a new variant defined via a least fixed point. We analyze the provability of relations between these different formalizations in standard theories of reverse mathematics. With this, we study the strength of various reflection principles arising from these notions of provability, surveying known results and establishing some new equivalences, including a characterization of $Π^1_1$-${\sf CA}_0$ in terms of our fixed-point formalization of $ω$-logic.

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Taming the `elsewhere': On expressivity of topological languages

In topological modal logic, it is well known that the Cantor derivative is more expressive than the topological closure, and the `elsewhere,' or `difference,' operator is more expressive than the `somewhere' operator. In 2014, Kudinov and Shehtman asked whether the combination of closure and elsewhere becomes strictly more expressive when adding the Cantor derivative. In this paper we give an affirmative answer: in fact, the Cantor derivative alone can define properties of topological spaces not expressible with closure and elsewhere. To prove this, we develop a novel theory of morphisms which preserve formulas with the elsewhere operator.

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The Topological Mu-Calculus: completeness and decidability

We study the topological $μ$-calculus, based on both Cantor derivative and closure modalities, proving completeness, decidability and FMP over general topological spaces, as well as over $T_0$ and $T_D$ spaces. We also investigate relational $μ$-calculus, providing general completeness results for all natural fragments of $μ$-calculus over many different classes of relational frames. Unlike most other such proofs for $μ$-calculus, ours is model-theoretic, making an innovative use of a known Modal Logic method (--the 'final' submodel of the canonical model), that has the twin advantages of great generality and essential simplicity.

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Some constructive variants of S4 with the finite model property

The logics CS4 and IS4 are intuitionistic variants of the modal logic S4. Whether the finite model property holds for each of these logics has been a long-standing open problem. In this paper we introduce two logics closely related to IS4: GS4, obtained by adding the Godel-Dummett axiom to IS4, and S4I, obtained by reversing the roles of the modal and intuitionistic relations. We then prove that CS4, GS4, and S4I all enjoy the finite model property.

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Exploring the Jungle of Intuitionistic Temporal Logics

The importance of intuitionistic temporal logics in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence has become increasingly clear in the last few years. From the proof-theory point of view, intuitionistic temporal logics have made it possible to extend functional languages with new features via type theory, while from its semantical perspective several logics for reasoning about dynamical systems and several semantics for logic programming have their roots in this framework. In this paper we consider several axiomatic systems for intuitionistic linear temporal logic and show that each of these systems is sound for a class of structures based either on Kripke frames or on dynamic topological systems. Our topological semantics features a new interpretation for the `henceforth' modality that is a natural intuitionistic variant of the classical one. Using the soundness results, we show that the seven logics obtained from the axiomatic systems are distinct.

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Ekeland's variational principle in weak and strong systems of arithmetic

We analyze Ekeland's variational principle in the context of reverse mathematics. We find that that the full variational principle is equivalent to $Π^1_1$-${\sf CA}_0$, a strong theory of second-order arithmetic, while natural restrictions (e.g.~to compact spaces or continuous functions) yield statements equivalent to weak König's lemma (${\sf WKL}_0$) and to arithmetical comprehension (${\sf ACA}_0$). We also find that the localized version of Ekeland's variational principle is equivalent to $Π^1_1$-${\sf CA}_0$ even when restricting to continuous functions. This is a rare example of a statement about continuous functions having great logical strength.

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Deducibility and Independence in Beklemishev's Autonomous Provability Calculus

Beklemishev introduced an ordinal notation system for the Feferman-Schütte ordinal $Γ_0$ based on the autonomous expansion of provability algebras. In this paper we present the logic $\textbf{BC}$ (for Bracket Calculus). The language of $\textbf{BC}$ extends said ordinal notation system to a strictly positive modal language. Thus, unlike other provability logics, $\textbf{BC}$ is based on a self-contained signature that gives rise to an ordinal notation system instead of modalities indexed by some ordinal given a priori. The presented logic is proven to be equivalent to $\textbf{RC}_{Γ_0}$, that is, to the strictly positive fragment of $\textbf{GLP}_{Γ_0}$. We then define a combinatorial statement based on $\textbf{BC}$ and show it to be independent of the theory $\textbf{ATR}_0$ of Arithmetical Transfinite Recursion, a theory of second order arithmetic far more powerful than Peano Arithmetic.

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