Cut Elimination for a Logic with Generic Judgments and Induction

Abstract

This paper presents a cut-elimination proof for the logic $L{G}^{\omega }$, which is an extension of a proof system for encoding generic judgments, the logic $\FOLDNb$ of Miller and Tiu, with an induction principle. The logic $L{G}^{\omega }$, just as $\FOLDNb$, features extensions of first-order intuitionistic logic with fixed points and a ``generic quantifier'', $\nabla$, which is used to reason about the dynamics of bindings in object systems encoded in the logic. A previous attempt to extend $\FOLDNb$ with an induction principle has been unsuccessful in modeling some behaviours of bindings in inductive specifications. It turns out that this problem can be solved by relaxing some restrictions on $\nabla$, in particular by adding the axiom $B\equiv \nabla x.B$, where $x$ is not free in $B$. We show that by adopting the equivariance principle, the presentation of the extended logic can be much simplified. This paper contains the technical proofs for the results stated in \cite{tiu07entcs}; readers are encouraged to consult \cite{tiu07entcs} for motivations and examples for $L{G}^{\omega }.$

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