Title :
A Constructive Proof of Dependent Choice, Compatible with Classical Logic
Author_Institution :
INRIA, Univ. Paris Diderot, Paris, France
Abstract :
Martin-Löf´s type theory has strong existential elimination (dependent sum type) that allows to prove the full axiom of choice. However the theory is intuitionistic. We give a condition on strong existential elimination that makes it computationally compatible with classical logic. With this restriction, we lose the full axiom of choice but, thanks to a lazily-evaluated coinductive representation of quantification, we are still able to constructively prove the axiom of countable choice, the axiom of dependent choice, and a form of bar induction in ways that make each of them computationally compatible with classical logic.
Keywords :
formal logic; type theory; Martin-Lof type theory; classical logic; constructive proof; dependent choice; dependent sum type; strong existential elimination; Calculus; Computer languages; Context; Distance measurement; Semantics; Synchronization; Dependent choice; classical logic; constructive logic; strong existential;
Conference_Titel :
Logic in Computer Science (LICS), 2012 27th Annual IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Dubrovnik
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2263-8
DOI :
10.1109/LICS.2012.47