Benjamin Werner - On the strength of proof-irrelevant type theories

lmcs:1142 - Logical Methods in Computer Science, September 26, 2008, Volume 4, Issue 3 - https://doi.org/10.2168/LMCS-4(3:13)2008
On the strength of proof-irrelevant type theoriesArticle

Authors: Benjamin Werner

    We present a type theory with some proof-irrelevance built into the conversion rule. We argue that this feature is useful when type theory is used as the logical formalism underlying a theorem prover. We also show a close relation with the subset types of the theory of PVS. We show that in these theories, because of the additional extentionality, the axiom of choice implies the decidability of equality, that is, almost classical logic. Finally we describe a simple set-theoretic semantics.


    Volume: Volume 4, Issue 3
    Published on: September 26, 2008
    Imported on: February 13, 2007
    Keywords: Computer Science - Logic in Computer Science,F.4.1,F.3.1

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