Daniel Gratzer - Normalization for multimodal type theory

lmcs:10871 - Logical Methods in Computer Science, March 17, 2026, Volume 22, Issue 1 - https://doi.org/10.46298/lmcs-22(1:27)2026
Normalization for multimodal type theoryArticle

Authors: Daniel Gratzer

We prove normalization for MTT, a general multimodal dependent type theory capable of expressing modal type theories for guarded recursion, internalized parametricity, and various other prototypical modal situations. We prove that deciding type checking and conversion in MTT can be reduced to deciding the equality of modalities in the underlying modal situation, immediately yielding a type checking algorithm for all instantiations of MTT in the literature.
This proof uses a generalization of synthetic Tait computability -- an abstract approach to gluing proofs -- to account for modalities. This extension is based on MTT itself, so that this proof also constitutes a significant case study of MTT.


Volume: Volume 22, Issue 1
Secondary volumes: Selected Papers of the 37th ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science (LICS 2022)
Published on: March 17, 2026
Accepted on: November 6, 2025
Submitted on: January 30, 2023
Keywords: Logic in Computer Science

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