In 1938, Tarski proved that a formula is not intuitionistically valid if, and only if, it has a counter-model in the Heyting algebra of open sets of some topological space. In fact, Tarski showed that any Euclidean space R^n with n>=1 suffices, as does e.g. the Cantor space. In particular, intuitionistic logic cannot detect topological dimension in the Heyting algebra of all open sets of a Euclidean space. By contrast, we consider the lattice of open subpolyhedra of a given compact polyhedron P in R^n, prove that it is a locally finite Heyting subalgebra of the (non-locally-finite) algebra of all open sets of P, and show that intuitionistic logic is able to capture the topological dimension of P through the bounded-depth axiom schemata. Further, we show that intuitionistic logic is precisely the logic of formulae valid in all Heyting algebras arising from polyhedra in this manner. Thus, our main theorem reconciles through polyhedral geometry two classical results: topological completeness in the style of Tarski, and Jas›kowski's theorem that intuitionistic logic enjoys the finite model property. Several questions of interest remain open. E.g., what is the intermediate logic of all closed triangulable manifolds?

Tarski's theorem on intuitionistic logic, for polyhedra / B. Nick, V. Marra, D. Mcneill, A. Pedrini. - In: ANNALS OF PURE AND APPLIED LOGIC. - ISSN 0168-0072. - (2017). [Epub ahead of print] [10.1016/j.apal.2017.12.005]

Tarski's theorem on intuitionistic logic, for polyhedra

V. Marra
;
A. Pedrini
2017

Abstract

In 1938, Tarski proved that a formula is not intuitionistically valid if, and only if, it has a counter-model in the Heyting algebra of open sets of some topological space. In fact, Tarski showed that any Euclidean space R^n with n>=1 suffices, as does e.g. the Cantor space. In particular, intuitionistic logic cannot detect topological dimension in the Heyting algebra of all open sets of a Euclidean space. By contrast, we consider the lattice of open subpolyhedra of a given compact polyhedron P in R^n, prove that it is a locally finite Heyting subalgebra of the (non-locally-finite) algebra of all open sets of P, and show that intuitionistic logic is able to capture the topological dimension of P through the bounded-depth axiom schemata. Further, we show that intuitionistic logic is precisely the logic of formulae valid in all Heyting algebras arising from polyhedra in this manner. Thus, our main theorem reconciles through polyhedral geometry two classical results: topological completeness in the style of Tarski, and Jas›kowski's theorem that intuitionistic logic enjoys the finite model property. Several questions of interest remain open. E.g., what is the intermediate logic of all closed triangulable manifolds?
Heyting algebra; Intuitionistic logic; PL topology; Polyhedron; Primary; Secondary; Topological semantics; Triangulation; Logic
Settore MAT/01 - Logica Matematica
Settore MAT/02 - Algebra
Settore MAT/03 - Geometria
2017
17-dic-2017
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