Existential witness extraction in classical realizability and via a negative translation
Existential witness extraction in classical realizability and via a negative translation
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经典可实现性和通过否定翻译的存在证人提取
DOI:
10.2168/lmcs-7(2:2)2011
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2011
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Alexandre Miquel
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作者:
Alexandre Miquel
We show how to extract existential witnesses from classical proofs using Krivine's classical realizability--where classical proofs are interpreted as lambda_c-terms with the call/cc control operator. We first recall the basic framework of classical realizability (in classical second-order arithmetic) and show how to extend it with primitive numerals for faster computations. Then we show how to perform witness extraction in this framework, by discussing several techniques depending on the shape of the existential formula. In particular, we show that in the Sigma^0_1-case, Krivine's witness extraction method reduces to Friedman's through a well-suited negative translation to intuitionistic second-order arithmetic. Finally we discuss the advantages of using call/cc rather than a negative translation, especially from the point of view of an implementation.