Lb's Theorem

In mathematical logic, Lb's theorem states that in a theory with Peano arithmetic, if it is provable that "if P is provable then P", then P is provable.

Theorem

First, Let \mbox{Prov}_T(\phi) mean that there exists a proof of \phi in T If a set of axioms T is such that T\vdash PA where PA are the Peano axioms of arithmetic, then for all sentences \phi, T\vdash\mbox{Prov}_T(\#\phi)\rightarrow\phi if and only if T\vdash\phi

Lb's theorem in provability logic

Provability logic abstracts away from the details of encodings used in Gdel's incompleteness theorems by expressing the provability of \phi in the given system in the language of modal logic, by means of the modality \Box \phi. Then we can formalize Lb's theorem by the axiom \Box(\Box P\rightarrow P)\rightarrow \Box P, known as axiom GL (for Gdel-Lb) (sometimes formalised by means of an inference rule that infers \Box P from \Box P\rightarrow P). The provability logic GL that results from taking the modal logic K4 and adding the above axiom GL is the most intensely investigated system in provability logic.

 

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