Loop-Checking and Counter-Model Extraction for Intuitionistic Tense Logics via Nested Sequents

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Main Author: Lyon, Tim S.
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Published: 2026
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contents This paper develops a novel nested sequent proof-search methodology for intuitionistic tense logics (ITLs), supporting finite counter-model extraction. We introduce a new loop-checking method that detects repeating nested sequents using homomorphisms, thereby bounding the height of derivations during proof-search. Due to the non-invertibility of some inference rules, the algorithm does not construct a single derivation, but a generalized structure we call a 'computation tree.' We show how proofs and counter-models can be extracted from computation trees when proof-search succeeds or fails, respectively. This establishes the finite model property for each ITL of the form IKt + A with A a subset of {T,B,D}.
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spellingShingle Loop-Checking and Counter-Model Extraction for Intuitionistic Tense Logics via Nested Sequents
Lyon, Tim S.
Logic in Computer Science
This paper develops a novel nested sequent proof-search methodology for intuitionistic tense logics (ITLs), supporting finite counter-model extraction. We introduce a new loop-checking method that detects repeating nested sequents using homomorphisms, thereby bounding the height of derivations during proof-search. Due to the non-invertibility of some inference rules, the algorithm does not construct a single derivation, but a generalized structure we call a 'computation tree.' We show how proofs and counter-models can be extracted from computation trees when proof-search succeeds or fails, respectively. This establishes the finite model property for each ITL of the form IKt + A with A a subset of {T,B,D}.
title Loop-Checking and Counter-Model Extraction for Intuitionistic Tense Logics via Nested Sequents
topic Logic in Computer Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.29424