Undecidability in Relevant Logic

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Main Author: Knudstorp, Søren Brinck
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author Knudstorp, Søren Brinck
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contents We prove undecidability for every positive relevant logic extending the system axiomatized by hypothetical syllogism, prefixing, and suffixing and contained in the logic of the semilattice frame $(P_{\mathrm{fin}}(\mathbb{N}), \cup, \varnothing)$. This settles the longstanding decision problem for the semilattice relevant logic S in the negative, contrary to prevailing expectations of decidability. It also provides a new proof of Urquhart's (1984) undecidability theorem for R, E, and T, now by reduction from the Wang tiling problem for arbitrarily large finite isosceles right triangular regions of the plane.
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spellingShingle Undecidability in Relevant Logic
Knudstorp, Søren Brinck
Logic
03B47, 03B25, 03D10
F.4.1; F.1.1
We prove undecidability for every positive relevant logic extending the system axiomatized by hypothetical syllogism, prefixing, and suffixing and contained in the logic of the semilattice frame $(P_{\mathrm{fin}}(\mathbb{N}), \cup, \varnothing)$. This settles the longstanding decision problem for the semilattice relevant logic S in the negative, contrary to prevailing expectations of decidability. It also provides a new proof of Urquhart's (1984) undecidability theorem for R, E, and T, now by reduction from the Wang tiling problem for arbitrarily large finite isosceles right triangular regions of the plane.
title Undecidability in Relevant Logic
topic Logic
03B47, 03B25, 03D10
F.4.1; F.1.1
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.29880