Author: Paul-André Melliès
Paper Information
Title: | Ribbon tensorial logic |
Authors: | Paul-André Melliès |
Proceedings: | LICS PDF files |
Editors: | Anuj Dawar and Erich Grädel |
Keywords: | tensorial logic, ribbon categories, coherence theorems |
Abstract: | ABSTRACT. We introduce a topologically-aware version of tensorial logic, called ribbon tensorial logic. To every proof of the logic, we associate a ribbon tangle which tracks the flow of tensorial negations inside the proof. The translation is functorial: it is performed by exhibiting a correspondence between the notion of dialogue category in proof theory and the notion of ribbon category in knot theory. Our main result is that the translation is also faithful: two proofs are equal modulo the equational theory of tensorial logic if and only if the associated ribbon tangles are equal up to topological deformation. This ``proof-as-tangle'' theorem may be understood at the same time as a coherence theorem for ribbon dialogue categories, and as a mathematical foundation for topological game semantics. |
Pages: | 10 |
Talk: | Jul 12 15:20 (Session 76F) |
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