basic constructions:
strong axioms
further
natural deduction metalanguage, practical foundations
type theory (dependent, intensional, observational type theory, homotopy type theory)
computational trinitarianism =
propositions as types +programs as proofs +relation type theory/category theory
Löb’s theorem in its original form is a generalization of the Gödel incompleteness theorem whose formulation lends itself to the tools of type theory and modal logic.
Löb’s theorem states that to prove that a proposition is provable, it is sufficient to prove the proposition under the assumption that it is provable. Since the Curry-Howard isomorphism identifies formal proofs with abstract syntax trees of programs; Löb’s theorem implies, for total languages which validate it, that self-interpreters are impossible. (Gross-Gallagher-Fallenstein 16)
In provability logic the abstract statement is considered in itself as an axiom on a modal operator interpreted as the modality “is provable”. In this form the statement reads formally:
for any proposition (“Löb’s axiom”).
This reduces to an incompleteness theorem when taking false and using that
negation is ;
consistency means that
Where the last line reads in words “It is not provable that false is not provable.”
Jason Gross, Jack Gallagher, Benya Fallenstein, Löb’s theorem – A functional pearl of dependently typed quining, 2016 (pdf)
Neelakantan Krishnaswami, Löb’s theorem is (almost) the Y-combinator, 2016
Jason Gross, MO comment on incompletenss theorems in type theory, 2017
See also
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