Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4662655 Annals of Pure and Applied Logic 2006 30 Pages PDF
Abstract

In this document, we study a 3-polygraphic translation for the proofs of SKS, a formal system for classical propositional logic. We prove that the free 3-category generated by this 3-polygraph describes the proofs of classical propositional logic modulo structural bureaucracy. We give a three-dimensional generalization of Penrose diagrams and use it to provide several pictures of a proof. We sketch how local transformations of proofs yield a non contrived example of four-dimensional rewriting.

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