Label-Free Proof Systems for Intuitionistic Modal Logic IS5

Didier Galmiche, Yakoub Salhi

Abstract: In this paper we propose proof systems without labels for the intuitionistic modal logic IS5 that are based on a new multi-contextual sequent structure appropriate to deal with such a logic. We first give a label-free natural deduction system and thus derive natural deduction systems for the classical modal logic S5 and also for an intermediate logic IM5. Then we define a label-free sequent calculus for IS5 and prove its soundness and completeness. The study of this calculus leads to a decision procedure for IS5 and thus to an alternative syntactic proof of its decidability.