Categoricity Results and Large Model Constructions for Second-Order ZF in Dependent Type Theory

Dominik Kirst, Gert Smolka

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Abstract

We formalise second-order ZF set theory in the dependent type theory of Coq. Assuming excluded middle, we prove Zermelo’s embedding theorem for models, categoricity in all cardinalities, and the categoricity of extended axiomatisations fixing the number of Grothendieck universes. These results are based on an inductive definition of the cumulative hierarchy eliminating the need for ordinals and set-theoretic transfinite recursion. Following Aczel’s sets-as-trees interpretation, we give a concise construction of an intensional model of second-order ZF with a weakened replacement axiom. Whereas this construction depends on no additional logical axioms, we obtain intensional and extensional models with full replacement assuming a description operator for trees and a weak form of proof irrelevance. In fact, these assumptions yield large models with n Grothendieck universes for every number n.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)415-438
Number of pages24
JournalJournal of Automated Reasoning
Volume63
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Aug 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Categoricity
  • Coq
  • Dependent type theory
  • Model constructions
  • Second-order set theory
  • Sets-as-trees interpretation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Artificial Intelligence

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