Weyl's predicative classical mathematics as a logic-enriched type theory

  • Authors:
  • Robin Adams;Zhaohui Luo

  • Affiliations:
  • Dept of Computer Science, Royal Holloway, Univ of London;Dept of Computer Science, Royal Holloway, Univ of London

  • Venue:
  • TYPES'06 Proceedings of the 2006 international conference on Types for proofs and programs
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

In Das Kontinuum, Weyl showed how a large body of classical mathematics could be developed on a purely predicative foundation. We present a logic-enriched type theory that corresponds to Weyl's foundational system. A large part of the mathematics in Weyl's book -- including Weyl's definition of the cardinality of a set and several results from real analysis -- has been formalised, using the proof assistant Plastic that implements a logical framework. This case study shows how type theory can be used to represent a non-constructive foundation for mathematics.