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Interpolation in Classical Propositional Logic

Published: August 15, 2025 | arXiv ID: 2508.11449v1

By: Patrick Koopmann, Christoph Wernhard, Frank Wolter

Potential Business Impact:

Helps computers understand logic puzzles better.

We introduce Craig interpolation and related notions such as uniform interpolation, Beth definability, and theory decomposition in classical propositional logic. We present four approaches to computing interpolants: via quantifier elimination, from formulas in disjunctive normal form, and by extraction from resolution or tableau refutations. We close with a discussion of the size of interpolants and links to circuit complexity.

Page Count
34 pages

Category
Computer Science:
Logic in Computer Science