In the last couple years, I have taught cut-elimination several times to research-level students (ESSLLI ’18, LSS ’18, and to PhD students at the University of Birmingham). Every time I am left squirming when I have to deal with the monster in the closet: . Most cut-elimination proofs do something like this: Main induction on…
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Welcome to The Proof Theory Blog! The purpose of this website is to give proof theorists a venue to communicate ideas, works-in-progress, gems, or simply observations that may be relevant to the proof theory community. The hope is that it can eventually evolve into a vibrant forum for proof theoretic discussions and collaboration. Proof theory…