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This paper is about equality of proofs in which a binary predicate formalizing properties of equality occurs, besides conjunction and the constant true proposition. The properties of equality in question are those of a preordering relation, those of an equivalence relation, and other properties appropriate for an equality relation in linear logic. The guiding idea is that equality of proofs is induced by coherence, understood as the existence of a faithful functor from a syntactical category into a category whose arrows correspond to diagrams. Edges in these diagrams join occurrences of variables that must remain the same in every generalization of the proof. It is found that assumptions about equality of proofs for equality are parallel to standard assumptions about equality of arrows in categories. They reproduce standard categorial assumptions on a different level. It is also found that assumptions for a preordering relation involve an adjoint situation.
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Došen, K., Petrić, Z. Equality of proofs for linear equality. Arch. Math. Logic 47, 549–565 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00153-008-0096-0
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Keywords
- Equality
- Linear logic
- Preordering relation
- Equivalence relation
- Congruence relation
- Equality of proofs
- Categorial coherence
- Generality of proofs
- Monoidal categories
- Adjunction