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Powerset Proof SystemSource:  Tobias Steinbrecher

Consider the following exercise. You are given a sound and complete proof system. You are tasked to define a new proof system, which is based on the first proof system. The new proof system deals with statements about sets of statements from the original proof system and considers a set to be true if at least one statement in the set is true.

Let

Π1=(S,P1,τ1,ϕ1)\Pi_1 = (\mathcal{S}, \mathcal{P}_1, \tau_1, \phi_1)

be a proof system which is sound and complete (consider S\mathcal{S} to be finite).

Now define ϕ2\phi_2 and P2\mathcal{P}_2 such that the following proof system is sound and complete (and prove these properties):

Π2=(P(S),P2,τ2,ϕ2)\Pi_2 = (P(\mathcal{S}), \mathcal{P}_2, \tau_2, \phi_2)

with

τ2(σ)=1    there exists some sσ such that τ1(s)=1,\tau_2(\sigma) = 1 \iff \text{there exists some } s \in \sigma \text{ such that } \tau_1(s) = 1,

where σP(S)\sigma \in P(\mathcal{S}).