Craig Interpolation for Guarded Fragments

04/17/2023

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by   Balder ten Cate, et al.

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We show that the guarded-negation fragment (GNFO) is, in a precise sense, the smallest extension of the guarded fragment (GFO) with Craig interpolation. In contrast, (FO2) with Craig interpolation is full first-order logic.