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University of Cambridge Logic and Semantics Seminar
17 March 2006: Zhaohui Luo
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Speaker: Zhaohui Luo, Royal Holloway, University of London
Title: A type-theoretic framework for mathematical pluralism -- Weyl's predicative mathematics in type theory
Time: 17 March 2006, 2.00pm
Venue: William Gates Building, room FW11
Abstract:

In this talk, I introduce a type-theoretic framework that allows us to formalise various branches of mathematics based on different logical foundations ("mathematical pluralism").

The framework considers logic-enriched type theories, in the sense of Aczel and Gambino, in a logical framework and gives a uniform type-theoretic foundation for formalisation of mathematics. As an example, we show how the first-order classical logic and a notion of predicative set can be considered in the framework for formalisation of Weyl's predicative mathematics.