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In the setting of arithmetic, the numerical existence property implies the disjunction property. The proof uses the fact that a disjunction can be rewritten as an existential formula quantifying over natural numbers:
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eliminated in favor of the axiom of collection has the disjunction property, the numerical existence property, and the existence property. Michael Rathjen (2005) proved that
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While the earliest results were for constructive theories of arithmetic, many results are also known for constructive set theories (Rathjen 2005).
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These properties can only be directly expressed for theories that have the ability to quantify over natural numbers and, for CR
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while having independent statements does not have the disjunction property. So all classical theories expressing
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Rathjen (2005) lists five properties that a theory may possess. These include the disjunction property (
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is well known for having the disjunction property and the (numerical) existence property.
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in turn do not validate the existence property either, e.g. because they validate the
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Stephen Cole Kleene, 1945, "On the interpretation of intuitionistic number theory,"
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The Disjunction and Related Properties for Constructive Zermelo-Fraenkel Set Theory
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and Scedrov (1990) observed that the disjunction property holds in free
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There are several relationship between the five properties discussed above.
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Thus, assuming the numerical existence property, there exists some
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has the disjunction property and the numerical existence property.
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existence claim. But some classical theories, such as ZFC plus the
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The disjunction property implies the numerical existence property
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of the theory has the property stated above (Rathjen 2005).
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may be used to show that one of the disjuncts is provable.
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it represents (the global-section functor) preserves
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is a numeral, one may concretely check the value of
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has no other free variables, then the theory proves
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Freyd and Andre Scedrov, 1990, 853:, that corresponds to the fact that the 119:is satisfied by a theory if, whenever a 1543:v. 39 n. 3, pp. 405–431. 1533:v. 39 n. 2, pp. 176–210. 1612:Moschovakis, Joan (16 December 2022). 512:be the computable function with index 7: 304:{\displaystyle \varphi ({\bar {n}})} 212:), and three additional properties: 92:disjunction and existence properties 1623:Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 589:, states that if the theory proves 1084: 954: 599: 526: 436: 416: 230: 218:numerical existence property (NEP) 14: 406:states that if the theory proves 220:states that if the theory proves 887: 865: 20: 1560:, v. 10, pp. 109–124. 1415:Gödel's incompleteness theorems 921:Relationship between properties 721:, quantify over functions from 646:then there is a natural number 481:then there is a natural number 1271: 1242: 1236: 1224: 1215: 1209: 1203: 1191: 1182: 1135: 1129: 1117: 1111: 1105: 1093: 1011: 1008: 1002: 990: 984: 978: 966: 963: 960: 951: 700: 687: 633: 627: 621: 613: 596: 566: 563: 557: 538: 532: 523: 468: 456: 450: 433: 430: 413: 357: 298: 292: 283: 256: 250: 244: 227: 1: 1553:, v. 69, pp. 65–66. 1646:Constructivism (mathematics) 894:{\displaystyle \mathbf {1} } 872:{\displaystyle \mathbf {1} } 758:{\displaystyle \mathbb {N} } 736:{\displaystyle \mathbb {N} } 706:{\displaystyle \psi (f_{e})} 650:such that the theory proves 582:A variant of Church's rule, 184:such that the theory proves 1427:bounded existential formula 208:), the existence property ( 1662: 1405:(1974) proved that in any 1280:{\displaystyle {\bar {s}}} 366:{\displaystyle {\bar {n}}} 1589:Journal of Symbolic Logic 1558:Journal of Symbolic Logic 1541:Mathematische Zeitschrift 1531:Mathematische Zeitschrift 1411:intuitionistic arithmetic 819: (1973) showed that 804:axiom of constructibility 778:Non-examples and examples 104:constructive set theories 1583:Michael Rathjen, 2005, " 393:representing the number 29:This article includes a 1478:Constructive set theory 1443:disjunction elimination 1372:{\displaystyle s\neq 0} 1050:{\displaystyle A\vee B} 94:are the "hallmarks" of 58:more precise citations. 1614:"Intuitionistic Logic" 1511:Categories, Allegories 1498:Existential quantifier 1488:Law of excluded middle 1407:recursively enumerable 1393: 1373: 1347: 1327: 1301: 1281: 1249: 1166: 1142: 1071: 1051: 1018: 895: 873: 800:least number principle 767:definitional extension 759: 737: 707: 671: 640: 573: 506: 475: 387: 367: 338: 305: 263: 106:(Rathjen 2005). 1394: 1374: 1348: 1328: 1302: 1282: 1250: 1167: 1143: 1072: 1052: 1019: 901:is an indecomposable 896: 874: 760: 738: 708: 672: 670:{\displaystyle f_{e}} 641: 574: 507: 505:{\displaystyle f_{e}} 476: 388: 368: 339: 306: 264: 1568:Applied proof theory 1460: (1934, 1935). 1383: 1357: 1353:is a theorem and if 1337: 1311: 1291: 1262: 1258:is a theorem. 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