Alexej P Pynko

Equivalential Universal Horn Theories Alexej P Pynko

As a peliminary point, we start from extending Mal'cev's conceptof rational equivalence of prevarieties ofpure algebras to those of algebraic systemsjustifying this extension by a Mal'cev-stylecategorical characterization. Next, we extend the concept of equivalentpurely-algebraic semantics, being a prevariety ofpure algebras, to prevarieities of algebraic systems. In this way, the concept of equivalential UHTarises as the respective extension of the oneof algebraizable UHT, each equivalential UHT having a unique(modulo rational equivalence) equivalentalgebraic semantics. We then apply our general theory of equivalence ofuniversal Horn theories to reducing the problemof finding extensions of an equivalential UHT to thatof finding subprevarieties of its equivalent algebraic semantics. Our general elaboration is well-applicable tosequent calculi with structural rules assiciated with finitely-valued logics with equality determinantknown to be equivalential. Finally, we exemplify our general study by exploringfour examples of non-algebraizable sequent calculiof such a kind, one of them being equivalent tothe corresponding sentential logic