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Propositional interpolation (A⊢C⊢B)

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If A⊢B, eliminate the letters private to A by
C=⋁ε:Var(A)∖Var(B)→{0,1}​A[ε].
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Every assignment satisfying A satisfies one disjunct of C. If an assignment satisfies C, change only the eliminated letters to its witnessing assignment. The modified assignment satisfies A and hence B, whose letters were unchanged. Thus A⊨C⊨B, and the propositional completeness theorem gives the two derivations. The interpolant uses only common letters; an empty common vocabulary is handled by logical truth constants.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2007 / ii / Paper 2 / 16G / Solution
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