[Agda] Double Negation as Monad

Nils Anders Danielsson nad at Cs.Nott.AC.UK
Thu Oct 29 18:51:14 CET 2009


On 2009-10-29 17:22, Vag Vagoff wrote:
> If constructive mathematics is equivalent to classic one without double
> negation elimination law (from wich law of Excluded Middle is derivable)
> then constructive mathematics is strictly as  powerful as classic because
> simple algorithm may be created which converts classic proofs to
> constructive ones automatically using proof continuations and double
> negation monad (but converted proof will be surrounded by double negation).
>
> Is this correct?

You may be interested in the following talk slides:

  How to Understand What Classical Mathematicians Say
  Russell O'Connor
  http://www.cs.ru.nl/~spitters/completeness.html#OConnor

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