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Abstract
Abstract Kreisel’s conjecture is the statement: if, for all
$n\in \mathbb {N}$
,
$\mathop {\text {PA}} \nolimits \vdash _{k \text { steps}} \varphi (\overline {n})$
, then
$\mathop {\text {PA}} \nolimits \vdash \forall x.\varphi (x)$
. For a theory of arithmetic T, given a recursive function h,
$T \vdash _{\leq h} \varphi $
holds if there is a proof of
$\varphi $
in T whose code is at most
$h(\#\varphi )$
. This notion depends on the underlying coding.
${P}^h_T(x)$
is a predicate for
$\vdash _{\leq h}$
in T. It is shown that there exist a sentence
$\varphi $
and a total recursive function h such that
$T\vdash _{\leq h}\mathop {\text {Pr}} \nolimits _T(\ulcorner \mathop {\text {Pr}} \nolimits _T(\ulcorner \varphi \urcorner )\rightarrow \varphi \urcorner )$
, but , where
$\mathop {\text {Pr}} \nolimits _T$
stands for the standard provability predicate in T. This statement is related to a conjecture by Montagna. Also variants and weakenings of Kreisel’s conjecture are studied. By the use of reflexion principles, one can obtain a theory
$T^h_\Gamma $
that extends T such that a version of Kreisel’s conjecture holds: given a recursive function h and
$\varphi (x)$
a
$\Gamma $
-formula (where
$\Gamma $
is an arbitrarily fixed class of formulas) such that, for all
$n\in \mathbb {N}$
,
$T\vdash _{\leq h} \varphi (\overline {n})$
, then
$T^h_\Gamma \vdash \forall x.\varphi (x)$
. Derivability conditions are studied for a theory to satisfy the following implication: if , then
$T\vdash \forall x.\varphi (x)$
. This corresponds to an arithmetization of Kreisel’s conjecture. It is shown that, for certain theories, there exists a function h such that
$\vdash _{k \text { steps}}\ \subseteq\ \vdash _{\leq h}$
.