Strong Normalization of the Dual Classical Sequent Calculus

Abstract

We investigate some syntactic properties of Wadler’s dual calculus, a term calculus which corresponds to classical sequent logic in the same way that Parigot’s λμ calculus corresponds to classical natural deduction. Our main result is strong normalization theorem for reduction in the dual calculus; we also prove some confluence results for the typed and untyped versions of the system.