We consider the representation of each extension of the modal logic S4 as sum of two components. The first component in such a representation is always included in Grzegorczyk logic and hence contains "modal resources" of the logic in question, while the second one uses essentially the resources of a corresponding intermediate logic. We prove some results towards the conjecture that every S4-logic has a representation with the least component of the first kind.
PreliminariesWe consider the intuitionistic propositional logic Int and modal propositional logic S4, both defined with the postulated rule of substitution, along with the lattices of their normal consistent extensions, NExtInt (intermediate logics) and NExtS4 (S4-logics), respectively. The lattice operations are the set intersection ∩ as meet and the deduction closure ⊕ as joint. Other logics from NExtInt and NExtS4 will also appear in the sequel.The mappings ρ : NExtS4 −→ NExtInt and τ : NExtInt −→ NExtS4 were defined in [3]. It is well known that the former mapping is a lattice epimorphism and the latter is an embedding; see [3]. Another mapping, σ : NExtInt −→ NExtGrz, defined by the equality σL = Grz ⊕ τ L for any L ∈ NExtInt, where Grz is Grzegorczyk logic, is an isomorphism; see [1] and [2]. This, along with inequalities obtained in [3], implies thatfor any logic M ∈ NExtS4. Thus it can be suggested that any M ∈ NExtS4 is equal to M * ⊕ τ ρM for some logic M * ⊆ Grz. Indeed, for M * one can always take M ∩ Grz; see [4]. Furthermore, we have the following.LetAn unspecified element of L will be denoted by τ . Then any M ∈ NExtS4 can be represented as M = M * ⊕ τ , where M * ⊆ Grz, i.e. ρM * = Int. In this representation of M , the first term, M * , is called the modal component of M and the second term, τ , is its assertoric (or superintuitionistic) component (or τ -component). Such a representation of M we call a τ -representation.It has been noticed [4] that the assertoric component of M is uniquely determined by M and equals τ ρM , but its modal component may vary. Given an S4-logic M , the modal components of M constitute a dense sublattice of NExtS4 with the top element M ∩ Grz. This on-going research aims at proving the conjecture: Every S4-logic has a least modal component.
Examples of the modal components of some S4-logicsBelow one can see different situations related to modal components of some S4-logics.