## Journal of Symbolic Logic

### On the Computational Content of the Axiom of Choice

#### Abstract

We present a possible computational content of the negative translation of classical analysis with the Axiom of (countable) Choice. Interestingly, this interpretation uses a refinement of the realizability semantics of the absurdity proposition, which is not interpreted as the empty type here. We also show how to compute witnesses from proofs in classical analysis of $\exists$-statements and how to extract algorithms from proofs of $\forall\exists$-statements. Our interpretation seems computationally more direct than the one based on Godel's Dialectica interpretation.

#### Article information

Source
J. Symbolic Logic, Volume 63, Issue 2 (1998), 600-622.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 6 July 2007

Permanent link to this document
https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.jsl/1183745524

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1625903

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0914.03059

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