Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 December 1997
This paper studies the properties of the subnets of a proof-net for first-order Multiplicative Linear Logic without propositional constants (MLL−), extended with the rule of Mix: from [vdash ]Γ and [vdash ]Δ infer [vdash ]Γ, Δ. Asperti's correctness criterion and its interpretation in terms of concurrent processes are extended to the first-order case. The notions of kingdom and empire of a formula are extended from MLL− to MLL−+MIX. A new proof of the sequentialization theorem is given. As a corollary, a system of proof-nets is given for De Paiva and Hyland's Full Intuitionistic Linear Logic with Mix; this result gives a general method for translating Abramsky-style term assignments into proof-nets, and vice versa.