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This paper describes a criterion for the existence of generalizations of a particularly simple form given complex terms in short proofs within schematic theories: The soundness of replacing single quantifiers, which bind variables in schema instances, by blocks of quantifiers of the same type. The criterion is shown to be necessary in general and sufficient for languages consisting of monadic function symbols and constants. The proof is mainly based on the existence of most general solutions for solvable semi-unification problems.
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Baaz, M., Salzer, G. (1995). Semi-unification and generalizations of a particularly simple form. In: Pacholski, L., Tiuryn, J. (eds) Computer Science Logic. CSL 1994. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 933. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0022250
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