Abstract.
Universes of types were introduced into constructive type theory by Martin-Löf [12]. The idea of forming universes in type theory is to introduce a universe as a set closed under a certain specified ensemble of set constructors, say \(\mathcal{C}\). The universe then “reflects”\(\mathcal{C}\).
This is the first part of a paper which addresses the exact logical strength of a particular such universe construction, the so-called superuniverse due to Palmgren (cf. [16, 18, 19]).
It is proved that Martin-Löf type theory with a superuniverse, termed MLS, is a system whose proof-theoretic ordinal resides strictly above the Feferman-Schütte ordinal \(\Gamma_0\) but well below the Bachmann-Howard ordinal. Not many theories of strength between \(\Gamma_0\) and the Bachmann-Howard ordinal have arisen. MLS provides a natural example for such a theory.
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Received: 14 October 1997
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Rathjen, M. The strength of Martin-Löf type theory with a superuniverse. Part I. Arch Math Logic 39, 1–39 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001530050001
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