Definition:Tableau Proof (Propositional Tableaus)/Proof System

Proof System
Tableau proofs form a proof system $\mathrm{PT}$ for the language of propositional logic $\LL_0$.

It consists solely of axioms, in the following way:


 * A WFF $\mathbf A$ is a $\mathrm{PT}$-axiom there exists a tableau proof of $\mathbf A$.

Likewise, we can define the notion of provable consequence for $\mathrm{PT}$:


 * A WFF $\mathbf A$ is a $\mathrm{PT}$-provable consequence of a collection of WFFs $\mathbf H$ if there exists a tableau proof of $\mathbf A$ from $\mathbf H$.

Although formally $\mathrm{PT}$ has no rules of inference, the rules for the definition of propositional tableaus can informally be regarded as such.