Pretransitivity conjecture for modal interpretations

A normal modal logic Λ\Lambda is pretransitive if there is some n1n\geq 1 such that

Λn+1pknkp.\Lambda\vdash\Diamond^{n+1}p\to\bigvee_{k\leq n}\Diamond^kp.

Pretransitivity conjecture. If a normal modal logic Λ\Lambda is interpretable by a modal-to-modal translation with parameters in a pretransitive normal logic, then Λ\Lambda is pretransitive.

This conjecture proposes a necessary condition for interpretability between normal modal logics and would, for example, constrain interpretations from transitive or pretransitive logics. The supplied text does not indicate whether it has been resolved.

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Lev V. Dvorkin, “On Interpretations of Normal Modal Logics”, arXiv:2606.31871 (2026).

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