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A formal definition of a useful theorem?

Sorry if this feels a bit squishy, but I'm wondering if there is any published work trying to give a fully formal definition of the notion of a useful theorem. I mean, in mathematics we all know that ...
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Questions in proof theory (PRA-provability of EA-theorems, Girards book from '87)

I've been working through a textbook, often encountering difficulties with the exercises. On mathstackexchange, with most of them I haven't arrived yet at a satisfactory solution. As I understand, ...
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