scholarly journals How to Put Usability into Focus: Using Focus Groups to Evaluate the Usability of Interactive Theorem Provers

2014 ◽  
Vol 167 ◽  
pp. 4-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernhard Beckert ◽  
Sarah Grebing ◽  
Florian Böhl
Keyword(s):  
Focus Groups ◽  
Theorem Provers ◽  
Interactive Theorem Provers

scholarly journals Checkable Proofs for First-Order Theorem Proving

10.29007/s6d1 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giles Reger ◽  
Martin Suda
Keyword(s):  
Theorem Proving ◽  
Critical Mass ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Boolean Satisfiability ◽  
Order Logic ◽  
First Order Logic ◽  
First Order ◽  
Theorem Provers ◽  
Interactive Theorem Provers ◽  
Theory Reasoning

Inspired by the success of the DRAT proof format for certification of boolean satisfiability (SAT),we argue that a similar goal of having unified automatically checkable proofs should be soughtby the developers of automated first-order theorem provers (ATPs). This would not onlyhelp to further increase assurance about the correctness of prover results,but would also be indispensable for tools which rely on ATPs,such as ``hammers'' employed within interactive theorem provers.The current situation, represented by the TSTP format is unsatisfactory,because this format does not have a standardised semantics and thus cannot be checked automatically.Providing such semantics, however, is a challenging endeavour. One would ideallylike to have a proof format which covers only-satisfiability-preserving operations such as Skolemisationand is versatile enough to encompass various proving methods (i.e. not just superposition)or is perhaps even open ended towards yet to be conceived methods or at least easily extendable in principle.Going beyond pure first-order logic to theory reasoning in the style of SMT orbeyond proofs to certification of satisfiability are further interesting challenges.Although several projects have already provided partial solutions in this direction,we would like to use the opportunity of ARCADE to further promote the idea andgather critical mass needed for its satisfactory realisation.

scholarly journals Three years of experience with Sledgehammer, a Practical Link Between Automatic and Interactive Theorem Provers

10.29007/36dt ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence C. Paulson ◽  
Jasmin Christian Blanchette
Keyword(s):  
Years Of Experience ◽  
Interactive Proof ◽  
Theorem Provers ◽  
Proof Construction ◽  
Interactive Theorem Provers ◽  
Automatic Theorem Provers ◽  
Automatic Theorem

Sledgehammer is a highly successful subsystem of Isabelle/HOL that calls automatic theorem provers to assist with interactive proof construction. It requires no user configuration: it can be invoked with a single mouse gesture at any point in a proof. It automatically finds relevant lemmas from all those currently available. An unusual aspect of its architecture is its use of unsound translations, coupled with its delivery of results as Isabelle/HOL proof scripts: its output cannot be trusted, but it does not need to be trusted. Sledgehammer works well with Isar structured proofs and allows beginners to prove challenging theorems.

scholarly journals Three Years of Experience with Sledgehammer, a Practical Link between Automatic and Interactive Theorem Provers

10.29007/tnfd ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence Paulson
Keyword(s):  
Years Of Experience ◽  
Interactive Proof ◽  
Theorem Provers ◽  
Proof Construction ◽  
Interactive Theorem Provers ◽  
Automatic Theorem Provers ◽  
Automatic Theorem

Sledgehammer is a highly successful subsystem of Isabelle/HOL that calls automatic theorem provers to assist with interactive proof construction. It requires no user configuration: it can be invoked with a single mouse gesture at any point in a proof. It automatically finds relevant lemmas from all those currently available. An unusual aspect of its architecture is its use of unsound translations, coupled with its delivery of results as Isabelle/HOL proof scripts: its output cannot be trusted, but it does not need to be trusted. Sledgehammer works well with Isar structured proofs and allows beginners to prove challenging theorems.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document