Building Theorem Provers

  • Authors:
  • Mark E. Stickel

  • Affiliations:
  • Artificial Intelligence Center, SRI International, California

  • Venue:
  • CADE-22 Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Automated Deduction
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

This talk discusses some of the challenges of building a usable theorem prover. These include the chasm between theory and code, conflicting requirements, feature interaction, and competitive performance. The talk draws on the speaker's experiences with devising extensions of resolution and building theorem provers that have been used as embedded reasoners in various systems.