Proving valid quantified Boolean formulas in HOL light

  • Authors:
  • Ondřej Kunčar

  • Affiliations:
  • Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics

  • Venue:
  • ITP'11 Proceedings of the Second international conference on Interactive theorem proving
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

This paper describes the integration of Squolem, Quantified Boolean Formulas (QBF) solver, with the interactive theorem prover HOL Light. Squolem generates certificates of validity which are based on witness functions. The certificates are checked in HOL Light by constructing proofs based on these certificates. The presented approach allows HOL Light users to prove larger valid QBF problems than before and provides correctness checking of Squolem's outputs based on the LCF approach. An error in Squolem was discovered thanks to the integration. Experiments show that the feasibility of the integration is very sensitive to implementation of HOL Light and used inferences. This resulted in improvements in HOL Light's inference system.