Interpolation in local theory extensions

  • Authors:
  • Viorica Sofronie-Stokkermans

  • Affiliations:
  • Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, Saarbrücken, Germany

  • Venue:
  • IJCAR'06 Proceedings of the Third international joint conference on Automated Reasoning
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

In this paper we study interpolation in local extensions of a base theory. We identify situations in which it is possible to obtain interpolants in a hierarchical manner, by using a prover and a procedure for generating interpolants in the base theory as black-boxes. We present several examples of theory extensions in which interpolants can be computed this way, and discuss applications in verification, knowledge representation, and modular reasoning in combinations of local theories.