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A Machine-Checked Implementation of Buchberger's Algorithm

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We present an implementation of Buchberger's algorithm that has been proved correct within the proof assistant Coq. The implementation contains the basic algorithm plus two standard optimizations.

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Théry, L. A Machine-Checked Implementation of Buchberger's Algorithm. Journal of Automated Reasoning 26, 107–137 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026518331905

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