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Superposition with Hard Sorts and Configurable Simplification

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Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP 2012)

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Sledgehammer for Isabelle/HOL integrates automatic theorem provers to discharge interactive proof obligations. This paper considers a tighter integration of the superposition prover SPASS to increase Sledgehammer’s success rate. The main enhancements are native support for hard sorts (simple types) in SPASS, simplification that honors the orientation of Isabelle simp rules, and a pair of clause-selection strategies targeted at large lemma libraries. The usefulness of this integration is confirmed by an evaluation on a vast benchmark suite and by a case study featuring a formalization of language-based security.

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Blanchette, J.C., Popescu, A., Wand, D., Weidenbach, C. (2012). More SPASS with Isabelle. In: Beringer, L., Felty, A. (eds) Interactive Theorem Proving. ITP 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7406. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32347-8_24

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