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Formalization of Wu’s Simple Method in Coq

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Certified Programs and Proofs (CPP 2011)

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We present in this paper the integration within the Coq proof assistant, of a method for automatic theorem proving in geometry. We use an approach based on the validation of a certificate. The certificate is generated by an implementation in Ocaml  of a simple version of Wu’s method.

This work is partially supported by the ANR project Galapagos.

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    Jean-David Génevaux, Julien Narboux & Pascal Schreck

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Génevaux, JD., Narboux, J., Schreck, P. (2011). Formalization of Wu’s Simple Method in Coq. In: Jouannaud, JP., Shao, Z. (eds) Certified Programs and Proofs. CPP 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7086. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25379-9_8

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