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Record Nr.

UNISA996466028903316

Autore

Nipkow Tobias

Titolo

Isabelle/HOL [[electronic resource] ] : A Proof Assistant for Higher-Order Logic / / by Tobias Nipkow, Lawrence C. Paulson, Markus Wenzel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2002

ISBN

3-540-45949-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2002.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIV, 226 p.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, , 0302-9743 ; ; 2283

Disciplina

004.015113

Soggetti

Mathematical logic

Logic

Computers

Artificial intelligence

Computer logic

Programming languages (Electronic computers)

Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages

Theory of Computation

Artificial Intelligence

Logics and Meanings of Programs

Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Elementary Techniques -- 1. The Basics -- 2. Functional Programming in HOL -- 3. More Functional Programming -- 4. Presenting Theories -- Logic and Sets -- 5. The Rules of the Game -- 6. Sets, Functions, and Relations -- 7. Inductively Defined Sets -- Advanced Material -- 8. More about Types -- 9. Advanced Simplification, Recursion, and Induction -- 10. Case Study: Verifying a Security Protocol.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume is a self-contained introduction to interactive proof in high- order logic (HOL), using the proof assistant Isabelle 2002. Compared with existing Isabelle documentation, it provides a direct route into higher-order logic, which most people prefer these days. It bypasses ?rst-order logic and minimizes discussion of meta-theory. It



is written for potential users rather than for our colleagues in the research world. Another departure from previous documentation is that we describe Markus Wenzel’s proof script notation instead of ML tactic scripts. The l- ter make it easier to introduce new tactics on the ?y, but hardly anybody does that. Wenzel’s dedicated syntax is elegant, replacing for example eight simpli?cation tactics with a single method, namely simp, with associated - tions. The book has three parts. – The ?rst part, Elementary Techniques, shows how to model functional programs in higher-order logic. Early examples involve lists and the natural numbers. Most proofs are two steps long, consisting of induction on a chosen variable followed by the auto tactic. But even this elementary part covers such advanced topics as nested and mutual recursion. – The second part, Logic and Sets, presents a collection of lower-level tactics that you can use to apply rules selectively. It also describes I- belle/HOL’s treatment of sets, functions, and relations and explains how to de?ne sets inductively. One of the examples concerns the theory of model checking, and another is drawn from a classic textbook on formal languages.