Craig Interpolation with Clausal First-Order Tableaux

@article{Wernhard2021CraigIW,
  title={Craig Interpolation with Clausal First-Order Tableaux},
  author={Christoph Wernhard},
  journal={J. Autom. Reason.},
  year={2021},
  volume={65},
  pages={647-690}
}
  • C. Wernhard
  • Published 8 August 2020
  • Computer Science
  • J. Autom. Reason.
We develop foundations for computing Craig-Lyndon interpolants of two given formulas with first-order theorem provers that construct clausal tableaux. Provers that can be understood in this way include efficient machine-oriented systems based on calculi of two families: goal-oriented such as model elimination and the connection method, and bottom-up such as the hypertableau calculus. Similar to known resolution-based interpolation methods our method proceeds in two stages. The first stage is an… 
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