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Implementation of Lambda-Free Higher-Order Superposition

@inproceedings{Vukmirovi2018ImplementationOL,
title={Implementation of Lambda-Free Higher-Order Superposition},
author={Petar Vukmirovi{\'c} and Stephan Schulz},
year={2018}
}
• Published 2018
• Computer Science
In the last decades, first-order logic (FOL) has become a standard language for describing a large number of mathematical theories. Numerous proof systems for FOL which determine what formulas are universally true emerged over time. On the other hand, higher-order logic (HOL) enables one to describe more theories and to describe existing theories more succinctly. Due to more complicated higher-order proof systems, higher-order automatic theorem provers (ATPs) are much less mature than their…
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