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BIRTHDAY
2006
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Reductio ad Absurdum: Planning Proofs by Contradiction
Sometimes it is pragmatically useful to prove a theorem by contradiction rather than finding a direct proof. Some reductio ad absurdum arguments have made mathematical history and ...
Erica Melis, Martin Pollet, Jörg H. Siekmann
ITICSE
2010
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
What did qubits ever do for me: an answer for CS2 students
We show how to teach and motivate small quantum computer programs as a supplemental topic in a CS2 data structures class. A traditional example such as Shor’s factorization [8] ...
Michael Main, Robert Frohardt, Yingdan Huang
CADE
2007
Springer
14 years 7 months ago
System for Automated Deduction (SAD): A Tool for Proof Verification
In this paper, a proof assistant, called SAD, is presented. SAD deals with mathematical texts that are formalized in the ForTheL language (brief description of which is also given)...
Konstantin Verchinine, Alexander V. Lyaletski, And...
CLIMA
2007
13 years 8 months ago
Proof Theory for Distributed Knowledge
The proof theory of multi-agent epistemic logic extended with operators for distributed knowledge is studied. Distributed knowledge of A within a group G means that A follows from ...
Raul Hakli, Sara Negri
SYNTHESE
2010
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13 years 5 months ago
Proofs, pictures, and Euclid
Though pictures are often used to present mathematical arguments, they are not typically thought to be an acceptable means for presenting mathematical arguments rigorously. With re...
John Mumma