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International Conference on Logic Programming and Nonmonotonic Reasoning

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A transformation of propositional Prolog programs into classical logic

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We transform a propositional Prolog program P into a set of propositional formulas prl(P) and show that Prolog, using its depth-first left-to-right search, is sound and complete with respect to prl(P). This means that a goal succeeds in Prolog if and only if it follows from prl(P) in classical propositional logic. The generalization of prl(P) to predicate logic leads to a system for which Prolog is still sound but unfortunately not complete. If one changes, however, the definition of the termination operator, then one obtains a theory that allows to prove termination of arbitrary non-floundering goals under Prolog.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, CA, USA

    Robert F. Stärk

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Stärk, R.F. (1995). A transformation of propositional Prolog programs into classical logic. In: Marek, V.W., Nerode, A., Truszczyński, M. (eds) Logic Programming and Nonmonotonic Reasoning. LPNMR 1995. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 928. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-59487-6_22

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