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LCF-Style Bit-Blasting in HOL4

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Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP 2011)

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This paper describes a new proof tool for deciding bit-vector problems in HOL4. The approach is based on “bit-blasting”, wherein word expressions are mapped into propositional formulas, which are then handed to a SAT solver. Significantly, the implementation uses the LCF approach, which means that the soundness of the tool is guaranteed by the soundness of HOL4’s logical kernel.

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Fox, A.C.J. (2011). LCF-Style Bit-Blasting in HOL4. In: van Eekelen, M., Geuvers, H., Schmaltz, J., Wiedijk, F. (eds) Interactive Theorem Proving. ITP 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6898. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22863-6_26

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