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A proof assistant is software used for creating and checking formal proofs; examples include Coq and HOL. This tag is not to be used for requesting assistance on finding proofs. General questions about proof assistants can also be asked on the Proof Assistants Stack Exchange site.
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Does formalizing math require search and creativity, or is it near-mechanical?
I remember reading somewhere that it takes about a week to convert a page of math into something a proof-assistant like Isabelle or HOL Light would accept.
Is this type of conversion something that r …
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Does formalizing math require search and creativity, or is it near-mechanical?
In a recent interview, Terence Tao opined on this:
When you gave a talk about a different mathematical project, someone asked you if you wanted to formalize it, and you basically said that
it takes t …
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What makes dependent type theory more suitable than set theory for proof assistants?
In his talk, The Future of Mathematics, Dr. Kevin Buzzard states that Lean is the only existing proof assistant suitable for formalizing all of math. In the Q&A part of the talk (at 1:00:00) he justif …