Title
Automated generation of machine verifiable and readable proofs: A case study of Tarski’s geometry
Abstract
The power of state-of-the-art automated and interactive theorem provers has reached the level at which a significant portion of non-trivial mathematical contents can be formalized almost fully automatically. In this paper we present our framework for the formalization of mathematical knowledge that can produce machine verifiable proofs (for different proof assistants) but also human-readable (nearly textbook-like) proofs. As a case study, we focus on one of the twentieth century classics --- a book on Tarski's geometry. We tried to automatically generate such proofs for the theorems from this book using resolution theorem provers and a coherent logic theorem prover. In the first experiment, we used only theorems from the book, in the second we used additional lemmas from the existing Coq formalization of the book, and in the third we used specific dependency lists from the Coq formalization for each theorem. The results show that 37 % of the theorems from the book can be automatically proven (with readable and machine verifiable proofs generated) without any guidance, and with additional lemmas this percentage rises to 42 %. These results give hope that the described framework and other forms of automation can significantly aid mathematicians in developing formal and informal mathematical knowledge.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1007/s10472-014-9443-5
Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence
Keywords
Field
DocType
Automated theorem proving,Interactive theorem proving,Tarski’s geometry,03B35,68T15
Computer-assisted proof,Programming language,Computer science,Automated theorem proving,Automated proof checking,Automation,Verifiable secret sharing,Mathematical proof,Geometry,Lemma (mathematics),Proof assistant
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
74
3-4
1012-2443
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
5
0.45
27
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sana Stojanovic Durdevic150.45
Julien Narboux213012.49
Predrag Janicic3738.22