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We present a formalisation of finite Markov decision processes with rewards in the Isabelle theorem prover. We focus on the foundations required for dynamic programming and the use of reinforcement learning agents over such processes. In…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2021-12-14 Mark Chevallier , Jacques Fleuriot

As mathematical induction is applied to prove statements on natural numbers, {\it continuous induction} (or, {\it real induction}) is a tool to prove some statements in real analysis.(Although, this comparison is somehow an overstatement.)…

Logic · Mathematics 2017-03-17 Jafar S. Eivazloo

This research started with an algebra for reasoning about rely/guarantee concurrency for a shared memory model. The approach taken led to a more abstract algebra of atomic steps, in which atomic steps synchronise (rather than interleave)…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2022-01-19 Ian J. Hayes , Robert Colvin , Larissa Meinicke , Kirsten Winter , Andrius Velykis

We present the formalization of a theory of syntax with bindings that has been developed and refined over the last decade to support several large formalization efforts. Terms are defined for an arbitrary number of constructors of varying…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2017-07-04 Lorenzo Gheri , Andrei Popescu

Nominal Logic is a version of first-order logic with equality, name-binding, renaming via name-swapping and freshness of names. Contrarily to higher-order logic, bindable names, called atoms, and instantiable variables are considered as…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-03-14 Jordi Levy , Mateu Villaret

We consider a class of generalized binomials emerging in fractional calculus. After establishing some general properties, we focus on a particular yet relevant case, for which we provide several ready-for-use combinatorial identities,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-10-13 Mirko D'Ovidio , Anna Chiara Lai , Paola Loreti

Basic results in combinatorial mathematics provide the foundation for a theory and calculus for reasoning about sequential behavior. A key concept of the theory is a generalization of Boolean implicant which deals with statements of the…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Frederick Furtek

We present a generalization of the notion of an algebra norm relevant to real finite-dimensional unital associative algebras. Among other things, this leads to a novel set of algebra isomorphism invariants, some of which are computationally…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2023-12-12 Fred Greensite

Nominal techniques provide a mathematically principled approach to dealing with names and variable binding in programming languages. This paper explores an attempt to make nominal techniques accessible as an Agda library. We aim for a…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2026-03-05 Murdoch J. Gabbay , Orestis Melkonian

We propose an approach for searching for counterexamples of statements about algebraic structures with a medium-sized signature using the Isabelle proof assistant in an efficient, parallel manner. We contribute a Python client Isabelle…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2021-09-14 Wesley Fussner , Boris Shminke

We introduce a theorem proving approach to the specification and generation of temporal logical constraints for training neural networks. We formalise a deep embedding of linear temporal logic over finite traces (LTL$_f$) and an associated…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-07-11 Mark Chevallier , Matthew Whyte , Jacques D. Fleuriot

Modern functional-logic programming languages like Toy or Curry feature non-strict non-deterministic functions that behave under call-time choice semantics. A standard formulation for this semantics is the CRWL logic, that specifies a proof…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2009-08-05 Francisco López Fraguas , Stephan Merz , Juan Rodríguez Hortalá

We present a simple and concise semantics for temporal planning. Our semantics are developed and formalised in the logic of the interactive theorem prover Isabelle/HOL. We derive from those semantics a validation algorithm for temporal…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-03-28 Mohammad Abdulaziz , Lukas Koller

The additive structure of $\mathbb{F}_1$-modules (in the sense of Segal's $\Gamma$-sets) differs fundamentally from that of abelian groups: addition is encoded through a family of $n$-ary hyper-operations that are multivalued and do not…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-28 Luqiao Xu

We know extensions of first order logic by quantifiers of the kind "there are uncountable many ...", "most ..." with new axioms and appropriate semantics. Related are operations such as "set of x, such that ...", Hilbert's…

Logic · Mathematics 2009-09-25 Josef Schoenbrunner

This paper presents meta-logical investigations based on category theory using the proof assistant Isabelle/HOL. We demonstrate the potential of a free logic based shallow semantic embedding of category theory by providing a formalization…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-10-20 Jonas Bayer , Aleksey Gonus , Christoph Benzmüller , Dana S. Scott

We introduce a universe of regular datatypes with variable binding information, for which we define generic formation and elimination (i.e. induction /recursion) operators. We then define a generic alpha-equivalence relation over the types…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2018-07-06 Ernesto Copello , Nora Szasz , Álvaro Tasistro

We investigate final coalgebras in nominal sets. This allows us to define types of infinite data with binding for which all constructions automatically respect alpha equivalence. We give applications to the infinitary lambda calculus.

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2015-07-01 Alexander Kurz , Daniela Luan Petrişan , Paula Severi , Fer-Jan de Vries

We define generalized de Bruijn words as those words having a Burrows-Wheeler transform that is a concatenation of permutations of the alphabet. We show that generalized de Bruijn words are in 1-to-1 correspondence with Hamiltonian cycles…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-30 Gabriele Fici , Estéban Gabory

A code $X$ is not primitivity preserving if there is a primitive list ${\mathbf w} \in {\tt lists} X$ whose concatenation is imprimitive. We formalize a full characterization of such codes in the binary case in the proof assistant…

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