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Generating proofs of unsatisfiability is a valuable capability of most SAT solvers, and is an active area of research for SMT solvers. This paper introduces the first method to efficiently generate proofs of unsatisfiability specifically…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2024-04-19 Nick Feng , Alan J. Hu , Sam Bayless , Syed M. Iqbal , Patrick Trentin , Mike Whalen , Lee Pike , John Backes

Satisfiability modulo theory (SMT) consists in testing the satisfiability of first-order formulas over linear integer or real arithmetic, or other theories. In this survey, we explain the combination of propositional satisfiability and…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2016-06-16 David Monniaux

We consider the decision problem for quantifier-free formulas whose atoms are linear inequalities interpreted over the reals or rationals. This problem may be decided using satisfiability modulo theory (SMT), using a mixture of a SAT solver…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2009-04-23 David Monniaux

We propose a new quantifier elimination algorithm for the theory of linear real arithmetic. This algorithm uses as subroutine satisfiability modulo this theory, a problem for which there are several implementations available. The quantifier…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2008-09-04 David Monniaux

The satisfiability problem in real closed fields is decidable. In the context of satisfiability modulo theories, the problem restricted to conjunctive sets of literals, that is, sets of polynomial constraints, is of particular importance.…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2015-11-05 Maximilian Jaroschek , Pablo Federico Dobal , Pascal Fontaine

Satisfiability Modulo Theories (SMT) refers to the problem of deciding the satisfiability of a formula with respect to certain background first order theories. In this paper, we focus on Satisfiablity Modulo Integer Arithmetic, which is…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-05-18 Shaowei Cai , Bohan Li , Xindi Zhang

We apply Boolean Satisfiability (SAT) and Satisfiability Modulo Theories (SMT) solvers in the context of finding chiral heterotic string models with positive cosmological constant from $\mathbb{Z}_2\times \mathbb{Z}_2$ orbifolds. The power…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-03-17 Alon E. Faraggi , Benjamin Percival , Sven Schewe , Dominik Wojtczak

We describe a new incomplete but terminating method for real root finding for large multivariate polynomials. We take an abstract view of the polynomial as the set of exponent vectors associated with sign information on the coefficients.…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2018-04-30 Thomas Sturm

Decision procedures for SMT problems based on the theory of bit-vectors are a fundamental component in state-of-the-art software and hardware verifiers. While very efficient in general, certain SMT instances are still challenging for…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2020-08-25 Samuel Teuber , Marko Kleine Büning , Carsten Sinz

We present a novel approach for solving quantified bit-vector formulas in Satisfiability Modulo Theories (SMT) based on computing symbolic inverses of bit-vector operators. We derive conditions that precisely characterize when bit-vector…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2018-05-15 Aina Niemetz , Mathias Preiner , Andrew Reynolds , Clark Barrett , Cesare Tinelli

We study SMT problems over the reals containing ordinary differential equations. They are important for formal verification of realistic hybrid systems and embedded software. We develop delta-complete algorithms for SMT formulas that are…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2013-10-31 Sicun Gao , Soonho Kong , Edmund Clarke

Many SMT solvers implement efficient SAT-based procedures for solving fixed-size bit-vector formulas. These approaches, however, cannot be used directly to reason about bit-vectors of symbolic bit-width. To address this shortcoming, we…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2019-07-02 Aina Niemetz , Mathias Preiner , Andrew Reynolds , Yoni Zohar , Clark Barrett , Cesare Tinelli

Satisfiability-based verification techniques, leveraging modern Boolean satisfiability (SAT) and Satisfiability Modulo Theories (SMT) solvers, have demonstrated efficacy in addressing practical problem instances within program analysis.…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-09-23 Markus Krahl , Matthias Güdemann , Stefan Wallentowitz

This paper deals with the algorithmic aspects of solving feasibility problems of semidefinite programming (SDP), aka linear matrix inequalities (LMI). Since in some SDP instances all feasible solutions have irrational entries, numerical…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-28 Vladimir Kolmogorov , Simone Naldi , Jeferson Zapata

This paper introduces a novel technique to decide the satisfiability of formulae written in the language of Linear Temporal Logic with Both future and past operators and atomic formulae belonging to constraint system D (CLTLB(D) for short).…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2014-02-12 Marcello M. Bersani , Achille Frigeri , Angelo Morzenti , Matteo Pradella , Matteo Rossi , Pierluigi San Pietro

The theory of Total Function NP (TFNP) and its subclasses says that, even if one is promised an efficiently verifiable proof exists for a problem, finding this proof can be intractable. Despite the success of the theory at showing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-23 Marco Aldi , Sevag Gharibian , Dorian Rudolph

We present a novel automata-based approach to address linear temporal logic modulo theory (LTL-MT) as a specification language for data words. LTL-MT extends LTL_f by replacing atomic propositions with quantifier-free multi-sorted…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2024-08-19 Marco Faella , Gennaro Parlato

SMT solvers have been used successfully as reasoning engines for automated verification and other applications based on automated reasoning. Current techniques for dealing with quantified formulas in SMT are generally incomplete, forcing…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2017-06-02 Andrew Reynolds , Cesare Tinelli , Clark Barrett

In the article \The State of SAT", the authors asked whether a procedure dramatically different from DPLL can be found for handling unsatisfiable instances. This study proposes a new linear programming approach to address this issue…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2018-08-20 Chengling Fang , Jiang Liu

Approximation algorithms for classical constraint satisfaction problems are one of the main research areas in theoretical computer science. Here we define a natural approximation version of the QMA-complete local Hamiltonian problem and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-10-25 Sevag Gharibian , Julia Kempe