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Recent advances in Automated Theorem Proving have shown the effectiveness of leveraging a (large) language model that generates tactics (i.e. proof steps) to search through proof states. The current model, while trained solely on successful…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-07-31 Chenyang An , Zhibo Chen , Qihao Ye , Emily First , Letian Peng , Jiayun Zhang , Zihan Wang , Sorin Lerner , Jingbo Shang

In the realm of formal theorem proving, the Coq proof assistant stands out for its rigorous approach to verifying mathematical assertions and software correctness. Despite the advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning, the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-04-03 Andreas Florath

In theorem proving, the task of selecting useful premises from a large library to unlock the proof of a given conjecture is crucially important. This presents a challenge for all theorem provers, especially the ones based on language…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-05-24 Albert Q. Jiang , Wenda Li , Szymon Tworkowski , Konrad Czechowski , Tomasz Odrzygóźdź , Piotr Miłoś , Yuhuai Wu , Mateja Jamnik

Automated theorem proving has long been a key task of artificial intelligence. Proofs form the bedrock of rigorous scientific inquiry. Many tools for both partially and fully automating their derivations have been developed over the last…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-10-15 Brian Groenke

Recently, we developed an automated theorem prover for projective incidence geometry. This prover, based on a combinatorial approach using matroids, proceeds by saturation using the matroid rules. It is designed as an independent tool,…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2021-07-13 Nicolas Magaud

This paper describes a formal proof library, developed using the Coq proof assistant, designed to assist users in writing correct diagrammatic proofs, for 1-categories. This library proposes a deep-embedded, domain-specific formal language,…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2024-03-01 Benoît Guillemet , Assia Mahboubi , Matthieu Piquerez

Automated theorem proving is fundamental to formal methods, and the recent trend is to integrate large language models (LLMs) and proof assistants to form effective proof agents. While existing proof agents show promising performance, they…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-04-22 Yican Sun , Chengwei Shi , Hangzhou Lyu , Yingfei Xiong

Mathematical theorems are human knowledge able to be accumulated in the form of symbolic representation, and proving theorems has been considered intelligent behavior. Based on the BHK interpretation and the Curry-Howard isomorphism, proof…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2016-04-18 Li-An Yang , Jui-Pin Liu , Chao-Hong Chen , Ying-ping Chen

Interactive Theorem Proving was repeatedly shown to be fruitful when combined with Generative Artificial Intelligence. This paper assesses multiple approaches to Rocq generation and illuminates potential avenues for improvement. We identify…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-27 Andrei Kozyrev , Nikita Khramov , Gleb Solovev , Anton Podkopaev

We have developed an alternative approach to teaching computer science students how to prove. First, students are taught how to prove theorems with the Coq proof assistant. In a second, more difficult, step students will transfer their…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2018-03-06 Sebastian Böhne , Christoph Kreitz

We formulate learning guided Automated Theorem Proving as Partial Label Learning, building the first bridge across these fields of research and providing a theoretical framework for dealing with alternative proofs during learning. We use…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-07-08 Zsolt Zombori , Balázs Indruck

Proof assistants enable users to develop machine-checked proofs regarding software-related properties. Unfortunately, the interactive nature of these proof assistants imposes most of the proof burden on the user, making formal verification…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-05-08 Pedro Carrott , Nuno Saavedra , Kyle Thompson , Sorin Lerner , João F. Ferreira , Emily First

This paper describes SEPIA, a tool for automated proof generation in Coq. SEPIA combines model inference with interactive theorem proving. Existing proof corpora are modelled using state-based models inferred from tactic sequences. These…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2015-06-01 Thomas Gransden , Neil Walkinshaw , Rajeev Raman

ML4PG is an extension of the Proof General interface, allowing the user to invoke machine-learning algorithms and find proof similarities in Coq/SSReect libraries. In this paper, we present three new improvements to ML4PG. First, a new…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2014-02-04 Jónathan Heras , Ekaterina Komendantskaya

We present an in-context learning agent for formal theorem-proving in environments like Lean and Coq. Current state-of-the-art models for the problem are finetuned on environment-specific proof data. By contrast, our approach, called COPRA,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-08-09 Amitayush Thakur , George Tsoukalas , Yeming Wen , Jimmy Xin , Swarat Chaudhuri

We propose a novel approach to interactive theorem-proving (ITP) using deep reinforcement learning. The proposed framework is able to learn proof search strategies as well as tactic and arguments prediction in an end-to-end manner. We…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-06-18 Minchao Wu , Michael Norrish , Christian Walder , Amir Dezfouli

Labeled data for imitation learning of theorem proving in large libraries of formalized mathematics is scarce as such libraries require years of concentrated effort by human specialists to be built. This is particularly challenging when…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-03-17 Jesse Michael Han , Jason Rute , Yuhuai Wu , Edward W. Ayers , Stanislas Polu

Formal verification using proof assistants, such as Coq, enables the creation of high-quality software. However, the verification process requires significant expertise and manual effort to write proofs. Recent work has explored automating…

The Tactician's Web is a platform offering a large web of strongly interconnected, machine-checked, formal mathematical knowledge conveniently packaged for machine learning, analytics, and proof engineering. Built on top of the Coq proof…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2024-01-10 Lasse Blaauwbroek

Theorem proving is a fundamental task in mathematics. With the advent of large language models (LLMs) and interactive theorem provers (ITPs) like Lean, there has been growing interest in integrating LLMs and ITPs to automate theorem…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-02-16 Rahul Vishwakarma , Subhankar Mishra