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We propose an iterative estimating equations procedure for analysis of longitudinal data. We show that, under very mild conditions, the probability that the procedure converges at an exponential rate tends to one as the sample size…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2007-12-18 Jiming Jiang , Yihui Luan , You-Gan Wang

Dickson's Lemma is a simple yet powerful tool widely used in termination proofs, especially when dealing with counters or related data structures. However, most computer scientists do not know how to derive complexity upper bounds from such…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2011-07-20 Diego Figueira , Santiago Figueira , Sylvain Schmitz , Philippe Schnoebelen

We illustrate the power of Experimental Mathematics and Symbolic Computation to suggest irrationality proofs of natural constants, and the determination of their irrationality measures. Sometimes such proofs can be fully automated, but…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-05-10 Doron Zeilberger , Wadim Zudilin

We present a framework in Isabelle for verifying asymptotic time complexity of imperative programs. We build upon an extension of Imperative HOL and its separation logic to include running time. In addition to the basic arguments, our…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2018-02-06 Bohua Zhan , Maximilian P. L. Haslbeck

In this article, we consider a simple representation for real numbers and propose top-down procedures to approximate various algebraic and transcendental operations with arbitrary precision. Detailed algorithms and proofs are provided to…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2015-09-22 Sarmen Keshishzadeh , Jan Friso Groote

Number sequences defined by a linear recursion relation are studied by means of generating functions. Indices of the terms in the recursion relation have arbitrary differenses. In addition to formulas for the nth term an algorithm is…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2016-04-04 Bengt Månsson

Generative AI systems have revolutionized human interaction by enabling natural language-based coding and problem solving. However, the inherent ambiguity of natural language often leads to imprecise instructions, forcing users to…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-07-02 Fabrizio Marozzo

We describe a "top down" approach for automated theorem proving (ATP). Researchers might usefully investigate the forms of the theorems mathematicians use in practice, carefully examine how they differ and are proved in practice, and code…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-08-09 C. E. Larson , N. Van Cleemput

Let us consider an infinite word and $k\geq 1$ an integer. By steps of $k$, we substitute a letter ofthis infinite word by the power of an external letter. The new word obtaining by this process is called $k$ to $k$ substitution of a power…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-05-31 Moussa Barro , K. Ernest Bognini , Boucaré Kientéga

We present IBR, an Iterative Backward Reasoning model to solve the proof generation tasks on rule-based Question Answering (QA), where models are required to reason over a series of textual rules and facts to find out the related proof path…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-05-25 Hanhao Qu , Yu Cao , Jun Gao , Liang Ding , Ruifeng Xu

A new recursive procedure to compute the Zassenhaus formula up to high order is presented, providing each exponent in the factorization directly as a linear combination of independent commutators and thus containing the minimum number of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-08-06 Fernando Casas , Ander Murua , Mladen Nadinic

A new elementary proof of the prime number theorem presented recently in the framework of a scale invariant extension of the ordinary analysis is re-examined and clarified further. Both the formalism and proof are presented in a much more…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2011-04-01 Dhurjati Prasad Datta

Artificial intelligence assisted mathematical proof has become a highly focused area nowadays. One key problem in this field is to generate formal mathematical proofs from natural language proofs. Due to historical reasons, the formal proof…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2024-05-14 Lihan Xie , Zhicheng Hui , Qinxiang Cao

Circular (or cyclic) proofs have received increasing attention in recent years, and have been proposed as an alternative setting for studying (co)inductive reasoning. In particular, now several type systems based on circular reasoning have…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-09-01 Gianluca Curzi , Anupam Das

An integral equation is a way to encapsulate the relationships between a function and its integrals. We develop a systematic way of describing Volterra integral equations -- specifically an algorithm that reduces any separable Volterra…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2023-01-23 Richard Gustavson , Sarah Rosen

We present an extension to the $\mathtt{mathlib}$ library of the Lean theorem prover formalizing the foundations of computability theory. We use primitive recursive functions and partial recursive functions as the main objects of study, and…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2019-07-19 Mario Carneiro

Inference for partially observed Markov process models has been a longstanding methodological challenge with many scientific and engineering applications. Iterated filtering algorithms maximize the likelihood function for partially observed…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2012-11-26 Edward L. Ionides , Anindya Bhadra , Yves Atchadé , Aaron King

The partial oracles framework is a quantum search algorithm that has the potential to exceed the quadratic speedup of Grover's algorithm, up to a theoretical maximum of an exponential speedup. Until now, however, the framework has lacked an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-24 Fintan M. Bolton

A new technique is presented to prove non-termination of term rewriting. The basic idea is to find a non-empty regular language of terms that is closed under rewriting and does not contain normal forms. It is automated by representing the…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2015-05-05 Jörg Endrullis , Hans Zantema

We introduce an algebraic analogue of dynamical systems, based on term rewriting. We show that a recursive function applied to the output of an iterated rewriting system defines a formal class of models into which all the main architectures…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2023-11-07 Iolo Jones , Jerry Swan , Jeffrey Giansiracusa