Abstract
The Students' Proof Assistant (SPA) aims to both teach how to use a proof assistant like Isabelle but also to teach how reliable proof assistants are built. Technically it is a miniature proof assistant inside the Isabelle proof assistant. In addition we conjecture that a good way to teach structured proving is with a concrete prover where the connection between semantics, proof system, and prover is clear. In fact, the proofs in Lamport's TLAPS proof assistant have a very similar structure to those in the declarative prover SPA. To illustrate this we compare a proof of Pelletier's problem 43 in TLAPS, Isabelle/Isar and SPA.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication date | 2018 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
| Event | International Workshop on Theorem proving components for Educational software - Oxford , United Kingdom Duration: 18 Jul 2018 → 18 Jul 2018 http://www.uc.pt/en/congressos/thedu/thedu18/programme |
Conference
| Conference | International Workshop on Theorem proving components for Educational software |
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| Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
| City | Oxford |
| Period | 18/07/2018 → 18/07/2018 |
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