Canonical Equational Proofs

Canonical Equational Proofs
Author: Bachmair
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2013-03-08
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 146847118X

Equations occur in many computer applications, such as symbolic compu tation, functional programming, abstract data type specifications, program verification, program synthesis, and automated theorem proving. Rewrite systems are directed equations used to compute by replacing subterms in a given formula by equal terms until a simplest form possible, called a normal form, is obtained. The theory of rewriting is concerned with the compu tation of normal forms. We shall study the use of rewrite techniques for reasoning about equations. Reasoning about equations may, for instance, involve deciding whether an equation is a logical consequence of a given set of equational axioms. Convergent rewrite systems are those for which the rewriting process de fines unique normal forms. They can be thought of as non-deterministic functional programs and provide reasonably efficient decision procedures for the underlying equational theories. The Knuth-Bendix completion method provides a means of testing for convergence and can often be used to con struct convergent rewrite systems from non-convergent ones. We develop a proof-theoretic framework for studying completion and related rewrite based proof procedures. We shall view theorem provers as proof transformation procedures, so as to express their essential properties as proof normalization theorems.

Theory of Stochastic Canonical Equations

Theory of Stochastic Canonical Equations
Author: V.L. Girko
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 1010
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9401009899

Theory of Stochastic Canonical Equations collects the major results of thirty years of the author's work in the creation of the theory of stochastic canonical equations. It is the first book to completely explore this theory and to provide the necessary tools for dealing with these equations. Included are limit phenomena of sequences of random matrices and the asymptotic properties of the eigenvalues of such matrices. The book is especially interesting since it gives readers a chance to study proofs written by the mathematician who discovered them. All fifty-nine canonical equations are derived and explored along with their applications in such diverse fields as probability and statistics, economics and finance, statistical physics, quantum mechanics, control theory, cryptography, and communications networks. Some of these equations were first published in Russian in 1988 in the book Spectral Theory of Random Matrices, published by Nauka Science, Moscow. An understanding of the structure of random eigenvalues and eigenvectors is central to random matrices and their applications. Random matrix analysis uses a broad spectrum of other parts of mathematics, linear algebra, geometry, analysis, statistical physics, combinatories, and so forth. In return, random matrix theory is one of the chief tools of modern statistics, to the extent that at times the interface between matrix analysis and statistics is notably blurred. Volume I of Theory of Stochastic Canonical Equations discusses the key canonical equations in advanced random matrix analysis. Volume II turns its attention to a broad discussion of some concrete examples of matrices. It contains in-depth discussion of modern, highly-specialized topics in matrix analysis, such as unitary random matrices and Jacoby random matrices. The book is intended for a variety of readers: students, engineers, statisticians, economists and others.

Formal Models and Semantics

Formal Models and Semantics
Author: Bozzano G Luisa
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 1288
Release: 2014-06-28
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0080933920

The second part of this Handbook presents a choice of material on the theory of automata and rewriting systems, the foundations of modern programming languages, logics for program specification and verification, and some chapters on the theoretic modelling of advanced information processing.

Automated Deduction -- CADE-23

Automated Deduction -- CADE-23
Author: Nikolaj Bjørner
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 519
Release: 2011-07-12
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3642224385

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Automated Deduction, CADE-23, held in Wrocław, Poland, in July/August 2011. The 28 revised full papers and 7 system descriptions presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 80 submissions. Furthermore, four invited lectures by distinguished experts in the area were included. Among the topics addressed are systems and tools for automated reasoning, rewriting logics, security protocol verification, unification, theorem proving, clause elimination, SAT, satifiability, interactive theorem proving, theory reasoning, static analysis, decision procedures, etc.

Logical Methods

Logical Methods
Author: John N. Crossley
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 829
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1461203252

The twenty-six papers in this volume reflect the wide and still expanding range of Anil Nerode's work. A conference on Logical Methods was held in honor of Nerode's sixtieth birthday (4 June 1992) at the Mathematical Sciences Institute, Cornell University, 1-3 June 1992. Some of the conference papers are here, but others are from students, co-workers and other colleagues. The intention of the conference was to look forward, and to see the directions currently being pursued, in the development of work by, or with, Nerode. Here is a brief summary of the contents of this book. We give a retrospective view of Nerode's work. A number of specific areas are readily discerned: recursive equivalence types, recursive algebra and model theory, the theory of Turing degrees and r.e. sets, polynomial-time computability and computer science. Nerode began with automata theory and has also taken a keen interest in the history of mathematics. All these areas are represented. The one area missing is Nerode's applied mathematical work relating to the environment. Kozen's paper builds on Nerode's early work on automata. Recursive equivalence types are covered by Dekker and Barback, the latter using directly a fundamental metatheorem of Nerode. Recursive algebra is treated by Ge & Richards (group representations). Recursive model theory is the subject of papers by Hird, Moses, and Khoussainov & Dadajanov, while a combinatorial problem in recursive model theory is discussed in Cherlin & Martin's paper. Cenzer presents a paper on recursive dynamics.

Rewriting Techniques and Applications

Rewriting Techniques and Applications
Author: Paliath Narendran
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 408
Release: 2003-07-31
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3540486852

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Rewriting Techniques and Applications, RTA-99, held in Trento, Italy in July 1999 as part of FLoC'99. The 23 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from a total of 53 submissions. Also included are four system descriptions as well as three invited contributions. Among the topics covered are constraint solving, termination, deduction and higher order rewriting, graphs, complexity, tree automata, context-sensitive rewriting, string rewriting and numeration systems, etc.

Rewriting Techniques and Applications

Rewriting Techniques and Applications
Author: Claude Kirchner
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 501
Release: 2015-03-19
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3662215519

This volume contains the proceedings of RTA-93, the fifth International Conference on Rewriting Techniques and Applications, held in Montreal, Canada, in June 1993. The volume includes three invited lectures, "Rewrite techniques in theorem proving" (L. Bachmair), "Proving properties of typed lambda terms: realizability, covers, and sheaves" (J. Gallier), and "On some algorithmic problems for groups and monoids" (S.J. Adian), together with 29 selected papers, 6 system descriptions, and a list of open problems in the field. The papers covermany topics: term rewriting; termination; graph rewriting; constraint solving; semantic unification, disunification and combination; higher-order logics; and theorem proving, with several papers on distributed theorem proving, theorem proving with constraints and completion.

FST TCS 2001: Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science

FST TCS 2001: Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science
Author: Ramesh Hariharan
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2003-06-30
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 354045294X

This volume contains the proceedings of the 21st international conference on the Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2001), organized under the auspices of the Indian Association for Research in Computing Science (IARCS). This year’s conference attracted 73 submissions from 20 countries. Each s- mission was reviewed by at least three independent referees. In a departure from previous conferences, the ?nal selection of the papers making up the program was done through an electronic discussion spanning two weeks, without a physical meeting of the Program Committee (PC). Since the PC of FSTTCS is distributed across the globe, it is very di?cult to ?x a meeting whose time and venue is convenient for a substantial fraction of the PC. Given this, it was felt that an electronic discussion would enable all members to participate on a more equal footing in the ?nal selection. All reviews, scores, and comments were posted on a secure website, with a mechanism for making updates and automatically sending noti?cations by email to relevant members of the PC. All PC members participated actively in the discussion. The general feedback on the arrangement was very positive, so we hope to continue this in future years. We had ?ve invited speakers this year: Eric Allender, Sanjeev Arora, David Harel, Colin Stirling, and Uri Zwick. We thank them for having readily accepted our invitation to talk at the conference and for providing abstracts (and even full papers) for the proceedings.

Programming Logics

Programming Logics
Author: Andrei Voronkov
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 455
Release: 2013-04-05
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3642376517

This Festschrift volume, published in memory of Harald Ganzinger, contains 17 papers from colleagues all over the world and covers all the fields to which Harald Ganzinger dedicated his work during his academic career. The volume begins with a complete account of Harald Ganzinger's work and then turns its focus to the research of his former colleagues, students, and friends who pay tribute to him through their writing. Their individual papers span a broad range of topics, including programming language semantics, analysis and verification, first-order and higher-order theorem proving, unification theory, non-classical logics, reasoning modulo theories, and applications of automated reasoning in biology.