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Automated theorem proving is the proving of mathematical theorems by a computer program.

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Why is it so difficult for a computer to prove something?

Two main difficulties. Incompleteness (see Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems) and the vast size of the search space (there are vastly more uninteresting theorems than interesting ones). Considerable pro …
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What are practically computable properties of Labelled Transition Systems?

Another two tools, to complement the one suggested by Neel, are muCRL and mCRL2. Both toolsets have quite a range of tools for defining LTS at various levels of abstraction. State space visualisation …
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reference for lexicographic path ordering

Some information at the right level of abstraction can be found in: Nachum Dershowitz's A Taste of Rewrite Systems If you are near a library or bookshop, this book has even more details: Baader …
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