Nuprl-Light: An Implementation Framework for Higher-Order Logics

Jason Hickey
In William McCune, ed., 14th International Conference on Automated Deduction, LNAI 1249, pp. 395-399, Springer, 1997. 

Abstract:

We describe a new theorem prover architecture that is intended to facilitate
mathematical sharing and modularity in formal mathematics and programming. This system provides
an implementation framework in which multiple logics, including the Nuprl type theory and the Edinburgh
Logical Framework (LF) can be specified, and even related. The system provides formal,
object-oriented modules, in which multiple (perhaps mutually inconsistent) logics can be specified.
Logical correctness is enforced and derived from module dependencies. Support is provided at a
primitive level for modular proof automation.

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