Metadata-Version: 1.1
Name: proofcheck
Version: 2.5
Summary: Checks mathematical proofs written in TeX
Home-page: http://www.proofcheck.org/
Author: Bob Neveln
Author-email: neveln@cs.widener.edu
License: GNU General Public License
Description:  
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        ProofCheck:  Checking Mathematical Proofs Written in TeX
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        Mathematical proofs are sequences of
        steps which take expressions in a formal language which
        state something already known, to another expression
        which becomes known as a result.
        Each step must be justified by a rule of inference.  The notion
        of proof is sharpened when the set of inference rules is 
        reduced to a small number.  But the effect on proofs of such reduction
        is to make them cumbersome, like the
        computations of a Turing Machine.  ProofCheck uses 
        a really large rule set to make possible proofs which are not
        cumbersome.   The default inference rule set currently contains over 1500 rules
        and is still growing.  
        
        Either TeX or LaTeX may be used. What is
        required in the way of document structure  is that:
        
          1. Each theorem must be labeled and 
          numbered in number-dot-number style,
        
          2. Each theorem and proof must be 
          expressed in a language that ProofCheck can learn to parse, and
        
          3. Proof steps must be numbered and annotated 
          following ProofCheck syntax.
        
        The work cycle as seen from the command line is as follows:
        
          1. Edit the document using your preferred text editor:
        
              emacs article.tex
        
          2. TeX the document:
        
              tex article
        
          3. Parse the document:
        
              parse article
        
          4. Check a proof of, say theorem 1.23:
        
              check article 1.23
        
        Errors at any stage send you back to the text editor.
        
Platform: linux
Platform: windows
Platform: mac
Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Alpha
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Education
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Science/Research
Classifier: Natural Language :: English
Classifier: Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows
Classifier: Operating System :: POSIX
Classifier: Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.0
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.2
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4
Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Mathematics
