I'm very glad that Metamath has been packaged for Debian (and eventually Ubuntu), that will greatly simplify installing it.
On Sat, 28 Dec 2019 06:00:23 -0800 (PST), Benoit <[email protected]> wrote: > For readers' convenience, here is the package description Giovanni wrote > for Debian: > -------- > > Language for mathematical proofs > Metamath is a tiny language for expressing theorems in abstract > mathematics, accompanied by proofs that can be verified by a computer > program. > . > This program is the reference implementation of the language. It > provides a proof checker, a proof editor and tools to automatically > render theorems and proofs to HTML and LaTeX files. > . > This package does not contain proof databases, but the tools to deal > with them. The user can create their own databases, use those > available on the Internet or provided by the metamath-databases > package. > > -------- > Maybe replace "tiny" with "low-level", to be reminiscent of assembly > languages? I disagree; I think that would be confusing. "Low-level" may also imply "unable to do useful things", and in any case very few people use assembly today while there are an increasing number of people using Metamath. "Tiny" is better than "low-level". > I do not like the expression "abstract mathematics". Yes, removing "abstract" is probably a good idea. We removed this sentence from the current Metamath book title and description. I suggest replacing the first paragraph with one or more of the sentences used to explain it in the *current* Metamath book per http://www.lulu.com/us/en/shop/norman-megill-and-david-a-wheeler/metamath-a-computer-language-for-mathematical-proofs/hardcover/product-24129769.html Here they are; I suggest using at least the first sentence, but the whole thing could be useful: Metamath is a computer language and an associated computer program for archiving, verifying, and studying mathematical proofs. The Metamath language is simple and robust, with an almost total absence of hard-wired syntax, and we believe that it provides about the simplest possible framework that allows essentially all of mathematics to be expressed with absolute rigor. While simple, it is also powerful; the Metamath Proof Explorer (MPE) database has over 23,000 proven theorems and is one of the top systems in the “Formalizing 100 Theorems” challenge. --- David A. Wheeler -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Metamath" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/metamath/E1ilFrl-0002X3-Hc%40rmmprod07.runbox.
