> Obviously Igor is on the right way with theorem cu3addd 
<https://us.metamath.org/mpeuni/cu3addd.html>.

I was able to prove 3cubeslem1, 3cubeslem2 and a bit of 3cubeslem3 in 
“manual” mode using current capabilities of mm-lamp (I can share proofs if 
needed). To my surprise mm-lamp works with proofs containing 350 steps (not 
very fast though, but workable). I feel like I would be able to complete 
proving 3cubeslem3. But it starts feeling like a not proper use of time 
doing such proofs manually. So, I am going to start working on adding some 
automation capabilities to mm-lamp.

> I hope someone will find this little challenge interesting

For sure! Before that challenge I never created new proofs. I was only 
developing my proof assistant and testing it on proofs based on David’s 
tutorial for mmj2. But this challenge gave me a good starting point and new 
ideas of what I can add to my proof assistant.

> What do you think about having a separate file in the repository with 
"easier" unproved statements, which do not require new definitions to state 
or prove? These may serve as a guide on what to do for newcomers (or anyone 
else), or as a work in progress plan to formalize some big result.

I think this is a great idea. At least that’s what I needed to start doing 
my new proofs.

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Igor
On Monday, December 18, 2023 at 8:23:29 AM UTC+1 Thierry Arnoux wrote:

> Hi Saveliy,
>
> The current implementation not only performs matches (that it,
> unifications), but also allows you to capture the unification results in
> new variables, which can later be reused.
>
> One of the reason I thought about a scripting language is that I wanted
> the core (the language interpreter) to be database agnostic, while the
> script themselves could be tailored to a database. But that might also
> be realized with a multilayered library (for example, one specific
> library using services from another, agnostic, library). A scripting
> language also has the advantage that it can be used as an external,
> without the need to e.g. recompile for each use. In the end, the
> language in which I specify how the tactics are used, can also be used
> for writing the tactics themselves.
>
> Any such tactics language should definitely allow one to implement
> operations as developing or simplifying formulas. That's valid for first
> and second order logic formulas, but also for algebraic formulas in the
> complex numbers, and the abstract level of generic algebraic structures
> like groups, rings and fields. Working on numerical expressions,
> performing long additions and multiplications, or for example connecting
> to an SMT solver, might require the ability to use some custom code.
>
>
> Maybe I'll have another go at implementing the tactics directly in an
> (existing) programming language rather than designing a scripting
> language, and see where this leads me. I'd probably use metamath-knife
> as a basis for that.
>
> _
> Thierry
>
>
> On 17/12/2023 18:00, savask wrote:
> > Thierry, that's a cool project, I had no idea it exists.
> >
> > I took a brief look at the syntax and the currently implemented
> > tactics. The "equality" tactic looks very useful, others are a bit too
> > technical for me to understand. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it should
> > be possible to write a tactic for expanding polynomial expressions,
> > and maybe to port Mario's tactic for long addition and multiplication.
> >
> > I agree that one would need a more powerful language to implement some
> > of the more interesting tactics. The "improve" tactic from metamath
> > exe seems as one example.
> >
> > I'm not sure if it's beneficial to come up with your own scripting
> > language for tactics, but if I were to use a library to write a
> > tactic, I would certainly prefer to have functions from your language
> > like matching patterns etc.
> >
>

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