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Topic: [isabelle] New in the AFP: A Formalization of Knuth–Bendix


view this post on Zulip Email Gateway (Aug 23 2022 at 09:09):

From: "Thiemann, René" <Rene.Thiemann@uibk.ac.at>
I interpret that you want to have an algorithm that given two terms s and t, you want to decide whether s >KBO t holds,
where also all parameters of KBO are provided.

Yes, such an algorithm is available. In fact, “kbo” in Isabelle is directly defined as an executable function
of type “term -> term -> (bool,bool)” where the two Booleans indicate whether the terms are in >KBO or in >=KBO relation.

Best regards,
René
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view this post on Zulip Email Gateway (Aug 23 2022 at 09:11):

From: "Thiemann, René" <Rene.Thiemann@uibk.ac.at>
Hi Jens,

well definitely such a generator is not part of the AFP-entry.
Note that for KBO, it necessarily must return some infinite list or sequence.

E.g., consider a signature with symbol 0(unary), 1(constant), 2(constant) which all have their own weight,
and where 1 is highest in precedence.

Then in KBO we have

2 > 1
2 > 0(1)
2 > 0(0(1))
2 > …

so for reducing 2, you have to produce the infinite list 1, 0(1), 0(0(1)), …

Best,
René
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