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Elsevier, Journal of Symbolic Computation, 3(20), p. 315-342, 1995

DOI: 10.1006/jsco.1995.1053

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T-Theorem Proving I

Journal article published in 1995 by Alberto Policriti, Jacob T. Schwartz
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

In this paper we present a theoretical basis justifying the incorporation of decidability results for a first-order theory T into an automated theorem prover for T. We state rules which extend resolution using decidability results relative to T in both the ground and the non-ground case, and prove the correctness and completeness of these rules. This is done by considering the ground case of such theories first, and then by applying a straightforward lifting argument. Examples are given illustrating the inference speed-ups which can be obtained by considering decision procedures with resolution-based inference.