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Logic and Proof

Lecturer: Dr L.C. Paulson (lcp@cl.cam.ac.uk)

No. of lectures: 12

This course is a prerequisite for Specification and Verification I (Part II).


Aims


This course will teach logic, especially the predicate calculus. It will present the basic principles and definitions, then describe a variety of different formalisms and algorithms that can be used to solve problems in logic. Putting logic into the context of Computer Science, the course will show how the programming language Prolog arises from the automatic proof method known as resolution. It will introduce topics that are important in mechanical verification, such as ordered binary decision diagrams (OBDDs) and modal logic.


Lectures

Objectives


At the end of the course students should

Recommended book


Huth, M. & Ryan, M. (2000). Logic in Computer Science: Modelling and Reasoning about Systems. Cambridge University Press.


Gentle introduction:


Barwise, J. & Etchemendy, J. (1999). Language Proof and Logic. CSLI Publications.



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