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Formalization Techniques for Asymptotic Reasoning in Classical Analysis

Abstract

Formalizing analysis on a computer involves a lot of “epsilon-delta” reasoning, while informal reasoning may use some asymptotical hand-waving. Whether or not the arithmetic details are hidden using some abstraction like filters, a human user eventually has to break it down for the proof assistant anyway, and provide a witness for the existential variable “delta”. We describe formalization techniques that take advantage of existential variables to delay the input of witnesses until a stage where the proof assistant can actually infer them. We use these techniques to prove theorems about classical analysis and to provide equational Bachmann-Landau notations. This partially restores the simplicity of informal hand-waving without compromising the proof. As expected this also reduces the size of proof scripts and the time to write them, and it also makes proofs more stable.
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Dates and versions

hal-01719918 , version 1 (28-02-2018)
hal-01719918 , version 2 (12-06-2018)
hal-01719918 , version 3 (30-10-2018)

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  • HAL Id : hal-01719918 , version 3

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Reynald Affeldt, Cyril Cohen, Damien Rouhling. Formalization Techniques for Asymptotic Reasoning in Classical Analysis. Journal of Formalized Reasoning, 2018. ⟨hal-01719918v3⟩
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