ProofWiki talk:Current events/ITP 2011

Re: "Making the proof structures more rigid"
Hello,

You might be interested in Wiedijk's Mathematical Vernacular which is close enough to a rigid, formal proof language. For an example translating a good old fashioned proof (of the squareroot of 2 being irrational) into the vernacular, check out this blog entry.

It's close enough to English as to not cause too many problems, and (in theory) it could easily be translated into a language understood by automatic proof checkers.

Just thought it might be interesting to pass along...

Best, Pqnelson 21:25, 15 October 2011 (CDT)


 * Excellent. It goes some considerable way in the right direction. Nijmegen again! They are indeed firmly at the forefront here ... --prime mover 06:20, 16 October 2011 (CDT)