markprover

Markprover is a software system designed for automated reasoning and formal verification. It provides a platform for constructing, validating, and exploring mathematical proofs and logical results. The project is aimed at researchers, educators, and developers working in formal methods, logic, and computer-aided verification.

Core capabilities include support for multiple logical formalisms, such as first-order and higher-order logic, with configurable proof search strategies and interactive guidance. It offers an extensible library of tactics and decision procedures, and can interoperate with established proof assistants through adapters. Markprover can import and export common formats used in the formal-methods community, facilitating integration with existing toolchains.

Implementation and architecture: the system follows a modular design with a core proof kernel, a tactic library, and user interfaces. It emphasizes soundness by separating proof search from checking, and it uses plug-ins to add theories and automated procedures. The project is cross-platform and distributed under an open-source license.

Development and usage: since its release, markprover has been employed in research environments and graduate courses to demonstrate automated reasoning techniques and to prototype new proving methods. Documentation typically covers installation, API usage, and guidelines for contributing.

See also: Automated theorem prover, Interactive theorem prover, TPTP, SMT solver, Coq, Isabelle.