• complexity theory, a natural proof is a certain kind of proof establishing that one complexity class differs from another one. While these proofs are in some sense...
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    proofs are written in terms of rigorous informal logic. Purely formal proofs, written fully in symbolic language without the involvement of natural language...
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    mathematical proofs for some properties of addition of the natural numbers: the additive identity, commutativity, and associativity. These proofs are used...
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  • doi:10.1137/0204037. Razborov, Alexander A.; Steven Rudich (1997). "Natural proofs". Journal of Computer and System Sciences. 55 (1): 24–35. doi:10.1006/jcss...
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    infers that a statement involving a natural number n (that is, an integer n ≥ 0 or 1) holds for all values of n. The proof consists of two steps: The base...
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  • In logic and proof theory, natural deduction is a kind of proof calculus in which logical reasoning is expressed by inference rules closely related to...
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  • In mathematics, a constructive proof is a method of proof that demonstrates the existence of a mathematical object by creating or providing a method for...
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  • Proof theory is a major branch of mathematical logic and theoretical computer science within which proofs are treated as formal mathematical objects,...
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  • In logic, proof by contradiction is a form of proof that establishes the truth or the validity of a proposition by showing that assuming the proposition...
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  • reliably find proof of a given sentence or determine that none exists. The concepts of Fitch-style proof, sequent calculus and natural deduction are generalizations...
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