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Beyond Peano Arithmetic – Automatically Proving Termination of the Goodstein Sequence
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24th International Conference on Rewriting Techniques and Applications (RTA 2013)
Series: Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)
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- Publication Date: 2013-06-24
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Sarah Winkler, Harald Zankl, and Aart Middeldorp. Beyond Peano Arithmetic – Automatically Proving Termination of the Goodstein Sequence. In 24th International Conference on Rewriting Techniques and Applications (RTA 2013). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 21, pp. 335-351, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2013)
https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.RTA.2013.335
https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.RTA.2013.335
Abstract
Kirby and Paris (1982) proved in a celebrated paper that a theorem of Goodstein (1944) cannot be established in Peano (1889) arithmetic. We present an encoding of Goodstein's theorem as a termination problem of a finite rewrite system. Using a novel implementation of ordinal interpretations, we are able to automatically prove termination of this system, resulting in the first automatic termination proof for a system whose derivational complexity is not multiple recursive. Our method can also cope with the encoding by Touzet (1998) of the battle of Hercules and Hydra, yet another system which has been out of reach for automated tools, until now.
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- term rewriting
- termination
- automation
- ordinals
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