Proof formats for SAT solvers have diversified over the last decade, enabling new features such as extended resolution-like capabilities, very general extension-free rules, inclusion of proof hints, and pseudo-boolean reasoning. Interference-based methods have been proven effective, and some theoretical work has been undertaken to better explain their limits and semantics. In this work, we combine the subsumption redundancy notion from [Sam Buss and Neil Thapen, 2019] and the overwrite logic framework from [Adrián Rebola{-}Pardo and Martin Suda, 2018]. Natural generalizations then become apparent, enabling even shorter proofs of the pigeonhole principle (compared to those from [Marijn J. H. Heule et al., 2017]) and smaller unsatisfiable core generation.
@InProceedings{rebolapardo:LIPIcs.SAT.2023.22, author = {Rebola-Pardo, Adri\'{a}n}, title = {{Even Shorter Proofs Without New Variables}}, booktitle = {26th International Conference on Theory and Applications of Satisfiability Testing (SAT 2023)}, pages = {22:1--22:20}, series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)}, ISBN = {978-3-95977-286-0}, ISSN = {1868-8969}, year = {2023}, volume = {271}, editor = {Mahajan, Meena and Slivovsky, Friedrich}, publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik}, address = {Dagstuhl, Germany}, URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.SAT.2023.22}, URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-184844}, doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.SAT.2023.22}, annote = {Keywords: Interference, SAT solving, Unsatisfiability proofs, Unsatisfiable cores} }
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