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A Theorem Proving Assistant is a computer program which can be used interactively to keep track of, and automate some steps of, attempts to prove theorems. Muffin is an experiment in the design of a user interface to a theorem proving assistant. A formal description of Muffin is given from which the program has been implemented in Smalltalk-80.
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Jones, C.B., Moore, R. (1988). Muffin: A user interface design experiment for a Theorem Proving Assistant. In: Bloomfield, R.E., Marshall, L.S., Jones, R.B. (eds) VDM '88 VDM — The Way Ahead. VDM 1988. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 328. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-50214-9_24
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