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In this paper, we describe the implementation of (yet another) proof assistant and/or automated pedagogic tool. This one is based on the calculus KE and our Prolog implementation of free variable KE. The new system is written in LPA MacProlog™, and features an interactive interface via menus, dialogues and graphics tools, a graphics window for constructing and displaying proofs, and on- and off-line proof checking. The ease of use and the visual satisfaction of the interface should make the system very convenient for fulfilling its primary intended function: teaching logic and reasoning through KE.
Supported by CEC Esprit BRA Medlar II (Esprit 6471) and CEC Esprit Project GOAL (Esprit 6283).
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Pitt, J. (1995). MacKE: Yet another proof assistant & automated pedagogic tool. In: Baumgartner, P., Hähnle, R., Possega, J. (eds) Theorem Proving with Analytic Tableaux and Related Methods. TABLEAUX 1995. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 918. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-59338-1_45
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