Abstract
Lean is a new open source theorem prover being developed at Microsoft Research and Carnegie Mellon University, with a small trusted kernel based on dependent type theory. It aims to bridge the gap between interactive and automated theorem proving, by situating automated tools and methods in a framework that supports user interaction and the construction of fully specified axiomatic proofs. Lean is an ongoing and long-term effort, but it already provides many useful components, integrated development environments, and a rich API which can be used to embed it into other systems. It is currently being used to formalize category theory, homotopy type theory, and abstract algebra. We describe the project goals, system architecture, and main features, and we discuss applications and continuing work.
J. Avigad—Work supported by the AFOSR under MURI Grant Number FA9550-15-1-0053.
J. von Raumer—Visiting student from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, sponsored by the Baden-Württemberg-Stipendium.
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de Moura, L., Kong, S., Avigad, J., van Doorn, F., von Raumer, J. (2015). The Lean Theorem Prover (System Description). In: Felty, A., Middeldorp, A. (eds) Automated Deduction - CADE-25. CADE 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9195. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21401-6_26
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