Ebook: Theorem Proving in Higher Order Logics: 18th International Conference, TPHOLs 2005, Oxford, UK, August 22-25, 2005. Proceedings

This volume constitutes the proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Theorem Proving in Higher Order Logics (TPHOLs 2005), which was held during22–25August2005inOxford,UK.TPHOLscoversallaspectsoftheorem proving in higher order logics as well as related topics in theorem proving and veri?cation. There were 49 papers submitted to TPHOLs 2005 in the full research c- egory, each of which was refereed by at least three reviewers selected by the programcommittee. Of these submissions, 20 researchpapersand 4 proof pearls were accepted for presentation at the conference and publication in this volume. In keeping with longstanding tradition, TPHOLs 2005 also o?ered a venue for the presentation of work in progress, where researchers invited discussion by means of a brief introductory talk and then discussed their work at a poster session. A supplementary proceedings volume was published as a 2005 technical report of the Oxford University Computing Laboratory. The organizers are grateful to Wolfgang Paul and Andrew Pitts for agreeing to give invited talks at TPHOLs 2005.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Theorem Proving in Higher Order Logics, TPHOLs 2005, held in Oxford, UK, in August 2005.

The 20 revised full papers presented together with 2 invited papers and 4 proof pearls (concise and elegant presentations of interesting examples) were carefully reviewed and selected from 49 submissions. All current issues in HOL theorem proving and formal verification of software and hardware systems are addressed. Among the topics of this volume are theorem proving, verification, recursion and induction, mechanized proofs, mathematical logic, proof theory, type systems, program verification, and proving systems like HOL, Coq, ACL2, Isabelle/HOL and Isabelle/HOLCF.