HOL Light is a proof assistant for classical higher-order logic. It is a member of the HOL theorem prover family. Compared with other HOL systems, HOL Light is intended to have relatively simple foundations. HOL Light is authored and maintained by the mathematician and computer scientist John Harrison. HOL Light is released under the simplified BSD license.
Logical foundations
HOL Light is based on a formulation of type theory with equality as the only primitive notion. The primitive rules of inference are the following:
This formulation of type theory is very close to the one described in section II.2 of Lambek & Scott (1986).
References
- Lambek, J; Scott, P. J. (1986), Introduction to Higher Order Categorical logic, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521356534
Further reading
- Freek Wiedijk (December 2008), "Formal Proof — Getting Started" (PDF), Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 55 (11): 1408–1414, retrieved 2008-12-14
External links
- Official website
