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Formally verified mathematics

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With the help of computational proof assistants, formal verification could become the new standard for rigor in mathematics.

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Communications of the ACM  Volume 57, Issue 4
April 2014
97 pages
ISSN:0001-0782
EISSN:1557-7317
DOI:10.1145/2580723
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