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On a Machine-Checked Proof for Fraction Arithmetic over a GCD Domain

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In this paper, we describe design principles for certified programs of fraction arithmetic over any domain with the greatest common divisor (GCD) function. This is a small part of the DoCon-A library of certified programs, which is designed by the author of this paper. In this system, programs include definitions of the corresponding mathematical notions and proofs for the main properties of the methods implemented. These proofs are checked by the compiler. A purely functional programming language Agda, which supports dependent types, is used. A technique to generate formal machine-checked proofs for a certain optimized method of fraction addition is described.

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6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The author is grateful to an unknown referee who pointed to the existence of the generalized Euclid’s lemma.

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This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, project no. AAAA-A19-119020690043-9.

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  1. Ailamazyan Program Systems Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Petra Pervogo 4a, 152021, s. Ves’kovo, Pereslavsky District, Yaroslavl oblast, Russia

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Meshveliani, S.D. On a Machine-Checked Proof for Fraction Arithmetic over a GCD Domain. Program Comput Soft 46, 110–119 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0361768820020073

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