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“Higher-Order” Mathematics in B
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“Higher-Order” Mathematics in B
Jean-Raymond Abrial8 , Dominique Cansell9 and Guy Laffitte10 
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Consultant, Marseille, France |
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INSEE, Nantes, France |
Abstract
In this paper, we investigate the possibility to mechanize the proof of some real complex mathematical theorems in B [1]. For this, we propose a little structure language which allows one to encode mathematical structures and their accompanying theorems. A little tool is also proposed, which
translates this language into B, so that Atelier B, the tool associated with B, can be used to prove the theorems. As an illustrative
example, we eventually (mechanically) prove the Theorem of Zermelo [6] stating that any set can be well-ordered. The present study constitutes a complete reshaping of an earlier (1993) unpublished
work (referenced in [4]) done by two of the authors, where the classical theorems of Haussdorf and Zorn were also proved.
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