Theorem Proving in Higher Order Logics, 18 conf., 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.