Fast Gr\"obner Basis Computation for Boolean Polynomials

We introduce the Macaulay2 package BooleanGB, which computes a Gr\"obner basis for Boolean polynomials using a binary representation rather than symbolic. We compare the runtime of several Boolean models from systems in biology and give an application to Sudoku

An Algebraic Model For Quorum Systems

Quorum systems are a key mathematical abstraction in distributed fault-tolerant computing for capturing trust assumptions. A quorum system is a collection of subsets of all processes, called quorums, with the property that each pair of quorums have a non-empty intersection. They can be found at the core of many reliable distributed systems, such as cloud computing platforms, distributed storage systems and blockchains. In this paper we give a new interpretation of quorum systems, starting with classical majority-based quorum systems and extending this to Byzantine quorum systems. We propose an algebraic representation of the theory underlying quorum systems making use of multivariate polynomial ideals, incorporating properties of these systems, and studying their algebraic varieties. To achieve this goal we will exploit properties of Boolean Groebner bases. The nice nature of Boolean Groebner bases allows us to avoid part of the combinatorial computations required to check consistency and availability of quorum systems. Our results provide a novel approach to test quorum systems properties from both algebraic and algorithmic perspectives.Comment: 15 pages, 3 algorithm

Computer Science 2019 APR Self-Study & Documents

UNM Computer Science APR self-study report and review team report for Spring 2019, fulfilling requirements of the Higher Learning Commission

Internship report MPRI 2 Reverse engineering on arithmetic proofs

International audiencededukti is a logical framework that implements the λΠ− modulo theory, an extension of the simply typed lambda calculus with dependent types and rewriting rules. It aims to be a back-end for other proof checkers by compiling proofs from these proof checkers to dedukti. This may also increase re-usability of proofs between proof checkers. However if a logic is more powerful than an other, a theorem in the first logic may not be a theorem in the second. During this internship, we consider arithmetic theorems since many proof checker are able to check arithmetic proofs. One problem that we study in this master thesis is to translate arithmetic proofs coming from a powerful proof checker, -- in our casematita -- to a less powerful proof checker -- HOL-- . This translation needs to modify the logic used in proofs and that is why dedukti is handy here. But a lot of arithmetic theorems are proved also by automatic provers. Indeed, today a lot of easy arithmetic theorems are proved by this kind of tool. But most of them do not give a proof if it claims to prove a theorem. Since for these kind of tool, constructing a full proof may be tiresome, they prefer to give a certificate , a sketch of a proof. However, any automatic prover can implement its own certificate format. To answer this problem, Zakaria Chihani & Dale Miller proposed a certificate framework: Foundational Proof Certificate (FPC) [CMR13]. This framework aims to provide a certificate format shared by many automatic provers so that from the latter, a full proof might be reconstructed.However, for now, no certificate format is given for arithmetic proofs. A second problem addressed in this internship is to answer what kind of certificate is needed for arithmetic proofs (arithmetic without multiplication)

PaMpeR: Proof Method Recommendation System for Isabelle/HOL

Deciding which sub-tool to use for a given proof state requires expertise specific to each ITP. To mitigate this problem, we present PaMpeR, a Proof Method Recommendation system for Isabelle/HOL. Given a proof state, PaMpeR recommends proof methods to discharge the proof goal and provides qualitative explanations as to why it suggests these methods. PaMpeR generates these recommendations based on existing hand-written proof corpora, thus transferring experienced users' expertise to new users. Our evaluation shows that PaMpeR correctly predicts experienced users' proof methods invocation especially when it comes to special purpose proof methods.Comment: An anonymized version of this paper has been submitted to a Computer Science conference in April 201

A proof system for graph (non)-isomorphism verification

In order to apply canonical labelling of graphs and isomorphism checking in interactive theorem provers, these checking algorithms must either be mechanically verified or their results must be verifiable by independent checkers. We analyze a state-of-the-art algorithm for canonical labelling of graphs (described by McKay and Piperno) and formulate it in terms of a formal proof system. We provide an implementation that can export a proof that the obtained graph is the canonical form of a given graph. Such proofs are then verified by our independent checker and can be used to confirm that two given graphs are not isomorphic