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6 prover9 - resolution/paramodulation theorem prover
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9 prover9 [options] < input-file > output-file
10 prover9 [options] -f input-file > output-file
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13 This manual page documents briefly the prover9 command.
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15 prover9 is an automated theorem prover for first-order and equational
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21 A summary of options is included below.
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23 -h View a list of command-line options.
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25 -x Enables an experimental enhanced auto-mode. For more informa‐
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28 -p Fully parenthesize output.
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30 -t n Constrain the search to last about n seconds. For UNIX-like
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42 prover9 was written by William McCune <mccune@cs.unm.edu>
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44 This manual page was written by Peter Collingbourne
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