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Metamath is a formal language and an associated computer program (a proof checker) for archiving, verifying, and studying mathematical proofs.^[1] Several databases of proved theorems have been developed using Metamath covering standard results in logic, set theory, number theory, algebra, topology and analysis, among others.^[2]

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As of December 2020, the set of proved theorems using Metamath is one of the largest bodies of formalized mathematics, containing in particular proofs of 74^[3] of the 100 theorems of the 'Formalizing 100 Theorems' challenge, making it third after HOL Light and Isabelle, but before Coq, Mizar, ProofPower, Lean, Nqthm, ACL2, and Nuprl. There are at least 17 proof verifiers for databases that use the Metamath format.^[4]

This project is the first one of its kind that allows for interactive browsing of its formalized theorems database in the form of an ordinary website. ^[5]

The Metamath language[edit]

The Metamath language is a metalanguage, suitable for developing a wide variety of formal systems. The Metamath language has no specific logic embedded in it. Instead, it can simply be regarded as a way to prove that inference rules (asserted as axioms or proven later) can be applied.The largest database of proved theorems follows conventional ZFC set theory and classic logic, but other databases exist and others can be created.

The Metamath language design is focused on simplicity; the language, employed to state the definitions, axioms, inference rules and theorems is only composed of a handful of keywords, and all the proofs are checked using one simple algorithm based on the substitution of variables (with optional provisos for what variables must remain distinct after a substitution is made).^[6]

Language Basics[edit]

The set of symbols that can be used for constructing formulas is declared using $c(constant symbols)and $v (variable symbols) statements; for example:

The grammar for formulas is specified using a combination of $f (floating (variable-type)hypotheses) and $a (axiomatic assertion) statements; for example:

River belle casino online. Axioms and rules of inference are specified with $a statementsalong with ${ and $} for block scoping andoptional $e (essential hypotheses) statements; for example:

Using one construct, $a statements, to capture syntactic rules, axiom schemas, and rules of inference is intended to provide a level of flexibility similar to higher order logical frameworks without a dependency on a complex type system.

Proofs[edit]

Theorems (and derived rules of inference) are written with $p statements;for example:

Note the inclusion of the proof in the $p statement. It abbreviatesthe following detailed proof:

The 'essential' form of the proof elides syntactic details, leaving a more conventional presentation:

Substitution[edit]

All Metamath proof steps use a single substitution rule, which is just the simple replacement of a variable with an expression and not the proper substitution described in works on predicate calculus. Proper substitution, in Metamath databases that support it, is a derived construct instead of one built into the Metamath language itself.

The substitution rule makes no assumption about the logic system in use and only requires that the substitutions of variables are correctly done.

Here is a detailed example of how this algorithm works. Steps 1 and 2 of the theorem 2p2e4 in the Metamath Proof Explorer (set.mm) are depicted left. Let's explain how Metamath uses its substitution algorithm to check that step 2 is the logical consequence of step 1 when you use the theorem opreq2i. Step 2 states that ( 2 + 2 ) = ( 2 + ( 1 + 1 ) ). It is the conclusion of the theorem opreq2i. The theorem opreq2i states that if A = B, then (C F A) = (C F B). This theorem would never appear under this cryptic form in a textbook but its literate formulation is banal: when two quantities are equal, one can replace one by the other in an operation. To check the proof Metamath attempts to unify (C F A) = (C F B) with ( 2 + 2 ) = ( 2 + ( 1 + 1 ) ). There is only one way to do so: unifying C with 2, F with +, A with 2 and B with ( 1 + 1 ). So now Metamath uses the premise of opreq2i. This premise states that A = B. As a consequence of its previous computation, Metamath knows that A should be substituted by 2 and B by ( 1 + 1 ). The premise A = B becomes 2=( 1 + 1 ) and thus step 1 is therefore generated. In its turn step 1 is unified with df-2. df-2 is the definition of the number 2 and states that 2 = ( 1 + 1 ). Here the unification is simply a matter of constants and is straightforward (no problem of variables to substitute). So the verification is finished and these two steps of the proof of 2p2e4 are correct.

Safecracker game free download. When Metamath unifies ( 2 + 2 ) with B it has to check that the syntactical rules are respected. In fact B has the type class thus Metamath has to check that ( 2 + 2 ) is also typed class.

The Metamath proof checker[edit]

The Metamath program is the original program created to manipulate databases written using the Metamath language. It has a text (command line) interface and is written in C. It can read a Metamath database into memory, verify the proofs of a database, modify the database (in particular by adding proofs), and write them back out to storage.

It has a prove command that enables users to enter a proof, along with mechanisms to search for existing proofs.

The Metamath program can convert statements to HTML or TeX notation;for example, it can output the modus ponens axiom from set.mm as:

Many other programs can process Metamath databases, in particular, there are at least 17 proof verifiers for databases that use the Metamath format.^[7]

Metamath databases[edit]

The Metamath website hosts several databases that store theorems derived from various axiomatic systems. Most databases (.mm files) have an associated interface, called an 'Explorer', which allows one to navigate the statements and proofs interactively on the website, in a user-friendly way. Most databases use a Hilbert system of formal deduction though this is not a requirement.

Metamath Proof Explorer[edit]

The Metamath Proof Explorer (recorded in set.mm) is the main and by far the largest database, with over 23,000 proofs in its main part as of July 2019. It is based on classical first-order logic and ZFC set theory (with the addition of Tarski-Grothendieck set theory when needed, for example in category theory). The database has been maintained for over twenty years (the first proofs in set.mm are dated August 1993). The database contains developments, among other fields, of set theory (ordinals and cardinals, recursion, equivalents of the axiom of choice, the continuum hypothesis..), the construction of the real and complex number systems, order theory, graph theory, abstract algebra, linear algebra, general topology, real and complex analysis, Hilbert spaces, number theory, and elementary geometry. This database was first created by Norman Megill, but as of 2019-10-04 there have been 48 contributors (including Norman Megill).^[8]

The Metamath Proof Explorer references many text books that can be used in conjunction with Metamath.^[9] Thus, people interested in studying mathematics can use Metamath in connection with these books and verify that the proved assertions match the literature.

Intuitionistic Logic Explorer[edit]

This database develops mathematics from a constructive point of view, starting with the axioms of intuitionistic logic and continuing with axiom systems of constructive set theory.

New Foundations Explorer[edit]

This database develops mathematics from Quine's New Foundations set theory.

Higher-Order Logic Explorer[edit]

This database starts with higher-order logic and derives equivalents to axioms of first-order logic and of ZFC set theory.

Databases without explorers[edit]

The Metamath website hosts a few other databases which are not associated with explorers but are nonetheless noteworthy. The database peano.mm written by Robert Solovay formalizes Peano arithmetic. The database nat.mm^[10] formalizes natural deduction. The database miu.mm formalizes the MU puzzle based on the formal system MIU presented in Gödel, Escher, Bach.

Older explorers[edit]

The Metamath website also hosts a few older databases which are not maintained anymore, such as the 'Hilbert Space Explorer', which presents theorems pertaining to Hilbert space theory which have now been merged into the Metamath Proof Explorer, and the 'Quantum Logic Explorer', which develops quantum logic starting with the theory of orthomodular lattices.

Natural Deduction[edit]

Because Metamath has a very generic concept of what a proof is (namely a tree of formulas connected by inference rules) and no specific logic is embedded in the software, Metamath can be used with species of logic as different as Hilbert-style logics or sequents-based logics or even with lambda calculus.

However, Metamath provides no direct support for natural deduction systems. As noted earlier, the database nat.mm formalizes natural deduction. The Metamath Proof Explorer (with its database set.mm) instead use a set of conventions that allow the use of natural deduction approaches within a Hilbert-style logic.

Other works connected to Metamath[edit]

Proof checkers[edit]

Using the design ideas implemented in Metamath, Raph Levien has implemented very small proof checker, mmverify.py, at only 500 lines of Python code.

Ghilbert is a similar though more elaborate language based on mmverify.py.^[11] Levien would like to implement a system where several people could collaborate and his work is emphasizing modularity and connection between small theories.

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Using Levien seminal works, many other implementations of the Metamath design principles have been implemented for a broad variety of languages. Juha Arpiainen has implemented his own proof checker in Common Lisp called Bourbaki^[12] and Marnix Klooster has coded a proof checker in Haskell called Hmm.^[13]

Although they all use the overall Metamath approach to formal system checker coding, they also implement new concepts of their own.

Editors[edit]

Mel O'Cat designed a system called Mmj2, which provides a graphic user interface for proof entry.^[14] The initial aim of Mel O'Cat was to allow the user to enter the proofs by simply typing the formulas and letting Mmj2 find the appropriate inference rules to connect them. In Metamath on the contrary you may only enter the theorems names. You may not enter the formulas directly. Mmj2 has also the possibility to enter the proof forward or backward (Metamath only allows to enter proof backward). Moreover Mmj2 has a real grammar parser (unlike Metamath). This technical difference brings more comfort to the user. In particular Metamath sometimes hesitates between several formulas it analyzes (most of them being meaningless) and asks the user to choose. In Mmj2 this limitation no longer exists.

There is also a project by William Hale to add a graphical user interface to Metamath called Mmide.^[15] Paul Chapman in its turn is working on a new proof browser, which has highlighting that allows you to see the referenced theorem before and after the substitution was made.

Milpgame is a proof assistant and a checker (it shows a message only something gone wrong) with a graphic user interface for the Metamath language(set.mm),written by Filip Cernatescu, it is an open source(MIT License) Java application (cross-platform application: Window,Linux,Mac OS). User can enter the demonstration(proof) in two modes : forward and backward relative to the statement to prove. Milpgame checks if a statement is well formed (has a syntactic verifier). It can save unfinished proofs without the use of dummylink theorem. The demonstration is shown as tree, the statements are shown using html definitions (defined in typesetting chapter). Milpgame is distributed as Java .jar(JRE version 6 update 24 written in NetBeans IDE).

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^Megill, Norman; Wheeler, David A. (2019-06-02). Metamath: A Computer Language for Mathematical Proofs (Second ed.). Morrisville, North Carolina, US: Lulul Press. p. 248. ISBN978-0-359-70223-7.
2. ^Megill, Norman. 'What is Metamath?'. Metamath Home Page.
3. ^Metamath 100.
4. ^Megill, Norman. 'Known Metamath proof verifiers'. Retrieved 14 July 2019.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
5. ^TOC of Theorem List - Metamath Proof Explorer
6. ^Megill,Norman. 'How Proofs Work'. Metamath Proof Explorer Home Page.
7. ^Megill, Norman. 'Known Metamath proof verifiers'. Retrieved 14 July 2019.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
8. ^Wheeler, David A. 'Metamath set.mm contributions viewed with Gource through 2019-10-04'.
9. ^Megill, Norman. 'Reading suggestions'. Metamath.
10. ^Liné, Frédéric. 'Natural deduction based Metamath system'. Archived from the original on 2012-12-28.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
11. ^Levien,Raph. 'Ghilbert'.
12. ^Arpiainen, Juha. 'Presentation of Bourbaki'. Archived from the original on 2012-12-28.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
13. ^Klooster,Marnix. 'Presentation of Hmm'. Archived from the original on 2012-04-02.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
14. ^O'Cat,Mel. 'Presentation of mmj2'. Archived from the original on December 19, 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
15. ^Hale, William. 'Presentation of mmide'. Archived from the original on 2012-12-28.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

External links[edit]

• Metamath: official website.
• What do mathematicians think of Metamath: opinions on Metamath.

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Understanding File System Metadata

Metadata is data about data. More specifically, metadata is information used to describe content. The most basic forms of file and folder metadata employed by nearly every operating system are names, paths, modification dates, and permissions. These metadata objects are not part of the item’s content, yet they are necessary to describe the item in the file system. Lion uses several types of additional file system metadata for a variety of technologies that ultimately lead to a richer user experience.

Mac OS Extended Metadata

Resource forks, dating back to the original Mac OS, are the legacy metadata technology in the Macintosh operating system. To simplify the user experience, Apple created a forked file system to make complex items, such as applications, appear as a single icon. Forked file systems, like Mac OS Extended, allow multiple pieces of data to appear as a single item in the file system. In this case, a file will appear as a single item, but it is actually composed of two separate pieces, a data fork and a resource fork. This also allows the Mac OS to support standard file types in the data fork, while the extra Mac-specific information resides in the resource fork. For many years the Mac OS has relied on forked files for storing both data and associated metadata.

Lion not only continues but also expands the use of metadata, even going so far as to allow developers to take advantage of an arbitrary number of additional metadata items. This enables Apple, and other developers, to implement unique file system solutions without having to modify the existing file system. For instance, Mac OS X v10.6 introduced compressed application code, wherein the actual executable program files are all compressed to save space and then when needed automatically decompressed on the fly. To prevent previous versions of Mac OS X or older applications from improper handling of these compressed executables, Apple chose to hide the compressed bits in additional metadata locations.

The downside to legacy resource forks, and other types of additional file system metadata, is that some third-party file systems, like FAT, do not know how to properly store this additional data. The solution to this issue is addressed with the AppleDouble file format covered later in this chapter.

File Flags and Extended Attributes

Lion also uses file system flags and extended attributes to implement a variety of file system features. In general, file system flags are holdovers from the original Mac OS and are primarily used to control user access. Examples of file system flags include the locked flag covered in Chapter 3, “File Systems,” and the hidden flag covered previously in this chapter.

With Mac OS X, Apple needed to expand the range of possible attributes associated with any file or folder, which is where so-called extended attributes come into play. Any process or application can add an arbitrary number of custom attributes to a file or folder. Again, this allows developers to create new forms of metadata without having to modify the existing file system. The Mac OS Extended file system will store any additional attributes as another fork associated with the file.

The Finder uses extended attributes for several general file features, including setting an item’s color label, stationary pad option, hide extension option, and Spotlight comments. All of these items can be accessed from the Finder’s Get Info window.

Metadata via Terminal

From Terminal’s command line, you can verify that an item has additional file system metadata present using the ls command with both the long list option, -l, and the -@ option. In the following example, Michelle uses the ls command to view the file system metadata associated with an alias file and the file shown in the previous Get Info window screen shot.

Note the @ symbol at the end of the permissions string, which indicates the item has additional metadata. This symbol is shown any time you perform a long listing. For the sake of simplification, using ls -l@ combines the viewing of both resource fork and extended attribute data. The indented lines below the primary listing show the additional metadata that the Finder has added. In the case of the alias file, it’s clear from the file sizes that the resource fork is used to store the alias data.

Bundles and Packages

Sometimes forked files aren’t the most efficient solution for hiding data, especially if you have a lot of related files that you need to hide. So instead of creating a new container technology, Apple simply modified an existing file system container, the common folder. Bundles and packages are nothing more than common folders that happen to contain related software and resources. This allows software developers to easily organize all the resources needed for a complicated product into a single bundle or package, while discouraging normal users from interfering with the resources.

Bundles and packages use the same technique of combining resources inside special folders. The difference is that the Finder treats packages as opaque objects that, by default, users cannot navigate into. For example, where a user sees only a single icon in the Finder representing an application, in reality it is a folder potentially filled with thousands of resources. The word “package” is also used to describe the archive files used by the installer application to install software—that is, installer packages. This is appropriate, though, as users cannot, by default, navigate into the contents of a legacy installer package because the Finder again displays it as a single opaque object. Starting with Mac OS X v10.5, Apple allowed the creation of fully opaque installation packages wherein the entire contents are inside a single file, further preventing users from accidentally revealing installation content.

The anatomy of an installer package is quite simple; it usually contains only a compressed archive of the software to be installed and a few configuration files used by the installer application. Other software bundles and packages, on the other hand, are often much more complex as they contain all the resources necessary for the application or software.

Software bundles or packages often include:

• Executable code for multiple platforms
• Document description files
• Media resources such as images and sounds
• User interface description files
• Text resources
• Resource forks
• Resources localized for specific languages
• Private software libraries and frameworks
• Plug-ins or other software to expand capability

Although the Finder default is to hide the contents of a package, you can view the contents of a package from the Finder. To access a package’s contents in the Finder, simply right-click or Control-click on the item you wish to explore, and then choose Show Package Contents from the shortcut menu. (You may recall this technique is used in Chapter 1, “Installation and Configuration,” to reveal the installation disk image inside the Install Mac OS X Lion application.)

Nevertheless, you should be very careful when exploring this content. Modifying the content of a bundle or package can easily leave the item unstable or unusable. If you can’t resist the desire to tinker with a bundle or package, you should always do so from a copy and leave the original safely intact.

AppleDouble File Format

While file system metadata helps make the user’s experience on Lion richer, compatibility with third-party file systems can be an issue. Only volumes formatted with the Mac OS Extended file system fully support Mac OS X–style resource forks, data forks, file flags, and extended attributes. Third-party software has been developed for Windows-based operating systems to allow them to access the extended metadata features of Mac OS Extended. More often, though, users will use the compatibility software built into Lion to help other file systems cope with these metadata items.

For most non-Mac OS volumes, Lion stores the file system metadata in a separate hidden data file. This technique is commonly referred to as AppleDouble. For example, if you copy a file containing metadata named “My Document.docx” to a FAT32 volume, Lion will automatically split the file and write it as two discrete pieces on the FAT32 volume. The file’s internal data would be written with the same name as the original, but the metadata would end up in a file named ._My Document.docx that would remain hidden from the Finder. This works out pretty well for most files because Windows applications only care about the contents of the data fork. But, some files do not take well to being split up, and all the extra dot-underscore files create a bit of a mess on other file systems.

Mac OS X v10.5 introduced an improved method for handling metadata on SMB network shares from NTFS volumes that doesn’t require the AppleDouble format. The native file system for modern Windows-based computers, NTFS, supports something similar to file forking known as alternative data streams. The Mac’s file system will write the metadata to the alternative data stream so the file will appear as a single item on both Windows and Mac systems.

AppleDouble Files via Terminal

Historically, UNIX operating systems have not used file systems with extensive metadata. As a result, many UNIX commands do not properly support this additional metadata. These commands can manipulate the data fork just fine, but they often ignore the additional metadata, leaving files damaged and possibly unusable. Fortunately, Apple has made some modifications to the most common file management commands, thus allowing them to properly work with all Mac files and support the AppleDouble format when necessary. Metadata-friendly commands in Lion include cp, mv, and rm.

In the following example, Michelle will use the metadata-aware cp command to copy a file on her desktop called ForkedDocument.tiff to a FAT32 volume. Note that the file is a single item on her desktop, but on the FAT32 volume it’s in the dual-file AppleDouble format. The metadata part is named with a preceding period-underscore. Finally, Michelle will remove the file using the metadata-aware rm command. Note that both the data and the metadata part are removed from the FAT32 volume.