Abstract: In this article we present an ongoing effort to formalise quantum algorithms and results in quantum information theory using the proof assistant Isabelle/HOL. Formal methods being critical for the safety and security...
Interactive theorem provers have developed dramatically over the past four
decades, from primitive beginnings to today's powerful systems. Here, we focus
on Isabelle/HOL and its distinctive strengths. They include automatic...
We formalise a statement of Green’s theorem in Isabelle/ HOL, which is its first formalisation to our knowledge. The theorem statement that we formalise is enough for most applications, especially in physics and engineering. An...
AbstractThis is an account of a mathematician’s first experiences with the proof assistant (interactive theorem prover) Isabelle/HOL, including a discussion on the rationale behind formalising...
Abstract: This is an account of a mathematician’s first experiences with the proof assistant (interactive theorem prover) Isabelle/HOL, including a discussion on the rationale behind formalising mathematics and the choice of...
AbstractWe have formalised Szemerédi’s Regularity Lemma and Roth’s Theorem on Arithmetic Progressions, two major results in extremal graph theory and additive combinatorics, using the proof...
In complex analysis, the winding number measures the number of times a path (counter-clockwise) winds around a point, while the Cauchy index can approximate how the path winds. We formalise this approximation in the Isabelle...
Abstract: In complex analysis, the winding number measures the number of times a path (counter-clockwise) winds around a point, while the Cauchy index can approximate how the path winds. We formalise this approximation in the...
For many organisms, searching for relevant targets such as food or mates entails active, strategic sampling of the environment. Finding odorous targets may be the most ancient search problem that motile organisms evolved to...
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BACKGROUND: Alzheimer's disease (AD) begins decades before the onset of dementia. There is a need to investigate biomarkers of early AD for use in clinical trials and to facilitate early intervention. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to...
Environmentality has proven an enduring framework for interrogating issues around environmental behaviours and discourse as a means of subject governance and citizen-making. However, its application often insufficiently...
Chemical products are ubiquitous in modern society. The chemical sector is the largest industrial energy consumer and the third largest industrial emitter of carbon dioxide. The current portfolio of mitigation options for the...
As the power and transport sectors decarbonize, industrial emissions will become the main focus of decarbonization efforts. Exergy analysis provides a combined material and energy efficiency approach to assess industrial plants...
The circular economy is a simple and alluring concept, a marketing coup, with broad appeal to policymakers and the general public. It has become a modern catchall phrase for many of the environmental strategies we...
Plastics are one of the most widely used materials on the planet, owing to their usefulness, durability, and relatively low cost. Yet, making, using, and disposing of plastics create important environmental impacts, most notably...
The author served as General Editor of the Science and Civilisation in China series from 1992 to 2014. He reviews the history of this scholarly project since its inception by Joseph Needham in 1943, and discusses some...
Traceability technologies have great potential to improve sustainable performance in cold food supply chains by reducing food loss. In existing approaches, traceability technologies are selected either intuitively or through a...