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1. Computer Science › Logic, programming, and type systems

   A Computing Procedure for Quantification Theory

   Davis and Putnam · Journal of the ACM · 1960

   The paper gives a uniform proof procedure for quantification theory that it says is feasible for fairly complicated formulas and does not ordinarily lead to exponentiation, unlike earlier programs.

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   1. UncheckedA formula on which Gilmore's IBM 704 program ran 21 minutes without a result was solved by hand in 30 minutes using Davis and Putnam's method.“The superiority of the present procedure over those previously available is indicated in part by the fact that a formula on which Gilmore's routine for the IBM 704 causes the machine to computer for 21 minutes without obtaining a result was worked successfully by hand computation using the present…”