PTptrj_·May 10, 2025Submission
A mathematical proof assistant (v2)
4 points · Open discussionteorth
estimates
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teorth / estimates
estimates
Code to automatically prove or verify estimates in analysis
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Code to automatically prove or verify estimates in analysis
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| May 10 | 2025-05-10 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-05-11 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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3 sourcesNice to LLMs being put to such use! I see the heavy lifting here is due to linear programming:
https://github.com/teorth/estimates/blob/main/src/estimates....
In A proof of concept tool to verify estimatesA defensive programming nit is not to return the desired result [1] but to show all collected cases are true.
def defensive_true():
# assume False
...
return arr.all(True)
There are tests, but some wild refactoring in the night and "tests still pass," leading to a blind ship, could be a tiny risk.
Not a big deal, just I don't trust myself to return the happy path if the middle could change.
[1] https://github.com/teorth/estimates/blob/main/src/estimates....
In A proof of concept tool to verify estimates