Lean Theorem Prover Mathlib
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- #Formal mathematics
- #Mathlib
- #Lean theorem prover
- Mathlib is a user-maintained library for the Lean theorem prover, containing programming infrastructure, mathematics, and tactics.
- Installation guides for Lean and mathlib are available on their website, with options for GitHub Codespace or Gitpod workspace.
- Mathlib's documentation includes automatically generated docs from source files, theory coverage, and extra Lean documentation.
- Community discussions occur in a Zulip chat room, welcoming users of all expertise levels.
- Contributing to mathlib involves following style guides, naming conventions, and documentation standards.
- Precompiled files can be obtained with `lake exe cache get`, and building mathlib is done via `lake build`.
- For Lean 3 users transitioning to Lean 4, resources include a survival guide and instructions for using `mathport`.
- Dependencies can be updated using `lake update`, with specific guidelines for documentation-related dependencies.
- A list of mathlib maintainers and their areas of expertise is provided, covering various mathematical and technical fields.