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Functional-instantiation

An analogue in ACL2 of higher-order logical reasoning. Functional instantiation allows you to prove theorems ``by analogy'' with previous theorems. See hints and see lemma-instance.

Subtopics

Lemma-instance
An object denoting an instance of a theorem
Functional-instantiation-example
A small proof demonstrating functional instantiation
Def-functional-instance
Functionally instantiate a pre-existing theorem to prove a new one.
Functional-instantiation-in-ACL2r
Additional requirements for :functional-instance hints in ACL2(r)