A Formally Verified Solver for Homogeneous Linear Diophantine Equations

Florian Meßner, Julian Parsert, Jonas Schöpf, Christian Sternagel

Abstract: In this work we are interested in minimal complete sets of solutions for homogeneous linear diophantine equations. Such equations naturally arise during AC-unification—that is, unification in the presence of associative and commutative symbols. Minimal complete sets of solutions are for example required to compute AC-critical pairs. We present a verified solver for homogeneous linear diophantine equations that we formalized in Isabelle/HOL. Our work provides the basis for formalizing AC-unification and will eventually enable the certification of automated AC-confluence and AC-completion tools.