Georges Gonthier is a Canadian
computer scientist
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Computer scientists typically work on the theoretical side of computation, as opposed to the hardware side on which computer engineers mainly focus (al ...
and one of the leading practitioners in
formal mathematics. He led the formalization of the
four color theorem and
Feit–Thompson proof of the odd-order theorem. (Both were written using the
proof assistant
In computer science and mathematical logic, a proof assistant or interactive theorem prover is a software tool to assist with the development of formal proofs by human-machine collaboration. This involves some sort of interactive proof editor ...
Coq
Coq is an interactive theorem prover first released in 1989. It allows for expressing mathematical assertions, mechanically checks proofs of these assertions, helps find formal proofs, and extracts a certified program from the constructive proof ...
.)
See also
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Flyspeck proof led by
Thomas Callister Hales
Thomas Callister Hales (born June 4, 1958) is an American mathematician working in the areas of representation theory, discrete geometry, and formal verification. In representation theory he is known for his work on the Langlands program and the p ...
References
Personal Page at Microsoft ResearchPaper describing proof of the Four color theoremPress release from INRIA with links to Coq code of Feit-Thompson Proof
20th-century Canadian mathematicians
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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