Proof of `Polynomial time for CNF verification`

groundedproofs/Lax429075Proofs/VerifierTime.lean · lax-429075

What this proof establishes

no assumptions

Assuming the claims on the left, the claim on the right holds — checked by the archive's pipeline. Proof code is not displayed here.

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In the paper

  • page 2 of this submission's paper

Description

Decode the pair, evaluate the formula against the certificate, and clear the work stacks. The finite stack program takes at most 100(n+1)4100(n+1)^4 steps on every input, including malformed encodings.