\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage{isabelle,isabellesym} \usepackage{amssymb} % this should be the last package used \usepackage{pdfsetup} % urls in roman style, theory text in math-similar italics \urlstyle{rm} \isabellestyle{it} \newcommand\isafor{\textsf{IsaFoR}} \newcommand\ceta{\textsf{Ce\kern-.18emT\kern-.18emA}} \begin{document} \title{Abstract Rewriting} \author{Christian Sternagel and Ren\'e Thiemann} \maketitle \begin{abstract} We present an Isabelle formalization of abstract rewriting (see, e.g., \cite{BaaderNipkow}). First, we define standard relations like \emph{joinability}, \emph{meetability}, \emph{conversion}, etc. Then, we formalize important properties of abstract rewrite systems, e.g., confluence and strong normalization. Our main concern is on strong normalization, since this formalization is the basis of \cite{CeTA} (which is mainly about strong normalization of term rewrite systems; see also \isafor/\ceta's website\footnote{\url{http://cl-informatik.uibk.ac.at/software/ceta}}). Hence lemmas involving strong normalization, constitute by far the biggest part of this theory. One of those is Newman's lemma. \end{abstract} \tableofcontents A description of this formalization will be available in \cite{Sternagel2010}. % include generated text of all theories \input{session} \bibliographystyle{abbrv} \bibliography{root} \end{document}