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HAL is a multi-disciplinary open accessarchive for the deposit and dissemination of sci-entific research documents, whether they are pub-lished or not. The documents may come fromteaching and research institutions in France orabroad, or from public or private research centers.

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Mathematics and Proof Presentation in PcoqAhmed Amerkad, Yves Bertot, Loïc Pottier, Laurence Rideau

To cite this version:Ahmed Amerkad, Yves Bertot, Loïc Pottier, Laurence Rideau. Mathematics and Proof Presentationin Pcoq. RR-4313, INRIA. 2001. �inria-00072274�

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