Definition
Formal Theorem Proving is the practice of constructing mathematical proofs in a machine-readable language such that a proof assistant or compiler can mechanically verify every logical step is valid. Unlike informal proofs reviewed by human mathematicians, this approach provides a hard correctness guarantee — a proof that compiles in a system like Lean is, by construction, free of gaps or logical errors that a reviewer might overlook.
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