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Comment by black_knight

1 day ago

Leans proof checker is not polynomial time, unfortunately. It is super exponential. Basically, because it can verify the result of any function it can prove to be total.

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sebzim4500  14 hours ago

That's fine, we just change the problem from "find a lean proof of length < f(n)" to "find a lean proof that can be validated in time < f(n)".

adrianN  20 hours ago

Oh that’s unfortunate.

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