SAT-Inspired Eliminations for Superposition

Abstract

International audienceOptimized SAT solvers not only preprocess the clause set, they also transform it during solving as inprocessing. Some preprocessing techniques have been generalized to firstorder logic with equality. In this paper, we port inprocessing techniques to work with superposition, and we strengthen preprocessing. Specifically, we look into elimination of hidden literals, variables (predicates), and blocked clauses. Our evaluation using the Zipperposition prover confirms that the new techniques usefully supplement the existing superposition machinery