Xs are for trajectory evaluation, booleans are for theorem proving

Abstract

This paper describes a semantic connection between the symbolic trajectory evaluation model-checking algorithm and relational verification in higher-order logic. We prove a theorem that translates correctness results from trajectory evaluation over a four-valued lattice into a shallow embedding of temporal operators over Boolean streams. This translation connects the specialized world of trajectory evaluation to a general-purpose logic and provides the semantic basis for connecting additional decision procedures and model checkers.