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pavanamthomas/README.md

Dr. Pavanam Thomas

Lean 4 Formalization · Formal Verification · Mathematical Reasoning · Quantitative Research

I am a PhD economist and quantitative researcher working at the intersection of mathematical modelling, formal reasoning, Lean 4, reproducible research, and formal verification.

My current formalization work is organized around a central question:

How can mathematical statements be translated, proved, reviewed, and repaired in Lean without losing their intended mathematical meaning?

My background in quantitative economics and mathematical modelling informs how I approach formalization: make the domain explicit, identify assumptions, stabilize the statement, construct the proof, and then audit both the mathematics and the formal artifact.


Lean 4 Formalization Portfolio

A Lean 4 + mathlib study of semantic faithfulness in mathematical formalization.

Focus

  • hidden assumptions and omitted hypotheses
  • domain restrictions
  • quantifier structure and dependency
  • statement weakening and strengthening
  • logically valid but semantically incorrect formalizations
  • counterexample-guided diagnosis
  • axiom and trust auditing
  • distinction between compilation and mathematical faithfulness

Core idea

A Lean theorem may compile successfully while still expressing the wrong mathematical claim.


A structured Lean 4 + mathlib corpus focused on reliable and maintainable proof engineering.

Focus

  • structured proof construction
  • rewriting and equality reasoning
  • algebraic proofs
  • induction
  • type-driven reasoning
  • theorem decomposition
  • proof robustness
  • reviewer-oriented cases
  • readable and auditable formal developments

The emphasis is not simply on obtaining a proof term, but on producing proofs whose structure, assumptions, dependencies, and failure modes can be understood and reviewed.


An executable Lean 4 review library containing 40 formalization-review cases for semantic errors that can survive compilation.

Case families include

  • domain errors
  • quantifier errors
  • missing assumptions
  • logical-structure errors
  • counterexamples
  • statement-faithfulness failures
  • reviewer diagnostics
  • semantics-preserving repairs

Candidate formalizations are treated as requiring verification, not as correct merely because Lean accepts them.


A Lean 4 + mathlib project exploring rigorous formalization in real analysis and topology.

Representative issues

  • continuity versus uniform continuity
  • pointwise versus uniform convergence
  • sequence limits
  • uniqueness of limits
  • compactness
  • interval non-emptiness
  • extreme-value assumptions
  • square-root domain conditions
  • counterexamples to over-generalized statements

The project emphasizes the relationship between a theorem's mathematical domain, hypotheses, quantifier structure, and formal Lean statement.


A Lean 4 case library focused on proof automation, debugging, theorem-search discipline, and semantics-preserving repair.

Focus

  • arithmetic automation
  • goal-state diagnosis
  • rewriting
  • coercions
  • tactic selection
  • theorem search
  • automation failure analysis
  • robust proof construction
  • repairing proofs without weakening the intended theorem

The objective is not merely to make a goal disappear, but to understand why a tactic succeeds, why it fails, and whether the resulting theorem still expresses the intended mathematics.


A Lean 4 + mathlib project connecting formal verification with optimization and mathematical economic modelling.

Focus

  • optimization arguments
  • inequalities
  • feasible sets
  • budget constraints
  • model assumptions
  • edge cases
  • domain restrictions
  • theorem-level verification of economic and quantitative claims

This repository connects my quantitative economics background with formal mathematical reasoning and verification.


A Lean 4 + mathlib reconstruction of three named calculus theorems: Rolle's theorem, Lagrange's mean value theorem, and Cauchy's mean value theorem.

Focus

  • interior extrema on a compact interval when endpoint values agree
  • Fermat's interior-extremum lemma
  • Rolle as a vanishing derivative at that interior point
  • Lagrange via an affine correction reducing to Rolle
  • Cauchy in product form, without a g' c ≠ 0 side condition

mathlib already contains these results. This repository records the classical argument from the extreme value theorem and Fermat, rather than quoting the library one-liners.


Verification-First Workflow

Across the portfolio, I use a workflow designed to separate proof acceptance from mathematical faithfulness.

Natural-language mathematical claim
        ↓
Domain and assumption audit
        ↓
Quantifier / dependency analysis
        ↓
Canonical Lean statement
        ↓
Proof construction or repair
        ↓
Lean compilation
        ↓
Placeholder checks
        ↓
Axiom / trust audit
        ↓
Semantic-faithfulness review
        ↓
Pull-request CI
        ↓
Merge to main
        ↓
Independent main-branch CI

Popular repositories Loading

  1. pavanamthomas pavanamthomas Public

  2. lean4-analysis-formalization lean4-analysis-formalization Public

    Lean 4 + mathlib formalization of real analysis and topology: continuity, limits, compactness, convergence, interval assumptions, counterexamples, and theorem-library navigation.

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  3. lean4-automation-debugging lean4-automation-debugging Public

    Lean 4 + mathlib study of proof automation, tactic selection, coercions, typeclass failures, theorem search, debugging, and semantics-preserving proof repair.

    Lean

  4. lean4-optimization-economics lean4-optimization-economics Public

    Lean 4 + mathlib formalization of optimization and economic models: feasible sets, budget constraints, inequalities, domain assumptions, comparative reasoning, and theorem-level verification.

    Lean

  5. lean4-proof-engineering lean4-proof-engineering Public

    Lean 4 + mathlib study of proof architecture, theorem decomposition, rewriting, induction, algebraic reasoning, type-driven reasoning, and maintainable proof engineering.

    Lean

  6. lean4-formalization-faithfulness lean4-formalization-faithfulness Public

    Lean 4 + mathlib study of semantic faithfulness, hidden assumptions, quantifier structure, domain constraints, and formalization review.

    Lean