--- title: "Lawrence C. Paulson — author profile and papers · Reasoning" description: "Lawrence C. Paulson, University of Cambridge: 4 papers on Elamur Research (1990–2020), h-index 45 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lawrence-c-paulson/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lawrence-c-paulson/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Lawrence C. Paulson # Lawrence C. Paulson Lawrence C. Paulson has 4 papers in our library, in 1990–2020, most of them on [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/), [Evaluation & benchmarks](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/); often with [Cezary Kaliszyk](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/cezary-kaliszyk/), [Josef Urban](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/josef-urban/), [Lei Yu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lei-yu/). 4 papers in our library · 1990–2020 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5086565312) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0288-4279) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6504468) · [**h-index 45**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5086565312) · [283 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5086565312) · [10,329 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5086565312&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 4 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lawrence-c-paulson/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 95 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lawrence-c-paulson/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #5047](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/51/#star-5047) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Lawrence+C.+Paulson) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Lawrence+C.+Paulson) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Lawrence+C.+Paulson) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Lawrence+C.+Paulson) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Cambridge** Cambridge · United Kingdom 1982–2026 · 197 papersEmployment since 1983 · Emeritus Professor of Computational Logic, Computer Laboratory*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-cambridge/) · [🏢**Amazon** London · United Kingdom 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://ror.org/02xey9634) · [🎓**Technical University of Munich** Munich · Germany 2018 · 1 paperEmployment](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/technical-university-of-munich/) · [🎓**Stanford University** Stanford · United States 1977–1982 · 1 paperEducation 1977–1982 · PhD, Computer Science](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/stanford-university/) · [🎓**California Institute of Technology** Pasadena · United States 1973–1977Education 1973–1977 · BS, Mathematics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/california-institute-of-technology/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 1 more institution on single bylines are not listed. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 5 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Computer Science · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Computational Theory and Mathematics · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computational-theory-and-mathematics/) · [Arts and Humanities · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Language and Linguistics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Reasoning · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) · [Evaluation & benchmarks · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/) 💡 Concepts 1 Key ideas and methods explained on our concept pages.[Lemma · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/concepts/lemma/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2020** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lawrence-c-paulson/year/2020/) ### 2010s [**2016** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lawrence-c-paulson/year/2016/) ### 2000s [**2008** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lawrence-c-paulson/year/2008/) ### 1990s [**1990** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lawrence-c-paulson/year/1990/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[The Isabelle Framework](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wenzel-2008-isabelle-framework/)** *(2008 · 183 citations)* Note: the supplied text is not "The Isabelle Framework" (Wenzel, Paulson, Nipkow). It is "A Compiled Implementation of Normalization by Evaluation" by Klaus Aehlig, Florian Haftmann and Tobias Nipkow, and this summary covers that text. 2. **[Hammering towards QED](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/blanchette-2016-hammering-qed/)** *(2016 · 127 citations)* This survey covers "hammers," tools that let users of proof assistants prove hard lemmas automatically. The user does not have to script the proof search by hand. The tools draw on very large formal libraries, and the name comes from Sledgehammer for Isabelle and HOLyHammer for HOL Light. 3. **[IsarStep: a Benchmark for High-level Mathematical Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/li-2020-isarstep-benchmark-high-level-mathematical/)** *(2020 · 43 citations)* Most neural work on mathematical reasoning has targeted narrow, synthetic problems such as arithmetic or symbolic integration, which use very small vocabularies. 4. **[Isabelle: The Next 700 Theorem Provers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/paulson-2000-isabelle-next-700-theorem-provers/)** *(1990 · 40 citations)* The paper surveys Isabelle, a generic interactive theorem prover. Rather than building a separate LCF-style system for each new logic, Isabelle tackles problems common to all logics once, so that each logic only needs its own specific parts. Paulson tells the system's history, starting from Milner's Edinburgh LCF… ## Co-authors here 6 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Cezary Kaliszyk](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/cezary-kaliszyk/) - [Josef Urban](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/josef-urban/) - [Lei Yu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lei-yu/) - [Tobias Nipkow](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tobias-nipkow/) - [Wenda Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/wenda-li/) - [Yuhuai Wu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yuhuai-wu/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Lecture notes in computer science](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lecture-notes-in-computer-science/): [Lecture notes in computer science 2008](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lecture-notes-in-computer-science/2008/) - Journal of Formalized Reasoning 9(1) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 95 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [57 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lawrence-c-paulson/cited-by/). Updated 3 November 2026