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Lean tactics can automate arithmetic steps, including proving numerical equalities, so users need not establish those steps manually.

Unresolved speaker · Mathematics Just Changed Forever — Kevin Hartnett · 26 Oct 2026

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“Instead of having to explain to Lean why one plus one is two, you can invoke a certain tactic that just does those type of arithmetic guarantees that kind of proves equalities, numerical equalities, and then you don't have to do it yourself.”
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