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isFormulaStringB is PolyTimeDecidable

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CookLevin.isFormulaStringB_polyTimeDecidable

by Mazecto · Sep 21, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

polynomial-timeturing-machineverifier

The formula-string check V(x,w)=isFormulaStringB(x)V(x,w) = \mathtt{isFormulaStringB}(x)V(x,w)=isFormulaStringB(x) is polynomial-time decidable.

isFormulaStringB x tests whether the binary string xxx is a valid encoding of a CNF formula by decoding xxx into a formula φ\varphiφ and re-encoding it, then comparing the result with xxx. Both decoding and encoding traverse the input once, so the entire check runs in time O(∣x∣2)O(|x|^2)O(∣x∣2) (quadratic due to the list equality comparison).

A multi-tape Turing machine implementing this check uses one tape for the input xxx, additional work tapes for the intermediate encoding, and writes the verdict on the output tape. Since the check depends only on xxx (the certificate www is ignored), the machine runs in at most c(∣x∣+∣w∣+1)dc(|x|+|w|+1)^dc(∣x∣+∣w∣+1)d steps for suitable constants c,dc, dc,d.

Preamble
import Definitions.Def_CookLevin_Verifier
Formal statement
namespace CookLevin
theorem isFormulaStringB_polyTimeDecidable :
    PolyTimeDecidable (fun x _w => isFormulaStringB x) := by sorry
end CookLevin
Source
https://github.com/Rizvonium/cook_levin_lean_v1/blob/main/CookLevinLean/Theorem.lean#L9

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