Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: In France, the first year of study at university is usually abbreviated L1 (for première année de Licence).At "Sorbonne Paris Nord" University, we have been teaching an 18 hour introductory course in formal proofs to L1 students for 3 years.These students are in a double major mathematics and computer science curriculum.The course is mandatory and consists only of hands-on sessions with the Coq proof assistant.We present some of the practical sessions worksheets, the methodology we used to write them and some of the pitfalls we encountered.Finally we discuss how this course evolved over the years and will see that there is room for improvement in many different technical and pedagogical aspects.
DOI: 10.4204/eptcs.419.7
Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Laboratoire d'Informatique de Paris-Nord, Institut des Sciences de l'Information et de leurs Interactions, Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique, Université Paris-Saclay, Laboratoire Méthodes Formelles, Laboratoire Analyse, Géométrie et Applications, CERMICS, SERENA: Simulation for the Environment: Reliable and Efficient Numerical Algorithms
Language: English
Subfield: Computer Science Applications
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4405144783