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    89 other hand, Isabelle/Isar comes much closer to existing mathematical practice
    89 other hand, Isabelle/Isar comes much closer to existing mathematical practice
    90 of formal proof, so users with less experience in old-style tactical proving,
    90 of formal proof, so users with less experience in old-style tactical proving,
    91 but a good understanding of mathematical proof might cope with Isar even
    91 but a good understanding of mathematical proof might cope with Isar even
    92 better.
    92 better.
    93 
    93 
    94 Unfortunately, there is no tutorial on Isabelle/Isar available yet.  This
    94 This document really is a \emph{reference manual}.  Nevertheless, we will give
    95 document really is a \emph{reference manual}.  Nevertheless, we will give some
    95 some discussions of the general principles underlying Isar in
    96 discussions of the general principles underlying Isar in
       
    97 chapter~\ref{ch:basics}, and provide some clues of how these may be put into
    96 chapter~\ref{ch:basics}, and provide some clues of how these may be put into
    98 practice.  Some more background information on Isar is given in
    97 practice.  Some more background information on Isar is given in
    99 \cite{Wenzel:1999:TPHOL}.  Furthermore, there are several examples distributed
    98 \cite{Wenzel:1999:TPHOL}.  While there is no proper tutorial on Isabelle/Isar
   100 with Isabelle (see directory \texttt{HOL/Isar_examples}).
    99 available yet, there are several examples distributed with Isabelle.  See
       
   100 \texttt{HOL/Isar_examples} and \texttt{HOL/HOL-Real/HahnBanach} in the
       
   101 Isabelle library:
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   102 
       
   103 \begin{center}\small
       
   104   \begin{tabular}{l}
       
   105     \url{http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/HVG/Isabelle/library/} \\
       
   106     \url{http://isabelle.in.tum.de/library/} \\
       
   107   \end{tabular}
       
   108 \end{center}
       
   109 
       
   110 Apart from browsable HTML sources, both example sessions also provide actual
       
   111 documents.
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