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The rank/activity restriction on binary resolution is introduced. It accepts only a single derivation tree from a large equivalence class of such trees. The equivalence classes capture all trees that are the same size and differ only by reordering the resolution steps. A proof procedure that combines this restriction with the authors' minimal restriction of binary resolution computes each minimal binary resolution tree exactly once.
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Horton, J.D., Spencer, B. (1998). Rank/activity: A canonical form for binary resolution. In: Kirchner, C., Kirchner, H. (eds) Automated Deduction — CADE-15. CADE 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1421. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0054275
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