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Conway’s Normal Form in the Mizar System

By: Karol PąkORCID  
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|Sep 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/forma-2025-0003 | Journal eISSN: 1898-9934 | Journal ISSN: 1426-2630
Language: English
Page range: 25 - 41
Submitted on: Apr 10, 2025
Accepted on: Sep 4, 2025
Published on: Sep 30, 2025
Published by: University of Białystok
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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