\part{Preface}

\frame[plain]{\partpage}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Preface}
\begin{itemize}
\item these slides originate from a course for advanced master students
\item it was given by the PROSPER group at KTH in Stockholm in 2017 (see \small{\url{https://www.kth.se/social/group/interactive-theorem-}})
\item the course focused on how to use HOL~4
\item students taking the course were expected to 
\begin{itemize}
\item know functional programming, esp.\ SML
\item understand predicate logic
\item have some experience with pen and paper proofs
\end{itemize}
\item the course consisted of 9 lectures, which each took 90 minutes
\item there were 19 supervised practical sessions, which each took 2 h
\item usually there was 1 lecture and 2 practical sessions each week
\item students were expected to work about 10 h each week on exercises 
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Preface II}
\begin{itemize}
\item usually, these slides present concepts and some high-level entry points
\item often some more details were explained than covered on the slides
\item technical details were covered in the practical sessions
\item they are provided as they are in the hope that they are useful\footnote{if you find errors, please contact Thomas Tuerk} (there are no guarentees of correctness :-))
\item the exercise question-sheets are available as well 
\item if you have questions, feel free to contact Thomas Tuerk (\texttt{thomas@tuerk-brechen.de})
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}


%%% Local Variables:
%%% mode: latex
%%% TeX-master: "hol"
%%% End:
