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Abstract

We lift the SCL calculus for first-order logic without equality to the SCL(T)
calculus for first-order logic without equality modulo a background theory. In
a nutshell, the SCL(T) calculus describes a new way to guide hierarchic
resolution inferences by a partial model assumption instead of an a priori
fixed order as done for instance in hierarchic superposition. The model
representation consists of ground background theory literals and ground
foreground first-order literals. One major advantage of the model guided
approach is that clauses generated by SCL(T) enjoy a non-redundancy property
that makes expensive testing for tautologies and forward subsumption completely
obsolete. SCL(T) is a semi-decision procedure for pure clause sets that are
clause sets without first-order function symbols ranging into the background
theory sorts. Moreover, SCL(T) can be turned into a decision procedure if the
considered combination of a first-order logic modulo a background theory enjoys
an abstract finite model property.