Linear Resolution[Chang and Lee, Symbolic Logic and Mechanical Theorem Proving, Academic Press, 1973.]

Given a set S of clauses and a clause C0 in S , a linear deduction of Cn from S with top clause C0 is a deduction where:

  1. for i = 0, 1, ..., n-1, Ci+1 is a resolvent of Ci (called a center clause) and Bi (called a side clause), and

  2. each Bi is either in S , or is a Cj for some j, j < i .
(320,420)(0,0) (210,404) C0 (280,404) B0 (220,325) (0,1)70 (236,325) (5,6)57 (210,304) C1 (280,304) B1 (220,225) (0,1)70 (236,225) (5,6)57 (210,204) C2 (220,170) (0,1)25 (208,160) ... (220,125) (0,1)25 (236,125) (5,6)20 (210,104) Cn - 1 (280,104) Bn - 1 (220, 25) (0,1)70 (236, 25) (5,6)57 (210, 4) Cn

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