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<h2>Description</h2>
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<p>Z3 is a theorem prover developed by Microsoft Research, widely used for SAT & SMT solving and related formal verification tasks. It supports a variety of input languages, including SMT-LIB, and offers APIs for multiple programming languages.
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Z3 is open source under the MIT license and is actively maintained, making it a popular choice for research and industrial applications in software and hardware verification.</p>
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<h2 id="apis-and-bindings">APIs and Bindings</h2>
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<p>Z3 is available through several interfaces, making it a convenient option to build into a project.</p>
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<li><strong>C API:</strong> <a href="https://z3prover.github.io/api/html/group__capi.html">Z3 C API Reference</a></li>
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<li><strong>C++ API:</strong> <a href="https://z3prover.github.io/api/html/namespacez3.html">Z3 C++ Namespace Reference</a></li>
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<li><strong>.NET API:</strong> <a href="https://z3prover.github.io/api/html/namespace_microsoft_1_1_z3.html">Z3 .NET Namespace Reference</a></li>
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<li><strong>Java API:</strong> <a href="https://z3prover.github.io/api/html/namespacecom_1_1microsoft_1_1z3.html">Z3 Java API Reference</a></li>
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<li><strong>Python bindings:</strong> <a href="https://pypi.org/project/z3-solver/">z3-solver PyPI package</a> (<a href="https://z3prover.github.io/api/html/z3.html">Documentation</a>)</li>
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<li><strong>Rust bindings:</strong> <a href="https://crates.io/crates/z3">z3 crate on crates.io</a></li>
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<strong>Z3: An Efficient SMT Solver</strong>
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(March 2008)
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by de Moura, Leonardo et. al.
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| Appears in <em>TACAS</em>
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| Published by Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
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| <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78800-3_24" target="_blank" rel="noopener">10.1007/978-3-540-78800-3_24</a>
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<p class="time">Updated <time datetime="2024-02-02T04:14:54-08:00">February 2, 2024</time></p>
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