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|     <h2>Description</h2>
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|     <p>Z3 is a general-purpose theorem prover widely used for SAT & SMT solving.</p>
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| <h2 id="apis-and-bindings">APIs and Bindings</h2>
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| <p>This tool is available through the following interfaces:</p>
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| <li><strong>C API:</strong> <a href="https://z3prover.github.io/api/html/group__capi.html" target="_blank" >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" target="_blank" >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" target="_blank" >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" target="_blank" >Z3 Java API Reference</a></li>
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| <li><strong>Python bindings:</strong> <a href="https://pypi.org/project/z3-solver/" target="_blank" >z3-solver PyPI package</a> (<a href="https://z3prover.github.io/api/html/z3.html" target="_blank" >Documentation</a>)</li>
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| <li><strong>Rust bindings:</strong> <a href="https://crates.io/crates/z3" target="_blank" >z3 crate on crates.io</a></li>
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