The idea of proving theorems mechanically may be dated back to Descartes and Leibnize in the 17th century and has been formulated in precise mathematical forms in the 20th century through the school of Hilbert.

• 机器证明的思想可以回溯到 17世纪的 Descartes与 Leibnize,2 0世纪初 Hilbert更明确地提出了公理系统的机械化判定问题。