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title: "Exponential blowup when using unbundled typeclasses to model algebraic hierarchies"
categories: research coq
+forum: https://coq.discourse.group/t/blog-post-exponential-blowup-when-using-unbundled-typeclasses-to-model-algebraic-hierarchies/289
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When formalizing a proof in an interactive theorem prover like [Coq](https://coq.inria.fr/), one reoccuring issue is the handling of algebraic hierarchies.