feat: implement clause subsumption and tautology detection logic with associated unit tests

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+/*
+ * richard-atp-engine: A saturation-based automated theorem prover for first-order logic.
+ * Copyright (C) 2026 Richard Qin
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "atp/simplify/tautology.h"
+#include <cstddef>
+
+ namespace atp {
+    bool isTautology(const Clause& clause) {
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < clause.size(); ++i) {
+            for (size_t j = i + 1; j < clause.size(); ++j) {
+                if (clause.literals[i].atom == clause.literals[j].atom && 
+                    clause.literals[i].is_positive != clause.literals[j].is_positive) {
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+}
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