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I've added a small theorem that states simplifications do not increase the number of symbols in formulas. This follows a conversation I had with @samvang and @hferee, in which we discussed adopting a more mathematical approach to simplifications by setting a goal and proving that our simplifications are a step toward that goal.
In this case, I used the same measure as the one used in the benchmark (number of symbols) to write the theorem, stating that the number of symbols in a simplified formula is always less than or equal to the original.
I don't see how we could get a better bound that isn't too implementation-dependent. Achieving that would probably require defining some notion of irreducibility, which I think would be hard to formalize in a useful and readable way.
The benchmark was also updated to output a last row in which summarizes the benchmark.