CookBook/Package/Ind_Prelims.thy
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theory Ind_Prelims
imports Main LaTeXsugar"../Base" Simple_Inductive_Package
begin

section{* Preliminaries *}
  
text {*
  The user will just give a specification of an inductive predicate and
  expects from the package to produce a convenient reasoning
  infrastructure. This infrastructure needs to be derived from the definition
  that correspond to the specified predicate. This will roughly mean that the
  package has three main parts, namely:


  \begin{itemize}
  \item parsing the specification and typing the parsed input,
  \item making the definitions and deriving the reasoning infrastructure, and
  \item storing the results in the theory. 
  \end{itemize}

  Before we start with explaining all parts, let us first give three examples
  showing how to define inductive predicates by hand and then also how to
  prove by hand important properties about them. From these examples, we will
  figure out a general method for defining inductive predicates.  The aim in
  this section is \emph{not} to write proofs that are as beautiful as
  possible, but as close as possible to the ML-code we will develop in later
  sections.


  We first consider the transitive closure of a relation @{text R}. It is
  an inductive predicate characterised by the two introduction rules:

  \begin{center}\small
  @{prop[mode=Axiom] "trcl R x x"} \hspace{5mm}
  @{prop[mode=Rule] "R x y \<Longrightarrow> trcl R y z \<Longrightarrow> trcl R x z"}
  \end{center}

  In Isabelle, the user will state for @{term trcl\<iota>} the specification:
*}

simple_inductive
  trcl\<iota> :: "('a \<Rightarrow> 'a \<Rightarrow> bool) \<Rightarrow> 'a \<Rightarrow> 'a \<Rightarrow> bool"
where
  base: "trcl\<iota> R x x"
| step: "trcl\<iota> R x y \<Longrightarrow> R y z \<Longrightarrow> trcl\<iota> R x z"

text {*
  As said above the package has to make an appropriate definition and provide
  lemmas to reason about the predicate @{term trcl\<iota>}. Since an inductively
  defined predicate is the least predicate closed under a collection of
  introduction rules, the predicate @{text "trcl R x y"} can be defined so
  that it holds if and only if @{text "P x y"} holds for every predicate
  @{text P} closed under the rules above. This gives rise to the definition
*}

definition "trcl \<equiv> 
     \<lambda>R x y. \<forall>P. (\<forall>x. P x x) 
                  \<longrightarrow> (\<forall>x y z. R x y \<longrightarrow> P y z \<longrightarrow> P x z) \<longrightarrow> P x y"

text {*
  where we quantify over the predicate @{text P}. We have to use the
  object implication @{text "\<longrightarrow>"} and object quantification @{text "\<forall>"} for
  stating this definition (there is no other way for definitions in
  HOL). However, the introduction rules and induction principles 
  should use the meta-connectives since they simplify the
  reasoning for the user.

  With this definition, the proof of the induction principle for @{term trcl}
  is almost immediate. It suffices to convert all the meta-level
  connectives in the lemma to object-level connectives using the
  proof method @{text atomize} (Line 4), expand the definition of @{term trcl}
  (Line 5 and 6), eliminate the universal quantifier contained in it (Line~7),
  and then solve the goal by assumption (Line 8).

*}

lemma %linenos trcl_induct:
  assumes asm: "trcl R x y"
  shows "(\<And>x. P x x) \<Longrightarrow> (\<And>x y z. R x y \<Longrightarrow> P y z \<Longrightarrow> P x z) \<Longrightarrow> P x y"
apply(atomize (full))
apply(cut_tac asm)
apply(unfold trcl_def)
apply(drule spec[where x=P])
apply(assumption)
done

text {*
  The proofs for the introduction rules are slightly more complicated. 
  For the first one, we need to prove the following lemma:
*}

lemma %linenos trcl_base: 
  shows "trcl R x x"
apply(unfold trcl_def)
apply(rule allI impI)+
apply(drule spec)
apply(assumption)
done

text {*
  We again unfold first the definition and apply introduction rules 
  for @{text "\<forall>"} and @{text "\<longrightarrow>"} as often as possible (Lines 3 and 4).
  We then end up in the goal state:
*}

(*<*)lemma "trcl R x x"
apply (unfold trcl_def)
apply (rule allI impI)+(*>*)
txt {* @{subgoals [display]} *}
(*<*)oops(*>*)

text {*
  The two assumptions correspond to the introduction rules. Thus, all we have
  to do is to eliminate the universal quantifier in front of the first
  assumption (Line 5), and then solve the goal by assumption (Line 6).
*}

text {*
  Next we have to show that the second introduction rule also follows from the
  definition.  Since this rule has premises, the proof is a bit more
  involved. After unfolding the definitions and applying the introduction
  rules for @{text "\<forall>"} and @{text "\<longrightarrow>"}
*}

lemma trcl_step: 
  shows "R x y \<Longrightarrow> trcl R y z \<Longrightarrow> trcl R x z"
apply (unfold trcl_def)
apply (rule allI impI)+

txt {* 
  we obtain the goal state

  @{subgoals [display]} 

  To see better where we are, let us explicitly name the assumptions 
  by starting a subproof.
*}

proof -
  case (goal1 P)
  have p1: "R x y" by fact
  have p2: "\<forall>P. (\<forall>x. P x x) 
                  \<longrightarrow> (\<forall>x y z. R x y \<longrightarrow> P y z \<longrightarrow> P x z) \<longrightarrow> P y z" by fact
  have r1: "\<forall>x. P x x" by fact
  have r2: "\<forall>x y z. R x y \<longrightarrow> P y z \<longrightarrow> P x z" by fact
  show "P x z"
  
txt {*
  The assumptions @{text "p1"} and @{text "p2"} correspond to the premises of
  the second introduction rule; the assumptions @{text "r1"} and @{text "r2"}
  correspond to the introduction rules. We apply @{text "r2"} to the goal
  @{term "P x z"}. In order for the assumption to be applicable as a rule, we
  have to eliminate the universal quantifier and turn the object-level
  implications into meta-level ones. This can be accomplished using the @{text
  rule_format} attribute. So we continue the proof with:

*}

    apply (rule r2[rule_format])

txt {*
  This gives us two new subgoals

  @{subgoals [display]} 

  which can be solved using assumptions @{text p1} and @{text p2}. The latter
  involves a quantifier and implications that have to be eliminated before it
  can be applied. To avoid potential problems with higher-order unification,
  we explicitly instantiate the quantifier to @{text "P"} and also match
  explicitly the implications with @{text "r1"} and @{text "r2"}. This gives
  the proof:
*}

    apply(rule p1)
    apply(rule p2[THEN spec[where x=P], THEN mp, THEN mp, OF r1, OF r2])
    done
qed

text {*
  Now we are done. It might be surprising that we are not using the automatic
  tactics available in Isabelle for proving this lemmas. After all @{text
  "blast"} would easily dispense of it.
*}

lemma trcl_step_blast: 
  shows "R x y \<Longrightarrow> trcl R y z \<Longrightarrow> trcl R x z"
apply(unfold trcl_def)
apply(blast)
done

text {*
  Experience has shown that it is generally a bad idea to rely heavily on
  @{text blast}, @{text auto} and the like in automated proofs. The reason is
  that you do not have precise control over them (the user can, for example,
  declare new intro- or simplification rules that can throw automatic tactics
  off course) and also it is very hard to debug proofs involving automatic
  tactics whenever something goes wrong. Therefore if possible, automatic 
  tactics should be avoided or sufficiently constrained.

  The method of defining inductive predicates by impredicative quantification
  also generalises to mutually inductive predicates. The next example defines
  the predicates @{text even} and @{text odd} characterised by the following
  rules:
 
  \begin{center}\small
  @{prop[mode=Axiom] "even (0::nat)"} \hspace{5mm}
  @{prop[mode=Rule] "odd n \<Longrightarrow> even (Suc n)"} \hspace{5mm}
  @{prop[mode=Rule] "even n \<Longrightarrow> odd (Suc n)"}
  \end{center}
  
  The user will state for this inductive definition the specification:
*}

simple_inductive
  even\<iota> and odd\<iota>
where
  even0: "even\<iota> 0"
| evenS: "odd\<iota> n \<Longrightarrow> even\<iota> (Suc n)"
| oddS: "even\<iota> n \<Longrightarrow> odd\<iota> (Suc n)"

text {*
  Since the predicates @{term even} and @{term odd} are mutually inductive, each 
  corresponding definition must quantify over both predicates (we name them 
  below @{text "P"} and @{text "Q"}).
*}

definition "even \<equiv> 
  \<lambda>n. \<forall>P Q. P 0 \<longrightarrow> (\<forall>m. Q m \<longrightarrow> P (Suc m)) 
                 \<longrightarrow> (\<forall>m. P m \<longrightarrow> Q (Suc m)) \<longrightarrow> P n"

definition "odd \<equiv>
  \<lambda>n. \<forall>P Q. P 0 \<longrightarrow> (\<forall>m. Q m \<longrightarrow> P (Suc m)) 
                 \<longrightarrow> (\<forall>m. P m \<longrightarrow> Q (Suc m)) \<longrightarrow> Q n"

text {*
  For proving the induction principles, we use exactly the same technique 
  as in the transitive closure example, namely:
*}

lemma even_induct:
  assumes asm: "even n"
  shows "P 0 \<Longrightarrow> 
             (\<And>m. Q m \<Longrightarrow> P (Suc m)) \<Longrightarrow> (\<And>m. P m \<Longrightarrow> Q (Suc m)) \<Longrightarrow> P n"
apply(atomize (full))
apply(cut_tac asm)
apply(unfold even_def)
apply(drule spec[where x=P])
apply(drule spec[where x=Q])
apply(assumption)
done

text {*
  The only difference with the proof @{text "trcl_induct"} is that we have to
  instantiate here two universal quantifiers.  We omit the other induction
  principle that has @{term "Q n"} as conclusion.  The proofs of the
  introduction rules are also very similar to the ones in the @{text
  "trcl"}-example. We only show the proof of the second introduction rule.

*}

lemma %linenos evenS: 
  shows "odd m \<Longrightarrow> even (Suc m)"
apply (unfold odd_def even_def)
apply (rule allI impI)+
proof -
  case (goal1 P)
  have p1: "\<forall>P Q. P 0 \<longrightarrow> (\<forall>m. Q m \<longrightarrow> P (Suc m)) 
                             \<longrightarrow> (\<forall>m. P m \<longrightarrow> Q (Suc m)) \<longrightarrow> Q m" by fact
  have r1: "P 0" by fact
  have r2: "\<forall>m. Q m \<longrightarrow> P (Suc m)" by fact
  have r3: "\<forall>m. P m \<longrightarrow> Q (Suc m)" by fact
  show "P (Suc m)"
    apply(rule r2[rule_format])
    apply(rule p1[THEN spec[where x=P], THEN spec[where x=Q],
	           THEN mp, THEN mp, THEN mp, OF r1, OF r2, OF r3])
    done
qed

text {*
  In Line 13, we apply the assumption @{text "r2"} (since we prove the second
  introduction rule). In Lines 14 and 15 we apply assumption @{text "p1"} (if
  the second introduction rule had more premises we have to do that for all
  of them). In order for this assumption to be applicable, the quantifiers
  need to be instantiated and then also the implications need to be resolved
  with the other rules.


  As a final example, we define the accessible part of a relation @{text R} characterised 
  by the introduction rule
  
  \begin{center}\small
  \mbox{\inferrule{@{term "\<And>y. R y x \<Longrightarrow> accpart R y"}}{@{term "accpart R x"}}}
  \end{center}

  whose premise involves a universal quantifier and an implication. The
  definition of @{text accpart} is:
*}

definition "accpart \<equiv> \<lambda>R x. \<forall>P. (\<forall>x. (\<forall>y. R y x \<longrightarrow> P y) \<longrightarrow> P x) \<longrightarrow> P x"

text {*
  The proof of the induction principle is again straightforward.
*}

lemma accpart_induct:
  assumes asm: "accpart R x"
  shows "(\<And>x. (\<And>y. R y x \<Longrightarrow> P y) \<Longrightarrow> P x) \<Longrightarrow> P x"
apply(atomize (full))
apply(cut_tac asm)
apply(unfold accpart_def)
apply(drule spec[where x=P])
apply(assumption)
done

text {*
  Proving the introduction rule is a little more complicated, because the quantifier
  and the implication in the premise. The proof is as follows.
*}

lemma %linenos accpartI: 
  shows "(\<And>y. R y x \<Longrightarrow> accpart R y) \<Longrightarrow> accpart R x"
apply (unfold accpart_def)
apply (rule allI impI)+
proof -
  case (goal1 P)
  have p1: "\<And>y. R y x \<Longrightarrow> 
                   (\<forall>P. (\<forall>x. (\<forall>y. R y x \<longrightarrow> P y) \<longrightarrow> P x) \<longrightarrow> P y)" by fact
  have r1: "\<forall>x. (\<forall>y. R y x \<longrightarrow> P y) \<longrightarrow> P x" by fact
  show "P x"
    apply(rule r1[rule_format])
    proof -
      case (goal1 y)
      have r1_prem: "R y x" by fact
      show "P y"
	apply(rule p1[OF r1_prem, THEN spec[where x=P], THEN mp, OF r1])
      done
  qed
qed

text {*
  In Line 11, applying the assumption @{text "r1"} generates a goal state with
  the new local assumption @{term "R y x"}, named @{text "r1_prem"} in the 
  proof above (Line 14). This local assumption is used to solve
  the goal @{term "P y"} with the help of assumption @{text "p1"}.

  The point of these examples is to get a feeling what the automatic proofs 
  should do in order to solve all inductive definitions we throw at them.
  This is usually the first step in writing a package. We next explain
  the parsing and typing part of the package.

*}
(*<*)end(*>*)