diff -r ee864694315b -r 05cbe2430b76 ProgTutorial/FirstSteps.thy --- a/ProgTutorial/FirstSteps.thy Tue Aug 18 01:05:56 2009 +0200 +++ b/ProgTutorial/FirstSteps.thy Wed Aug 19 00:49:40 2009 +0200 @@ -1167,6 +1167,31 @@ in @{ML_file "HOL/Tools/hologic.ML"}. \end{readmore} + \begin{exercise}\label{ex:debruijn} + Implement the function,\footnote{Personal communication of + de Bruijn to Dyckhoff.} called deBruijn n, that constructs terms of the form: + + \begin{center} + \begin{tabular}{r@ {\hspace{2mm}}c@ {\hspace{2mm}}l} + {\it rhs n} & $\dn$ & $\bigwedge${\it i=1\ldots n. P\,i}\\ + {\it lhs n} & $\dn$ & $\bigwedge${\it i=1\ldots n. P\,i = P (i + 1 mod n)} + $\longrightarrow$ {\it rhs n}\\ + {\it deBruijn n} & $\dn$ & {\it lhs n} $\longrightarrow$ {\it rhs n}\\ + \end{tabular} + \end{center} + + For n=3 this function returns the term + + \begin{center} + \begin{tabular}{l} + (P 2 = P 3 $\longrightarrow$ P 3 $\wedge$ P 2 $\wedge$ P 1) $\wedge$\\ + (P 1 = P 2 $\longrightarrow$ P 3 $\wedge$ P 2 $\wedge$ P 1) $\wedge$\\ + (P 1 = P 3 $\longrightarrow$ P 3 $\wedge$ P 2 $\wedge$ P 1) $\longrightarrow$ P 3 $\wedge$ P 2 $\wedge$ P 1 + \end{tabular} + \end{center} + + \end{exercise} + When constructing terms manually, there are a few subtle issues with constants. They usually crop up when pattern matching terms or types, or when constructing them. While it is perfectly ok to write the function