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diff --git a/doc/tutorial/Tutorial.tex b/doc/tutorial/Tutorial.tex index 30b6304c1..8337b1c48 100644 --- a/doc/tutorial/Tutorial.tex +++ b/doc/tutorial/Tutorial.tex @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ of Inductive Constructions. It allows the interactive construction of formal proofs, and also the manipulation of functional programs consistently with their specifications. It runs as a computer program on many architectures. -%, and mainly on Unix machines. + It is available with a variety of user interfaces. The present document does not attempt to present a comprehensive view of all the possibilities of \Coq, but rather to present in the most elementary @@ -33,63 +33,34 @@ proof tools. For more advanced information, the reader could refer to the \Coq{} Reference Manual or the \textit{Coq'Art}, a book by Y. Bertot and P. Castéran on practical uses of the \Coq{} system. -Coq can be used from a standard teletype-like shell window but -preferably through the graphical user interface -CoqIde\footnote{Alternative graphical interfaces exist: Proof General -and Pcoq.}. - Instructions on installation procedures, as well as more comprehensive documentation, may be found in the standard distribution of \Coq, -which may be obtained from \Coq{} web site \url{https://coq.inria.fr/}. - -In the following, we assume that \Coq{} is called from a standard -teletype-like shell window. All examples preceded by the prompting -sequence \verb:Coq < : represent user input, terminated by a -period. - -The following lines usually show \Coq's answer as it appears on the -users screen. When used from a graphical user interface such as -CoqIde, the prompt is not displayed: user input is given in one window +which may be obtained from \Coq{} web site +\url{https://coq.inria.fr/}\footnote{You can report any bug you find +while using \Coq{} at \url{https://coq.inria.fr/bugs}. Make sure to +always provide a way to reproduce it and to specify the exact version +you used. You can get this information by running \texttt{coqc -v}}. +\Coq{} is distributed together with a graphical user interface called +CoqIDE. Alternative interfaces exist such as +Proof General\footnote{See \url{https://proofgeneral.github.io/}.}. + +In the following examples, lines preceded by the prompt \verb:Coq < : +represent user input, terminated by a period. +The following lines usually show \Coq's answer. +When used from a graphical user interface such as +CoqIDE, the prompt is not displayed: user input is given in one window and \Coq's answers are displayed in a different window. -The sequence of such examples is a valid \Coq{} -session, unless otherwise specified. This version of the tutorial has -been prepared on a PC workstation running Linux. The standard -invocation of \Coq{} delivers a message such as: - -\begin{small} -\begin{flushleft} -\begin{verbatim} -unix:~> coqtop -Welcome to Coq 8.2 (January 2009) - -Coq < -\end{verbatim} -\end{flushleft} -\end{small} - -The first line gives a banner stating the precise version of \Coq{} -used. You should always return this banner when you report an anomaly -to our bug-tracking system -\url{https://coq.inria.fr/bugs/}. - \chapter{Basic Predicate Calculus} \section{An overview of the specification language Gallina} A formal development in Gallina consists in a sequence of {\sl declarations} -and {\sl definitions}. You may also send \Coq{} {\sl commands} which are -not really part of the formal development, but correspond to information -requests, or service routine invocations. For instance, the command: -\begin{verbatim} -Coq < Quit. -\end{verbatim} -terminates the current session. +and {\sl definitions}. \subsection{Declarations} -A declaration associates a {\sl name} with -a {\sl specification}. +A declaration associates a {\sl name} with a {\sl specification}. A name corresponds roughly to an identifier in a programming language, i.e. to a string of letters, digits, and a few ASCII symbols like underscore (\verb"_") and prime (\verb"'"), starting with a letter. @@ -165,25 +136,25 @@ in the current context: Check gt. \end{coq_example} -which tells us that \verb:gt: is a function expecting two arguments of -type \verb:nat: in order to build a logical proposition. +which tells us that \texttt{gt} is a function expecting two arguments of +type \texttt{nat} in order to build a logical proposition. What happens here is similar to what we are used to in a functional -programming language: we may compose the (specification) type \verb:nat: -with the (abstract) type \verb:Prop: of logical propositions through the +programming language: we may compose the (specification) type \texttt{nat} +with the (abstract) type \texttt{Prop} of logical propositions through the arrow function constructor, in order to get a functional type -\verb:nat->Prop:: +\texttt{nat -> Prop}: \begin{coq_example} Check (nat -> Prop). \end{coq_example} -which may be composed one more times with \verb:nat: in order to obtain the -type \verb:nat->nat->Prop: of binary relations over natural numbers. -Actually the type \verb:nat->nat->Prop: is an abbreviation for -\verb:nat->(nat->Prop):. +which may be composed once more with \verb:nat: in order to obtain the +type \texttt{nat -> nat -> Prop} of binary relations over natural numbers. +Actually the type \texttt{nat -> nat -> Prop} is an abbreviation for +\texttt{nat -> (nat -> Prop)}. Functional notions may be composed in the usual way. An expression $f$ of type $A\ra B$ may be applied to an expression $e$ of type $A$ in order to form the expression $(f~e)$ of type $B$. Here we get that -the expression \verb:(gt n): is well-formed of type \verb:nat->Prop:, +the expression \verb:(gt n): is well-formed of type \texttt{nat -> Prop}, and thus that the expression \verb:(gt n O):, which abbreviates \verb:((gt n) O):, is a well-formed proposition. \begin{coq_example} @@ -193,11 +164,12 @@ Check gt n O. \subsection{Definitions} The initial prelude contains a few arithmetic definitions: -\verb:nat: is defined as a mathematical collection (type \verb:Set:), constants -\verb:O:, \verb:S:, \verb:plus:, are defined as objects of types -respectively \verb:nat:, \verb:nat->nat:, and \verb:nat->nat->nat:. +\texttt{nat} is defined as a mathematical collection (type \texttt{Set}), +constants \texttt{O}, \texttt{S}, \texttt{plus}, are defined as objects of +types respectively \texttt{nat}, \texttt{nat -> nat}, and \texttt{nat -> +nat -> nat}. You may introduce new definitions, which link a name to a well-typed value. -For instance, we may introduce the constant \verb:one: as being defined +For instance, we may introduce the constant \texttt{one} as being defined to be equal to the successor of zero: \begin{coq_example} Definition one := (S O). @@ -217,17 +189,18 @@ argument \verb:m: of type \verb:nat: in order to build its result as \verb:(plus m m):: \begin{coq_example} -Definition double (m:nat) := plus m m. +Definition double (m : nat) := plus m m. \end{coq_example} This introduces the constant \texttt{double} defined as the -expression \texttt{fun m:nat => plus m m}. -The abstraction introduced by \texttt{fun} is explained as follows. The expression -\verb+fun x:A => e+ is well formed of type \verb+A->B+ in a context -whenever the expression \verb+e+ is well-formed of type \verb+B+ in -the given context to which we add the declaration that \verb+x+ -is of type \verb+A+. Here \verb+x+ is a bound, or dummy variable in -the expression \verb+fun x:A => e+. For instance we could as well have -defined \verb:double: as \verb+fun n:nat => (plus n n)+. +expression \texttt{fun m : nat => plus m m}. +The abstraction introduced by \texttt{fun} is explained as follows. +The expression \texttt{fun x : A => e} is well formed of type +\texttt{A -> B} in a context whenever the expression \texttt{e} is +well-formed of type \texttt{B} in the given context to which we add the +declaration that \texttt{x} is of type \texttt{A}. Here \texttt{x} is a +bound, or dummy variable in the expression \texttt{fun x : A => e}. +For instance we could as well have defined \texttt{double} as +\texttt{fun n : nat => (plus n n)}. Bound (local) variables and free (global) variables may be mixed. For instance, we may define the function which adds the constant \verb:n: @@ -243,19 +216,17 @@ Binding operations are well known for instance in logic, where they are called quantifiers. Thus we may universally quantify a proposition such as $m>0$ in order to get a universal proposition $\forall m\cdot m>0$. Indeed this operator is available in \Coq, with -the following syntax: \verb+forall m:nat, gt m O+. Similarly to the +the following syntax: \texttt{forall m : nat, gt m O}. Similarly to the case of the functional abstraction binding, we are obliged to declare explicitly the type of the quantified variable. We check: \begin{coq_example} -Check (forall m:nat, gt m 0). -\end{coq_example} -We may revert to the clean state of -our initial session using the \Coq{} \verb:Reset: command: -\begin{coq_example} -Reset Initial. +Check (forall m : nat, gt m 0). \end{coq_example} + \begin{coq_eval} +Reset Initial. Set Printing Width 60. +Set Printing Compact Contexts. \end{coq_eval} \section{Introduction to the proof engine: Minimal Logic} @@ -340,17 +311,12 @@ the current goal is solvable from the current local assumptions: assumption. \end{coq_example} -The proof is now finished. We may either discard it, by using the -command \verb:Abort: which returns to the standard \Coq{} toplevel loop -without further ado, or else save it as a lemma in the current context, -under name say \verb:trivial_lemma:: +The proof is now finished. We are now going to ask \Coq{}'s kernel +to check and save the proof. \begin{coq_example} -Save trivial_lemma. +Qed. \end{coq_example} -As a comment, the system shows the proof script listing all tactic -commands used in the proof. - Let us redo the same proof with a few variations. First of all we may name the initial goal as a conjectured lemma: \begin{coq_example} @@ -383,46 +349,30 @@ We may thus complete the proof of \verb:distr_impl: with one composite tactic: apply H; [ assumption | apply H0; assumption ]. \end{coq_example} -Let us now save lemma \verb:distr_impl:: -\begin{coq_example} -Qed. -\end{coq_example} - -Here \verb:Qed: needs no argument, since we gave the name \verb:distr_impl: -in advance. +You should be aware however that relying on automatically generated names is +not robust to slight updates to this proof script. Consequently, it is +discouraged in finished proof scripts. As for the composition of tactics with +\texttt{:} it may hinder the readability of the proof script and it is also +harder to see what's going on when replaying the proof because composed +tactics are evaluated in one go. Actually, such an easy combination of tactics \verb:intro:, \verb:apply: and \verb:assumption: may be found completely automatically by an automatic tactic, called \verb:auto:, without user guidance: -\begin{coq_example} -Lemma distr_imp : (A -> B -> C) -> (A -> B) -> A -> C. -auto. -\end{coq_example} - -This time, we do not save the proof, we just discard it with the \verb:Abort: -command: -\begin{coq_example} +\begin{coq_eval} Abort. +\end{coq_eval} +\begin{coq_example} +Lemma distr_impl : (A -> B -> C) -> (A -> B) -> A -> C. +auto. \end{coq_example} -At any point during a proof, we may use \verb:Abort: to exit the proof mode -and go back to Coq's main loop. We may also use \verb:Restart: to restart -from scratch the proof of the same lemma. We may also use \verb:Undo: to -backtrack one step, and more generally \verb:Undo n: to -backtrack n steps. - -We end this section by showing a useful command, \verb:Inspect n.:, -which inspects the global \Coq{} environment, showing the last \verb:n: declared -notions: +Let us now save lemma \verb:distr_impl:: \begin{coq_example} -Inspect 3. +Qed. \end{coq_example} -The declarations, whether global parameters or axioms, are shown preceded by -\verb:***:; definitions and lemmas are stated with their specification, but -their value (or proof-term) is omitted. - \section{Propositional Calculus} \subsection{Conjunction} @@ -438,7 +388,7 @@ connective. Let us show how to use these ideas for the propositional connectives \begin{coq_example} Lemma and_commutative : A /\ B -> B /\ A. -intro. +intro H. \end{coq_example} We make use of the conjunctive hypothesis \verb:H: with the \verb:elim: tactic, @@ -453,8 +403,11 @@ conjunctive goal into the two subgoals: split. \end{coq_example} and the proof is now trivial. Indeed, the whole proof is obtainable as follows: +\begin{coq_eval} +Abort. +\end{coq_eval} \begin{coq_example} -Restart. +Lemma and_commutative : A /\ B -> B /\ A. intro H; elim H; auto. Qed. \end{coq_example} @@ -465,7 +418,7 @@ conjunction introduction operator \verb+conj+ Check conj. \end{coq_example} -Actually, the tactic \verb+Split+ is just an abbreviation for \verb+apply conj.+ +Actually, the tactic \verb+split+ is just an abbreviation for \verb+apply conj.+ What we have just seen is that the \verb:auto: tactic is more powerful than just a simple application of local hypotheses; it tries to apply as well @@ -498,6 +451,17 @@ clear away unnecessary hypotheses which may clutter your screen. clear H. \end{coq_example} +The tactic \verb:destruct: combines the effects of \verb:elim:, \verb:intros:, +and \verb:clear:: + +\begin{coq_eval} +Abort. +\end{coq_eval} +\begin{coq_example} +Lemma or_commutative : A \/ B -> B \/ A. +intros H; destruct H. +\end{coq_example} + The disjunction connective has two introduction rules, since \verb:P\/Q: may be obtained from \verb:P: or from \verb:Q:; the two corresponding proof constructors are called respectively \verb:or_introl: and @@ -528,8 +492,11 @@ such a simple tautology. The reason is that we want to keep A complete tactic for propositional tautologies is indeed available in \Coq{} as the \verb:tauto: tactic. +\begin{coq_eval} +Abort. +\end{coq_eval} \begin{coq_example} -Restart. +Lemma or_commutative : A \/ B -> B \/ A. tauto. Qed. \end{coq_example} @@ -541,8 +508,8 @@ currently defined in the context: Print or_commutative. \end{coq_example} -It is not easy to understand the notation for proof terms without a few -explanations. The \texttt{fun} prefix, such as \verb+fun H:A\/B =>+, +It is not easy to understand the notation for proof terms without some +explanations. The \texttt{fun} prefix, such as \verb+fun H : A\/B =>+, corresponds to \verb:intro H:, whereas a subterm such as \verb:(or_intror: \verb:B H0): @@ -572,15 +539,17 @@ Lemma Peirce : ((A -> B) -> A) -> A. try tauto. \end{coq_example} -Note the use of the \verb:Try: tactical, which does nothing if its tactic +Note the use of the \verb:try: tactical, which does nothing if its tactic argument fails. This may come as a surprise to someone familiar with classical reasoning. Peirce's lemma is true in Boolean logic, i.e. it evaluates to \verb:true: for every truth-assignment to \verb:A: and \verb:B:. Indeed the double negation of Peirce's law may be proved in \Coq{} using \verb:tauto:: -\begin{coq_example} +\begin{coq_eval} Abort. +\end{coq_eval} +\begin{coq_example} Lemma NNPeirce : ~ ~ (((A -> B) -> A) -> A). tauto. Qed. @@ -651,26 +620,20 @@ function and predicate symbols. \subsection{Sections and signatures} Usually one works in some domain of discourse, over which range the individual -variables and function symbols. In \Coq{} we speak in a language with a rich -variety of types, so me may mix several domains of discourse, in our +variables and function symbols. In \Coq{}, we speak in a language with a rich +variety of types, so we may mix several domains of discourse, in our multi-sorted language. For the moment, we just do a few exercises, over a domain of discourse \verb:D: axiomatised as a \verb:Set:, and we consider two predicate symbols \verb:P: and \verb:R: over \verb:D:, of arities -respectively 1 and 2. Such abstract entities may be entered in the context -as global variables. But we must be careful about the pollution of our -global environment by such declarations. For instance, we have already -polluted our \Coq{} session by declaring the variables -\verb:n:, \verb:Pos_n:, \verb:A:, \verb:B:, and \verb:C:. +1 and 2, respectively. -\begin{coq_example} -Reset Initial. -\end{coq_example} \begin{coq_eval} +Reset Initial. Set Printing Width 60. +Set Printing Compact Contexts. \end{coq_eval} -We shall now declare a new \verb:Section:, which will allow us to define -notions local to a well-delimited scope. We start by assuming a domain of +We start by assuming a domain of discourse \verb:D:, and a binary relation \verb:R: over \verb:D:: \begin{coq_example} Section Predicate_calculus. @@ -686,18 +649,19 @@ a theory, but rather local hypotheses to a theorem, we open a specific section to this effect. \begin{coq_example} Section R_sym_trans. -Hypothesis R_symmetric : forall x y:D, R x y -> R y x. -Hypothesis R_transitive : forall x y z:D, R x y -> R y z -> R x z. +Hypothesis R_symmetric : forall x y : D, R x y -> R y x. +Hypothesis R_transitive : + forall x y z : D, R x y -> R y z -> R x z. \end{coq_example} -Remark the syntax \verb+forall x:D,+ which stands for universal quantification +Remark the syntax \verb+forall x : D,+ which stands for universal quantification $\forall x : D$. \subsection{Existential quantification} We now state our lemma, and enter proof mode. \begin{coq_example} -Lemma refl_if : forall x:D, (exists y, R x y) -> R x x. +Lemma refl_if : forall x : D, (exists y, R x y) -> R x x. \end{coq_example} Remark that the hypotheses which are local to the currently opened sections @@ -711,13 +675,13 @@ predicate as argument: \begin{coq_example} Check ex. \end{coq_example} -and the notation \verb+(exists x:D, P x)+ is just concrete syntax for -the expression \verb+(ex D (fun x:D => P x))+. +and the notation \verb+(exists x : D, P x)+ is just concrete syntax for +the expression \verb+(ex D (fun x : D => P x))+. Existential quantification is handled in \Coq{} in a similar -fashion to the connectives \verb:/\: and \verb:\/: : it is introduced by +fashion to the connectives \verb:/\: and \verb:\/:: it is introduced by the proof combinator \verb:ex_intro:, which is invoked by the specific -tactic \verb:Exists:, and its elimination provides a witness \verb+a:D+ to -\verb:P:, together with an assumption \verb+h:(P a)+ that indeed \verb+a+ +tactic \verb:exists:, and its elimination provides a witness \verb+a : D+ to +\verb:P:, together with an assumption \verb+h : (P a)+ that indeed \verb+a+ verifies \verb:P:. Let us see how this works on this simple example. \begin{coq_example} intros x x_Rlinked. @@ -773,8 +737,8 @@ End R_sym_trans. All the local hypotheses have been discharged in the statement of \verb:refl_if:, which now becomes a general theorem in the first-order language declared in section -\verb:Predicate_calculus:. In this particular example, the use of section -\verb:R_sym_trans: has not been really significant, since we could have +\verb:Predicate_calculus:. In this particular example, section +\verb:R_sym_trans: has not been really useful, since we could have instead stated theorem \verb:refl_if: in its general form, and done basically the same proof, obtaining \verb:R_symmetric: and \verb:R_transitive: as local hypotheses by initial \verb:intros: rather @@ -802,7 +766,7 @@ Lemma weird : (forall x:D, P x) -> exists a, P a. \end{coq_example} First of all, notice the pair of parentheses around -\verb+forall x:D, P x+ in +\verb+forall x : D, P x+ in the statement of lemma \verb:weird:. If we had omitted them, \Coq's parser would have interpreted the statement as a truly trivial fact, since we would @@ -820,7 +784,7 @@ systematically inhabited, lemma \verb:weird: only holds in signatures which allow the explicit construction of an element in the domain of the predicate. -Let us conclude the proof, in order to show the use of the \verb:Exists: +Let us conclude the proof, in order to show the use of the \verb:exists: tactic: \begin{coq_example} exists d; trivial. @@ -836,8 +800,8 @@ We shall need classical reasoning. Instead of loading the \verb:Classical: module as we did above, we just state the law of excluded middle as a local hypothesis schema at this point: \begin{coq_example} -Hypothesis EM : forall A:Prop, A \/ ~ A. -Lemma drinker : exists x:D, P x -> forall x:D, P x. +Hypothesis EM : forall A : Prop, A \/ ~ A. +Lemma drinker : exists x : D, P x -> forall x : D, P x. \end{coq_example} The proof goes by cases on whether or not there is someone who does not drink. Such reasoning by cases proceeds @@ -847,10 +811,11 @@ proper instance of \verb:EM:: elim (EM (exists x, ~ P x)). \end{coq_example} -We first look at the first case. Let Tom be the non-drinker: +We first look at the first case. Let Tom be the non-drinker. +The following combines at once the effect of \verb:intros: and +\verb:destruct:: \begin{coq_example} -intro Non_drinker; elim Non_drinker; - intros Tom Tom_does_not_drink. +intros (Tom, Tom_does_not_drink). \end{coq_example} We conclude in that case by considering Tom, since his drinking leads to @@ -860,9 +825,10 @@ exists Tom; intro Tom_drinks. \end{coq_example} There are several ways in which we may eliminate a contradictory case; -a simple one is to use the \verb:absurd: tactic as follows: +in this case, we use \verb:contradiction: to let \Coq{} find out the +two contradictory hypotheses: \begin{coq_example} -absurd (P Tom); trivial. +contradiction. \end{coq_example} We now proceed with the second case, in which actually any person will do; @@ -904,9 +870,10 @@ Finally, the excluded middle hypothesis is discharged only in Note that the name \verb:d: has vanished as well from the statements of \verb:weird: and \verb:drinker:, since \Coq's pretty-printer replaces -systematically a quantification such as \verb+forall d:D, E+, where \verb:d: -does not occur in \verb:E:, by the functional notation \verb:D->E:. -Similarly the name \verb:EM: does not appear in \verb:drinker:. +systematically a quantification such as \texttt{forall d : D, E}, +where \texttt{d} does not occur in \texttt{E}, +by the functional notation \texttt{D -> E}. +Similarly the name \texttt{EM} does not appear in \texttt{drinker}. Actually, universal quantification, implication, as well as function formation, are @@ -935,12 +902,12 @@ intros. generalize H0. \end{coq_example} -Sometimes it may be convenient to use a lemma, although we do not have -a direct way to appeal to such an already proven fact. The tactic \verb:cut: -permits to use the lemma at this point, keeping the corresponding proof -obligation as a new subgoal: +Sometimes it may be convenient to state an intermediate fact. +The tactic \verb:assert: does this and introduces a new subgoal +for this fact to be proved first. The tactic \verb:enough: does +the same while keeping this goal for later. \begin{coq_example} -cut (R x x); trivial. +enough (R x x) by auto. \end{coq_example} We clean the goal by doing an \verb:Abort: command. \begin{coq_example*} @@ -951,10 +918,10 @@ Abort. \subsection{Equality} The basic equality provided in \Coq{} is Leibniz equality, noted infix like -\verb+x=y+, when \verb:x: and \verb:y: are two expressions of -type the same Set. The replacement of \verb:x: by \verb:y: in any -term is effected by a variety of tactics, such as \verb:rewrite: -and \verb:replace:. +\texttt{x = y}, when \texttt{x} and \texttt{y} are two expressions of +type the same Set. The replacement of \texttt{x} by \texttt{y} in any +term is effected by a variety of tactics, such as \texttt{rewrite} +and \texttt{replace}. Let us give a few examples of equality replacement. Let us assume that some arithmetic function \verb:f: is null in zero: @@ -1009,10 +976,14 @@ In case the equality $t=u$ generated by \verb:replace: $u$ \verb:with: $t$ is an assumption (possibly modulo symmetry), it will be automatically proved and the corresponding goal will not appear. For instance: -\begin{coq_example} + +\begin{coq_eval} Restart. -replace (f 0) with 0. -rewrite f10; rewrite foo; trivial. +\end{coq_eval} +\begin{coq_example} +Lemma L2 : f (f 1) = 0. +replace (f 1) with (f 0). +replace (f 0) with 0; trivial. Qed. \end{coq_example} @@ -1033,20 +1004,20 @@ predicates over some universe \verb:U:. For instance: \begin{coq_example} Variable U : Type. Definition set := U -> Prop. -Definition element (x:U) (S:set) := S x. -Definition subset (A B:set) := - forall x:U, element x A -> element x B. +Definition element (x : U) (S : set) := S x. +Definition subset (A B : set) := + forall x : U, element x A -> element x B. \end{coq_example} Now, assume that we have loaded a module of general properties about relations over some abstract type \verb:T:, such as transitivity: \begin{coq_example} -Definition transitive (T:Type) (R:T -> T -> Prop) := - forall x y z:T, R x y -> R y z -> R x z. +Definition transitive (T : Type) (R : T -> T -> Prop) := + forall x y z : T, R x y -> R y z -> R x z. \end{coq_example} -Now, assume that we want to prove that \verb:subset: is a \verb:transitive: +We want to prove that \verb:subset: is a \verb:transitive: relation. \begin{coq_example} Lemma subset_transitive : transitive set subset. @@ -1071,9 +1042,12 @@ auto. \end{coq_example} Many variations on \verb:unfold: are provided in \Coq. For instance, -we may selectively unfold one designated occurrence: -\begin{coq_example} +instead of unfolding all occurrences of \verb:subset:, we may want to +unfold only one designated occurrence: +\begin{coq_eval} Undo 2. +\end{coq_eval} +\begin{coq_example} unfold subset at 2. \end{coq_example} @@ -1111,6 +1085,7 @@ are {\sl transparent}. \begin{coq_eval} Reset Initial. Set Printing Width 60. +Set Printing Compact Contexts. \end{coq_eval} \section{Data Types as Inductively Defined Mathematical Collections} @@ -1166,11 +1141,14 @@ right; trivial. \end{coq_example} Indeed, the whole proof can be done with the combination of the - \verb:simple: \verb:induction:, which combines \verb:intro: and \verb:elim:, + \verb:destruct:, which combines \verb:intro: and \verb:elim:, with good old \verb:auto:: +\begin{coq_eval} +Abort. +\end{coq_eval} \begin{coq_example} -Restart. -simple induction b; auto. +Lemma duality : forall b:bool, b = true \/ b = false. +destruct b; auto. Qed. \end{coq_example} @@ -1194,7 +1172,7 @@ Check nat_rec. Let us start by showing how to program the standard primitive recursion operator \verb:prim_rec: from the more general \verb:nat_rec:: \begin{coq_example} -Definition prim_rec := nat_rec (fun i:nat => nat). +Definition prim_rec := nat_rec (fun i : nat => nat). \end{coq_example} That is, instead of computing for natural \verb:i: an element of the indexed @@ -1205,22 +1183,27 @@ About prim_rec. \end{coq_example} Oops! Instead of the expected type \verb+nat->(nat->nat->nat)->nat->nat+ we -get an apparently more complicated expression. Indeed the type of -\verb:prim_rec: is equivalent by rule $\beta$ to its expected type; this may -be checked in \Coq{} by command \verb:Eval Cbv Beta:, which $\beta$-reduces -an expression to its {\sl normal form}: +get an apparently more complicated expression. +In fact, the two types are convertible and one way of having the proper +type would be to do some computation before actually defining \verb:prim_rec: +as such: + +\begin{coq_eval} +Reset Initial. +Set Printing Width 60. +Set Printing Compact Contexts. +\end{coq_eval} + \begin{coq_example} -Eval cbv beta in - ((fun _:nat => nat) O -> - (forall y:nat, - (fun _:nat => nat) y -> (fun _:nat => nat) (S y)) -> - forall n:nat, (fun _:nat => nat) n). +Definition prim_rec := + Eval compute in nat_rec (fun i : nat => nat). +About prim_rec. \end{coq_example} Let us now show how to program addition with primitive recursion: \begin{coq_example} Definition addition (n m:nat) := - prim_rec m (fun p rec:nat => S rec) n. + prim_rec m (fun p rec : nat => S rec) n. \end{coq_example} That is, we specify that \verb+(addition n m)+ computes by cases on \verb:n: @@ -1244,15 +1227,11 @@ Fixpoint plus (n m:nat) {struct n} : nat := end. \end{coq_example} -For the rest of the session, we shall clean up what we did so far with -types \verb:bool: and \verb:nat:, in order to use the initial definitions -given in \Coq's \verb:Prelude: module, and not to get confusing error -messages due to our redefinitions. We thus revert to the initial state: +\begin{coq_eval} \begin{coq_example} Reset Initial. -\end{coq_example} -\begin{coq_eval} Set Printing Width 60. +Set Printing Compact Contexts. \end{coq_eval} \subsection{Simple proofs by induction} @@ -1261,20 +1240,21 @@ Let us now show how to do proofs by structural induction. We start with easy properties of the \verb:plus: function we just defined. Let us first show that $n=n+0$. \begin{coq_example} -Lemma plus_n_O : forall n:nat, n = n + 0. +Lemma plus_n_O : forall n : nat, n = n + 0. intro n; elim n. \end{coq_example} -What happened was that \verb:elim n:, in order to construct a \verb:Prop: -(the initial goal) from a \verb:nat: (i.e. \verb:n:), appealed to the -corresponding induction principle \verb:nat_ind: which we saw was indeed +What happened was that \texttt{elim n}, in order to construct a \texttt{Prop} +(the initial goal) from a \texttt{nat} (i.e. \texttt{n}), appealed to the +corresponding induction principle \texttt{nat\_ind} which we saw was indeed exactly Peano's induction scheme. Pattern-matching instantiated the -corresponding predicate \verb:P: to \verb+fun n:nat => n = n + 0+, and we get -as subgoals the corresponding instantiations of the base case \verb:(P O): , -and of the inductive step \verb+forall y:nat, P y -> P (S y)+. -In each case we get an instance of function \verb:plus: in which its second +corresponding predicate \texttt{P} to \texttt{fun n : nat => n = n + 0}, +and we get as subgoals the corresponding instantiations of the base case +\texttt{(P O)}, and of the inductive step +\texttt{forall y : nat, P y -> P (S y)}. +In each case we get an instance of function \texttt{plus} in which its second argument starts with a constructor, and is thus amenable to simplification -by primitive recursion. The \Coq{} tactic \verb:simpl: can be used for +by primitive recursion. The \Coq{} tactic \texttt{simpl} can be used for this purpose: \begin{coq_example} simpl. @@ -1305,12 +1285,12 @@ We now proceed to the similar property concerning the other constructor Lemma plus_n_S : forall n m:nat, S (n + m) = n + S m. \end{coq_example} -We now go faster, remembering that tactic \verb:simple induction: does the +We now go faster, using the tactic \verb:induction:, which does the necessary \verb:intros: before applying \verb:elim:. Factoring simplification and automation in both cases thanks to tactic composition, we prove this lemma in one line: \begin{coq_example} -simple induction n; simpl; auto. +induction n; simpl; auto. Qed. Hint Resolve plus_n_S . \end{coq_example} @@ -1324,7 +1304,7 @@ Lemma plus_com : forall n m:nat, n + m = m + n. Here we have a choice on doing an induction on \verb:n: or on \verb:m:, the situation being symmetric. For instance: \begin{coq_example} -simple induction m; simpl; auto. +induction m as [ | m IHm ]; simpl; auto. \end{coq_example} Here \verb:auto: succeeded on the base case, thanks to our hint @@ -1332,7 +1312,7 @@ Here \verb:auto: succeeded on the base case, thanks to our hint \verb:auto: does not handle: \begin{coq_example} -intros m' E; rewrite <- E; auto. +rewrite <- IHm; auto. Qed. \end{coq_example} @@ -1344,13 +1324,13 @@ the constructors \verb:O: and \verb:S:: it computes to \verb:False: when its argument is \verb:O:, and to \verb:True: when its argument is of the form \verb:(S n):: \begin{coq_example} -Definition Is_S (n:nat) := match n with - | O => False - | S p => True - end. +Definition Is_S (n : nat) := match n with + | O => False + | S p => True + end. \end{coq_example} -Now we may use the computational power of \verb:Is_S: in order to prove +Now we may use the computational power of \verb:Is_S: to prove trivially that \verb:(Is_S (S n)):: \begin{coq_example} Lemma S_Is_S : forall n:nat, Is_S (S n). @@ -1389,8 +1369,11 @@ Actually, a specific tactic \verb:discriminate: is provided to produce mechanically such proofs, without the need for the user to define explicitly the relevant discrimination predicates: +\begin{coq_eval} +Abort. +\end{coq_eval} \begin{coq_example} -Restart. +Lemma no_confusion : forall n:nat, 0 <> S n. intro n; discriminate. Qed. \end{coq_example} @@ -1403,12 +1386,13 @@ may define inductive families, and for instance inductive predicates. Here is the definition of predicate $\le$ over type \verb:nat:, as given in \Coq's \verb:Prelude: module: \begin{coq_example*} -Inductive le (n:nat) : nat -> Prop := +Inductive le (n : nat) : nat -> Prop := | le_n : le n n - | le_S : forall m:nat, le n m -> le n (S m). + | le_S : forall m : nat, le n m -> le n (S m). \end{coq_example*} -This definition introduces a new predicate \verb+le:nat->nat->Prop+, +This definition introduces a new predicate +\verb+le : nat -> nat -> Prop+, and the two constructors \verb:le_n: and \verb:le_S:, which are the defining clauses of \verb:le:. That is, we get not only the ``axioms'' \verb:le_n: and \verb:le_S:, but also the converse property, that @@ -1426,7 +1410,7 @@ Check le_ind. Let us show how proofs may be conducted with this principle. First we show that $n\le m \Rightarrow n+1\le m+1$: \begin{coq_example} -Lemma le_n_S : forall n m:nat, le n m -> le (S n) (S m). +Lemma le_n_S : forall n m : nat, le n m -> le (S n) (S m). intros n m n_le_m. elim n_le_m. \end{coq_example} @@ -1442,10 +1426,14 @@ intros; apply le_S; trivial. Now we know that it is a good idea to give the defining clauses as hints, so that the proof may proceed with a simple combination of -\verb:induction: and \verb:auto:. +\verb:induction: and \verb:auto:. \verb:Hint Constructors le: +is just an abbreviation for \verb:Hint Resolve le_n le_S:. +\begin{coq_eval} +Abort. +\end{coq_eval} \begin{coq_example} -Restart. -Hint Resolve le_n le_S . +Hint Constructors le. +Lemma le_n_S : forall n m : nat, le n m -> le (S n) (S m). \end{coq_example} We have a slight problem however. We want to say ``Do an induction on @@ -1453,7 +1441,7 @@ hypothesis \verb:(le n m):'', but we have no explicit name for it. What we do in this case is to say ``Do an induction on the first unnamed hypothesis'', as follows. \begin{coq_example} -simple induction 1; auto. +induction 1; auto. Qed. \end{coq_example} @@ -1483,6 +1471,7 @@ Qed. \begin{coq_eval} Reset Initial. Set Printing Width 60. +Set Printing Compact Contexts. \end{coq_eval} \section{Opening library modules} @@ -1552,6 +1541,7 @@ known lemmas about both the successor and the less or equal relation, just ask: \begin{coq_eval} Reset Initial. Set Printing Width 60. +Set Printing Compact Contexts. \end{coq_eval} \begin{coq_example} Search S le. @@ -1562,14 +1552,13 @@ predicate appears at the head position in the conclusion. SearchHead le. \end{coq_example} -A new and more convenient search tool is \verb:SearchPattern: -developed by Yves Bertot. It allows finding the theorems with a -conclusion matching a given pattern, where \verb:_: can be used in -place of an arbitrary term. We remark in this example, that \Coq{} +The \verb:Search: commands also allows finding the theorems +containing a given pattern, where \verb:_: can be used in +place of an arbitrary term. As shown in this example, \Coq{} provides usual infix notations for arithmetic operators. \begin{coq_example} -SearchPattern (_ + _ = _). +Search (_ + _ = _). \end{coq_example} \section{Now you are on your own} |