Theory Group_Context

(*  Title:      HOL/Isar_Examples/Group_Context.thy
    Author:     Makarius
*)

section ‹Some algebraic identities derived from group axioms -- theory context version›

theory Group_Context
  imports Main
begin

text ‹hypothetical group axiomatization›

context
  fixes prod :: "'a  'a  'a"  (infixl "" 70)
    and one :: "'a"
    and inverse :: "'a  'a"
  assumes assoc: "(x  y)  z = x  (y  z)"
    and left_one: "one  x = x"
    and left_inverse: "inverse x  x = one"
begin

text ‹some consequences›

lemma right_inverse: "x  inverse x = one"
proof -
  have "x  inverse x = one  (x  inverse x)"
    by (simp only: left_one)
  also have " = one  x  inverse x"
    by (simp only: assoc)
  also have " = inverse (inverse x)  inverse x  x  inverse x"
    by (simp only: left_inverse)
  also have " = inverse (inverse x)  (inverse x  x)  inverse x"
    by (simp only: assoc)
  also have " = inverse (inverse x)  one  inverse x"
    by (simp only: left_inverse)
  also have " = inverse (inverse x)  (one  inverse x)"
    by (simp only: assoc)
  also have " = inverse (inverse x)  inverse x"
    by (simp only: left_one)
  also have " = one"
    by (simp only: left_inverse)
  finally show ?thesis .
qed

lemma right_one: "x  one = x"
proof -
  have "x  one = x  (inverse x  x)"
    by (simp only: left_inverse)
  also have " = x  inverse x  x"
    by (simp only: assoc)
  also have " = one  x"
    by (simp only: right_inverse)
  also have " = x"
    by (simp only: left_one)
  finally show ?thesis .
qed

lemma one_equality:
  assumes eq: "e  x = x"
  shows "one = e"
proof -
  have "one = x  inverse x"
    by (simp only: right_inverse)
  also have " = (e  x)  inverse x"
    by (simp only: eq)
  also have " = e  (x  inverse x)"
    by (simp only: assoc)
  also have " = e  one"
    by (simp only: right_inverse)
  also have " = e"
    by (simp only: right_one)
  finally show ?thesis .
qed

lemma inverse_equality:
  assumes eq: "x'  x = one"
  shows "inverse x = x'"
proof -
  have "inverse x = one  inverse x"
    by (simp only: left_one)
  also have " = (x'  x)  inverse x"
    by (simp only: eq)
  also have " = x'  (x  inverse x)"
    by (simp only: assoc)
  also have " = x'  one"
    by (simp only: right_inverse)
  also have " = x'"
    by (simp only: right_one)
  finally show ?thesis .
qed

end

end