Theory Higman
section ‹Higman's lemma›
theory Higman
imports Main
begin
text ‹
Formalization by Stefan Berghofer and Monika Seisenberger,
based on Coquand and Fridlender \<^cite>‹Coquand93›.
›
datatype letter = A | B
inductive emb :: "letter list ⇒ letter list ⇒ bool"
where
emb0 [Pure.intro]: "emb [] bs"
| emb1 [Pure.intro]: "emb as bs ⟹ emb as (b # bs)"
| emb2 [Pure.intro]: "emb as bs ⟹ emb (a # as) (a # bs)"
inductive L :: "letter list ⇒ letter list list ⇒ bool"
for v :: "letter list"
where
L0 [Pure.intro]: "emb w v ⟹ L v (w # ws)"
| L1 [Pure.intro]: "L v ws ⟹ L v (w # ws)"
inductive good :: "letter list list ⇒ bool"
where
good0 [Pure.intro]: "L w ws ⟹ good (w # ws)"
| good1 [Pure.intro]: "good ws ⟹ good (w # ws)"
inductive R :: "letter ⇒ letter list list ⇒ letter list list ⇒ bool"
for a :: letter
where
R0 [Pure.intro]: "R a [] []"
| R1 [Pure.intro]: "R a vs ws ⟹ R a (w # vs) ((a # w) # ws)"
inductive T :: "letter ⇒ letter list list ⇒ letter list list ⇒ bool"
for a :: letter
where
T0 [Pure.intro]: "a ≠ b ⟹ R b ws zs ⟹ T a (w # zs) ((a # w) # zs)"
| T1 [Pure.intro]: "T a ws zs ⟹ T a (w # ws) ((a # w) # zs)"
| T2 [Pure.intro]: "a ≠ b ⟹ T a ws zs ⟹ T a ws ((b # w) # zs)"
inductive bar :: "letter list list ⇒ bool"
where
bar1 [Pure.intro]: "good ws ⟹ bar ws"
| bar2 [Pure.intro]: "(⋀w. bar (w # ws)) ⟹ bar ws"
theorem prop1: "bar ([] # ws)"
by iprover
theorem lemma1: "L as ws ⟹ L (a # as) ws"
by (erule L.induct) iprover+
lemma lemma2': "R a vs ws ⟹ L as vs ⟹ L (a # as) ws"
supply [[simproc del: defined_all]]
apply (induct set: R)
apply (erule L.cases)
apply simp+
apply (erule L.cases)
apply simp_all
apply (rule L0)
apply (erule emb2)
apply (erule L1)
done
lemma lemma2: "R a vs ws ⟹ good vs ⟹ good ws"
supply [[simproc del: defined_all]]
apply (induct set: R)
apply iprover
apply (erule good.cases)
apply simp_all
apply (rule good0)
apply (erule lemma2')
apply assumption
apply (erule good1)
done
lemma lemma3': "T a vs ws ⟹ L as vs ⟹ L (a # as) ws"
supply [[simproc del: defined_all]]
apply (induct set: T)
apply (erule L.cases)
apply simp_all
apply (rule L0)
apply (erule emb2)
apply (rule L1)
apply (erule lemma1)
apply (erule L.cases)
apply simp_all
apply iprover+
done
lemma lemma3: "T a ws zs ⟹ good ws ⟹ good zs"
supply [[simproc del: defined_all]]
apply (induct set: T)
apply (erule good.cases)
apply simp_all
apply (rule good0)
apply (erule lemma1)
apply (erule good1)
apply (erule good.cases)
apply simp_all
apply (rule good0)
apply (erule lemma3')
apply iprover+
done
lemma lemma4: "R a ws zs ⟹ ws ≠ [] ⟹ T a ws zs"
supply [[simproc del: defined_all]]
apply (induct set: R)
apply iprover
apply (case_tac vs)
apply (erule R.cases)
apply simp
apply (case_tac a)
apply (rule_tac b=B in T0)
apply simp
apply (rule R0)
apply (rule_tac b=A in T0)
apply simp
apply (rule R0)
apply simp
apply (rule T1)
apply simp
done
lemma letter_neq: "a ≠ b ⟹ c ≠ a ⟹ c = b" for a b c :: letter
apply (case_tac a)
apply (case_tac b)
apply (case_tac c, simp, simp)
apply (case_tac c, simp, simp)
apply (case_tac b)
apply (case_tac c, simp, simp)
apply (case_tac c, simp, simp)
done
lemma letter_eq_dec: "a = b ∨ a ≠ b" for a b :: letter
apply (case_tac a)
apply (case_tac b)
apply simp
apply simp
apply (case_tac b)
apply simp
apply simp
done
theorem prop2:
assumes ab: "a ≠ b" and bar: "bar xs"
shows "⋀ys zs. bar ys ⟹ T a xs zs ⟹ T b ys zs ⟹ bar zs"
using bar
proof induct
fix xs zs
assume "T a xs zs" and "good xs"
then have "good zs" by (rule lemma3)
then show "bar zs" by (rule bar1)
next
fix xs ys
assume I: "⋀w ys zs. bar ys ⟹ T a (w # xs) zs ⟹ T b ys zs ⟹ bar zs"
assume "bar ys"
then show "⋀zs. T a xs zs ⟹ T b ys zs ⟹ bar zs"
proof induct
fix ys zs
assume "T b ys zs" and "good ys"
then have "good zs" by (rule lemma3)
then show "bar zs" by (rule bar1)
next
fix ys zs
assume I': "⋀w zs. T a xs zs ⟹ T b (w # ys) zs ⟹ bar zs"
and ys: "⋀w. bar (w # ys)" and Ta: "T a xs zs" and Tb: "T b ys zs"
show "bar zs"
proof (rule bar2)
fix w
show "bar (w # zs)"
proof (cases w)
case Nil
then show ?thesis by simp (rule prop1)
next
case (Cons c cs)
from letter_eq_dec show ?thesis
proof
assume ca: "c = a"
from ab have "bar ((a # cs) # zs)" by (iprover intro: I ys Ta Tb)
then show ?thesis by (simp add: Cons ca)
next
assume "c ≠ a"
with ab have cb: "c = b" by (rule letter_neq)
from ab have "bar ((b # cs) # zs)" by (iprover intro: I' Ta Tb)
then show ?thesis by (simp add: Cons cb)
qed
qed
qed
qed
qed
theorem prop3:
assumes bar: "bar xs"
shows "⋀zs. xs ≠ [] ⟹ R a xs zs ⟹ bar zs"
using bar
proof induct
fix xs zs
assume "R a xs zs" and "good xs"
then have "good zs" by (rule lemma2)
then show "bar zs" by (rule bar1)
next
fix xs zs
assume I: "⋀w zs. w # xs ≠ [] ⟹ R a (w # xs) zs ⟹ bar zs"
and xsb: "⋀w. bar (w # xs)" and xsn: "xs ≠ []" and R: "R a xs zs"
show "bar zs"
proof (rule bar2)
fix w
show "bar (w # zs)"
proof (induct w)
case Nil
show ?case by (rule prop1)
next
case (Cons c cs)
from letter_eq_dec show ?case
proof
assume "c = a"
then show ?thesis by (iprover intro: I [simplified] R)
next
from R xsn have T: "T a xs zs" by (rule lemma4)
assume "c ≠ a"
then show ?thesis by (iprover intro: prop2 Cons xsb xsn R T)
qed
qed
qed
qed
theorem higman: "bar []"
proof (rule bar2)
fix w
show "bar [w]"
proof (induct w)
show "bar [[]]" by (rule prop1)
next
fix c cs assume "bar [cs]"
then show "bar [c # cs]" by (rule prop3) (simp, iprover)
qed
qed
primrec is_prefix :: "'a list ⇒ (nat ⇒ 'a) ⇒ bool"
where
"is_prefix [] f = True"
| "is_prefix (x # xs) f = (x = f (length xs) ∧ is_prefix xs f)"
theorem L_idx:
assumes L: "L w ws"
shows "is_prefix ws f ⟹ ∃i. emb (f i) w ∧ i < length ws"
using L
proof induct
case (L0 v ws)
then have "emb (f (length ws)) w" by simp
moreover have "length ws < length (v # ws)" by simp
ultimately show ?case by iprover
next
case (L1 ws v)
then obtain i where emb: "emb (f i) w" and "i < length ws"
by simp iprover
then have "i < length (v # ws)" by simp
with emb show ?case by iprover
qed
theorem good_idx:
assumes good: "good ws"
shows "is_prefix ws f ⟹ ∃i j. emb (f i) (f j) ∧ i < j"
using good
proof induct
case (good0 w ws)
then have "w = f (length ws)" and "is_prefix ws f" by simp_all
with good0 show ?case by (iprover dest: L_idx)
next
case (good1 ws w)
then show ?case by simp
qed
theorem bar_idx:
assumes bar: "bar ws"
shows "is_prefix ws f ⟹ ∃i j. emb (f i) (f j) ∧ i < j"
using bar
proof induct
case (bar1 ws)
then show ?case by (rule good_idx)
next
case (bar2 ws)
then have "is_prefix (f (length ws) # ws) f" by simp
then show ?case by (rule bar2)
qed
text ‹
Strong version: yields indices of words that can be embedded into each other.
›
theorem higman_idx: "∃(i::nat) j. emb (f i) (f j) ∧ i < j"
proof (rule bar_idx)
show "bar []" by (rule higman)
show "is_prefix [] f" by simp
qed
text ‹
Weak version: only yield sequence containing words
that can be embedded into each other.
›
theorem good_prefix_lemma:
assumes bar: "bar ws"
shows "is_prefix ws f ⟹ ∃vs. is_prefix vs f ∧ good vs"
using bar
proof induct
case bar1
then show ?case by iprover
next
case (bar2 ws)
from bar2.prems have "is_prefix (f (length ws) # ws) f" by simp
then show ?case by (iprover intro: bar2)
qed
theorem good_prefix: "∃vs. is_prefix vs f ∧ good vs"
using higman
by (rule good_prefix_lemma) simp+
end