-- Copyright (c) 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. -- Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE. -- Author: Leonardo de Moura import logic.eq inductive acc {A : Type} (R : A → A → Prop) : A → Prop := intro : ∀x, (∀ y, R y x → acc R y) → acc R x definition well_founded {A : Type} (R : A → A → Prop) := ∀a, acc R a namespace well_founded context parameters {A : Type} {R : A → A → Prop} infix `≺`:50 := R definition acc_inv {x y : A} (H₁ : acc R x) (H₂ : y ≺ x) : acc R y := have gen : y ≺ x → acc R y, from acc.rec_on H₁ (λ x₁ ac₁ iH H₂, ac₁ y H₂), gen H₂ hypothesis Hwf : well_founded R theorem well_founded_rec {C : A → Type} (a : A) (H : Πx, (Πy, y ≺ x → C y) → C x) : C a := acc.rec_on (Hwf a) (λ x₁ ac₁ iH, H x₁ iH) theorem well_founded_ind {C : A → Prop} (a : A) (H : ∀x, (∀y, y ≺ x → C y) → C x) : C a := well_founded_rec a H variable {C : A → Type} variable F : Πx, (Πy, y ≺ x → C y) → C x definition fix_F (x : A) (a : acc R x) : C x := acc.rec_on a (λ x₁ ac₁ iH, F x₁ iH) theorem fix_F_eq (x : A) (r : acc R x) : fix_F F x r = F x (λ (y : A) (p : y ≺ x), fix_F F y (acc_inv r p)) := have gen : Π r : acc R x, fix_F F x r = F x (λ (y : A) (p : y ≺ x), fix_F F y (acc_inv r p)), from acc.rec_on r (λ x₁ ac iH (r₁ : acc R x₁), -- The proof is straightforward after we replace r₁ with acc.intro (to "unblock" evaluation). calc fix_F F x₁ r₁ = fix_F F x₁ (acc.intro x₁ ac) : proof_irrel r₁ ... = F x₁ (λ y ay, fix_F F y (acc_inv r₁ ay)) : rfl), gen r end variables {A : Type} {C : A → Type} {R : A → A → Prop} -- Well-founded fixpoint definition fix (Hwf : well_founded R) (F : Πx, (Πy, R y x → C y) → C x) (x : A) : C x := fix_F F x (Hwf x) -- Well-founded fixpoint satisfies fixpoint equation theorem fix_eq (Hwf : well_founded R) (F : Πx, (Πy, R y x → C y) → C x) (x : A) : fix Hwf F x = F x (λy h, fix Hwf F y) := calc -- The proof is straightforward, it just uses fix_F_eq and proof irrelevance fix Hwf F x = F x (λy h, fix_F F y (acc_inv (Hwf x) h)) : fix_F_eq F x (Hwf x) ... = F x (λy h, fix Hwf F y) : rfl -- proof irrelevance is used here end well_founded