src/HOL/Codatatype/README.html
author Christian Sternagel
Thu, 30 Aug 2012 15:44:03 +0900
changeset 49093 fdc301f592c4
parent 48975 7f79f94a432c
child 49159 7af3f9f41783
permissions -rw-r--r--
forgot to add lemmas
Ignore whitespace changes - Everywhere: Within whitespace: At end of lines:
48975
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
     1
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
     2
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
     3
<html>
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
     4
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
     5
<head>
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
     6
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
     7
  <title>Codatatype Package</title>
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
     8
</head>
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
     9
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    10
<body>
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    11
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    12
<h3><i>Codatatype</i>: A (co)datatype package based on bounded natural functors
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    13
(BNFs)</h3>
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    14
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    15
<p>
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    16
The <i>Codatatype</i> package provides a fully modular framework for
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    17
constructing inductive and coinductive datatypes in HOL, with support for mixed
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    18
mutual and nested (co)recursion. Mixed (co)recursion enables type definitions
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    19
involving both datatypes and codatatypes, such as the type of finitely branching
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    20
trees of possibly infinite depth. The framework draws heavily from category
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    21
theory.
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    22
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    23
<p>
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    24
The package is described in the following paper:
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    25
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    26
<ul>
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    27
  <li><a href="http://www21.in.tum.de/~traytel/papers/codatatypes/index.html">Foundational, Compositional (Co)datatypes for Higher-Order Logic&mdash;Category Theory Applied to Theorem Proving</a>, <br>
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    28
  Dmitriy Traytel, Andrei Popescu, and Jasmin Christian Blanchette.<br>
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    29
  <i>Logic in Computer Science (LICS 2012)</i>, 2012.
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    30
</ul>
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    31
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    32
<p>
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    33
The main entry point for applications is <tt>Codatatype.thy</tt>.
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    34
The <tt>Examples</tt> directory contains various examples of (co)datatypes,
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    35
including the examples from the paper.
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    36
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    37
<p>
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    38
The key notion underlying the package is that of a <i>bounded natural functor</i>
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    39
(<i>BNF</i>)&mdash;an enriched type constructor satisfying specific properties
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    40
preserved by interesting categorical operations (composition, least fixed point,
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    41
and greatest fixed point). The <tt>Basic_BNFs.thy</tt> file registers
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    42
various basic types, notably for sums, products, function spaces, finite sets,
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    43
multisets, and countable sets. Custom BNFs can be registered as well.
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    44
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    45
<p>
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    46
<b>Warning:</b> The package is under development. Future versions are expected
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    47
to support multiple constructors and selectors per (co)datatype (instead of a
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    48
single <i>fld</i> or <i>unf</i> constant) and provide a nicer syntax for
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    49
(co)datatype and (co)recursive function definitions. Please contact
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    50
any of
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    51
<a href="mailto:traytel@in.tum.de">the</a>
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    52
<a href="mailto:popescua@in.tum.de">above</a>
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    53
<a href="mailto:blanchette@in.tum.de">authors</a>
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    54
if you have questions or comments.
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    55
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    56
</body>
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    57
7f79f94a432c added new (co)datatype package + theories of ordinals and cardinals (with Dmitriy and Andrei)
blanchet
parents:
diff changeset
    58
</html>