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+(* Title:    HOL/ex/ApproximationEx.thy
+   Author:   Johannes Hoelzl <hoelzl@in.tum.de> 2009
+*)
+theory ApproximationEx
+imports "~~/src/HOL/Reflection/Approximation"
+begin
+
+text {*
+
+Here are some examples how to use the approximation method.
+
+The parameter passed to the method specifies the precision used by the computations, it is specified
+as number of bits to calculate. When a variable is used it needs to be bounded by an interval. This
+interval is specified as a conjunction of the lower and upper bound. It must have the form
+@{text "\<lbrakk> l\<^isub>1 \<le> x\<^isub>1 \<and> x\<^isub>1 \<le> u\<^isub>1 ; \<dots> ; l\<^isub>n \<le> x\<^isub>n \<and> x\<^isub>n \<le> u\<^isub>n \<rbrakk> \<Longrightarrow> F"} where @{term F} is the formula, and
+@{text "x\<^isub>1, \<dots>, x\<^isub>n"} are the variables. The lower bounds @{text "l\<^isub>1, \<dots>, l\<^isub>n"} and the upper bounds
+@{text "u\<^isub>1, \<dots>, u\<^isub>n"} must either be integer numerals, floating point numbers or of the form
+@{term "m * pow2 e"} to specify a exact floating point value.
+
+*}
+
+section "Compute some transcendental values"
+
+lemma "\<bar> ln 2 - 544531980202654583340825686620847 / 785593587443817081832229725798400 \<bar> < inverse (2^51) "
+  by (approximation 80)
+
+lemma "\<bar> exp 1.626 - 5.083499996273 \<bar> < (inverse 10 ^ 10 :: real)"
+  by (approximation 80)
+
+lemma "\<bar> sqrt 2 - 1.4142135623730951 \<bar> < inverse 10 ^ 16"
+  by (approximation 80)
+   
+lemma "\<bar> pi - 3.1415926535897932385 \<bar> < inverse 10 ^ 18"
+  by (approximation 80)
+
+section "Use variable ranges"
+
+lemma "0.5 \<le> x \<and> x \<le> 4.5 \<Longrightarrow> \<bar> arctan x - 0.91 \<bar> < 0.455"
+  by (approximation 10)
+
+lemma "0 \<le> x \<and> x \<le> 1 \<Longrightarrow> 0 \<le> sin x"
+  by (approximation 10)
+
+
+end
+