--- a/src/HOL/List.thy Sun Nov 22 18:26:54 2020 +0000
+++ b/src/HOL/List.thy Thu Nov 26 18:09:02 2020 +0000
@@ -4542,48 +4542,47 @@
"replicate (length (filter (\<lambda>y. x = y) xs)) x = filter (\<lambda>y. x = y) xs"
by (induct xs) auto
+text \<open>This stronger version is thanks to Stepan Holub\<close>
lemma comm_append_are_replicate:
- "\<lbrakk> xs \<noteq> []; ys \<noteq> []; xs @ ys = ys @ xs \<rbrakk>
+ "xs @ ys = ys @ xs
\<Longrightarrow> \<exists>m n zs. concat (replicate m zs) = xs \<and> concat (replicate n zs) = ys"
-proof (induction "length (xs @ ys)" arbitrary: xs ys rule: less_induct)
+proof (induction "length (xs @ ys) + length xs" arbitrary: xs ys rule: less_induct)
case less
-
- define xs' ys' where "xs' = (if (length xs \<le> length ys) then xs else ys)"
- and "ys' = (if (length xs \<le> length ys) then ys else xs)"
- then have
- prems': "length xs' \<le> length ys'"
- "xs' @ ys' = ys' @ xs'"
- and "xs' \<noteq> []"
- and len: "length (xs @ ys) = length (xs' @ ys')"
- using less by (auto intro: less.hyps)
-
- from prems'
- obtain ws where "ys' = xs' @ ws"
- by (auto simp: append_eq_append_conv2)
-
- have "\<exists>m n zs. concat (replicate m zs) = xs' \<and> concat (replicate n zs) = ys'"
- proof (cases "ws = []")
- case True
- then have "concat (replicate 1 xs') = xs'"
- and "concat (replicate 1 xs') = ys'"
- using \<open>ys' = xs' @ ws\<close> by auto
- then show ?thesis by blast
+ consider "length ys < length xs" | "xs = []" | "length xs \<le> length ys \<and> xs \<noteq> []"
+ by linarith
+ then show ?case
+ proof (cases)
+ assume "length ys < length xs"
+ then show ?thesis
+ using less.hyps[OF _ less.prems[symmetric]] nat_add_left_cancel_less by auto
+ next
+ assume "xs = []"
+ then have "concat (replicate 0 ys) = xs \<and> concat (replicate 1 ys) = ys"
+ by simp
+ then show ?case
+ by blast
next
- case False
- from \<open>ys' = xs' @ ws\<close> and \<open>xs' @ ys' = ys' @ xs'\<close>
- have "xs' @ ws = ws @ xs'" by simp
- then have "\<exists>m n zs. concat (replicate m zs) = xs' \<and> concat (replicate n zs) = ws"
- using False and \<open>xs' \<noteq> []\<close> and \<open>ys' = xs' @ ws\<close> and len
- by (intro less.hyps) auto
- then obtain m n zs where *: "concat (replicate m zs) = xs'"
- and "concat (replicate n zs) = ws" by blast
- then have "concat (replicate (m + n) zs) = ys'"
- using \<open>ys' = xs' @ ws\<close>
+ assume "length xs \<le> length ys \<and> xs \<noteq> []"
+ then have "length xs \<le> length ys" and "xs \<noteq> []"
+ by blast+
+ from \<open>length xs \<le> length ys\<close> and \<open>xs @ ys = ys @ xs\<close>
+ obtain ws where "ys = xs @ ws"
+ by (auto simp: append_eq_append_conv2)
+ from this and \<open>xs \<noteq> []\<close>
+ have "length ws < length ys"
+ by simp
+ from \<open>xs @ ys = ys @ xs\<close>[unfolded \<open>ys = xs @ ws\<close>]
+ have "xs @ ws = ws @ xs"
+ by simp
+ from less.hyps[OF _ this] \<open>length ws < length ys\<close>
+ obtain m n' zs where "concat (replicate m zs) = xs" and "concat (replicate n' zs) = ws"
+ by auto
+ then have "concat (replicate (m+n') zs) = ys"
+ using \<open>ys = xs @ ws\<close>
by (simp add: replicate_add)
- with * show ?thesis by blast
+ then show ?case
+ using \<open>concat (replicate m zs) = xs\<close> by blast
qed
- then show ?case
- using xs'_def ys'_def by meson
qed
lemma comm_append_is_replicate:
@@ -4594,7 +4593,7 @@
proof -
obtain m n zs where "concat (replicate m zs) = xs"
and "concat (replicate n zs) = ys"
- using comm_append_are_replicate[of xs ys, OF assms] by blast
+ using comm_append_are_replicate[of xs ys] assms by blast
then have "m + n > 1" and "concat (replicate (m+n) zs) = xs @ ys"
using \<open>xs \<noteq> []\<close> and \<open>ys \<noteq> []\<close>
by (auto simp: replicate_add)