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+theory Proof
+imports Base
+begin
+
+chapter {* Structured proofs *}
+
+section {* Variables \label{sec:variables} *}
+
+text {*
+ Any variable that is not explicitly bound by @{text "\<lambda>"}-abstraction
+ is considered as ``free''. Logically, free variables act like
+ outermost universal quantification at the sequent level: @{text
+ "A\<^isub>1(x), \<dots>, A\<^isub>n(x) \<turnstile> B(x)"} means that the result
+ holds \emph{for all} values of @{text "x"}. Free variables for
+ terms (not types) can be fully internalized into the logic: @{text
+ "\<turnstile> B(x)"} and @{text "\<turnstile> \<And>x. B(x)"} are interchangeable, provided
+ that @{text "x"} does not occur elsewhere in the context.
+ Inspecting @{text "\<turnstile> \<And>x. B(x)"} more closely, we see that inside the
+ quantifier, @{text "x"} is essentially ``arbitrary, but fixed'',
+ while from outside it appears as a place-holder for instantiation
+ (thanks to @{text "\<And>"} elimination).
+
+ The Pure logic represents the idea of variables being either inside
+ or outside the current scope by providing separate syntactic
+ categories for \emph{fixed variables} (e.g.\ @{text "x"}) vs.\
+ \emph{schematic variables} (e.g.\ @{text "?x"}). Incidently, a
+ universal result @{text "\<turnstile> \<And>x. B(x)"} has the HHF normal form @{text
+ "\<turnstile> B(?x)"}, which represents its generality nicely without requiring
+ an explicit quantifier. The same principle works for type
+ variables: @{text "\<turnstile> B(?\<alpha>)"} represents the idea of ``@{text "\<turnstile>
+ \<forall>\<alpha>. B(\<alpha>)"}'' without demanding a truly polymorphic framework.
+
+ \medskip Additional care is required to treat type variables in a
+ way that facilitates type-inference. In principle, term variables
+ depend on type variables, which means that type variables would have
+ to be declared first. For example, a raw type-theoretic framework
+ would demand the context to be constructed in stages as follows:
+ @{text "\<Gamma> = \<alpha>: type, x: \<alpha>, a: A(x\<^isub>\<alpha>)"}.
+
+ We allow a slightly less formalistic mode of operation: term
+ variables @{text "x"} are fixed without specifying a type yet
+ (essentially \emph{all} potential occurrences of some instance
+ @{text "x\<^isub>\<tau>"} are fixed); the first occurrence of @{text "x"}
+ within a specific term assigns its most general type, which is then
+ maintained consistently in the context. The above example becomes
+ @{text "\<Gamma> = x: term, \<alpha>: type, A(x\<^isub>\<alpha>)"}, where type @{text
+ "\<alpha>"} is fixed \emph{after} term @{text "x"}, and the constraint
+ @{text "x :: \<alpha>"} is an implicit consequence of the occurrence of
+ @{text "x\<^isub>\<alpha>"} in the subsequent proposition.
+
+ This twist of dependencies is also accommodated by the reverse
+ operation of exporting results from a context: a type variable
+ @{text "\<alpha>"} is considered fixed as long as it occurs in some fixed
+ term variable of the context. For example, exporting @{text "x:
+ term, \<alpha>: type \<turnstile> x\<^isub>\<alpha> = x\<^isub>\<alpha>"} produces in the first step
+ @{text "x: term \<turnstile> x\<^isub>\<alpha> = x\<^isub>\<alpha>"} for fixed @{text "\<alpha>"},
+ and only in the second step @{text "\<turnstile> ?x\<^isub>?\<^isub>\<alpha> =
+ ?x\<^isub>?\<^isub>\<alpha>"} for schematic @{text "?x"} and @{text "?\<alpha>"}.
+
+ \medskip The Isabelle/Isar proof context manages the gory details of
+ term vs.\ type variables, with high-level principles for moving the
+ frontier between fixed and schematic variables.
+
+ The @{text "add_fixes"} operation explictly declares fixed
+ variables; the @{text "declare_term"} operation absorbs a term into
+ a context by fixing new type variables and adding syntactic
+ constraints.
+
+ The @{text "export"} operation is able to perform the main work of
+ generalizing term and type variables as sketched above, assuming
+ that fixing variables and terms have been declared properly.
+
+ There @{text "import"} operation makes a generalized fact a genuine
+ part of the context, by inventing fixed variables for the schematic
+ ones. The effect can be reversed by using @{text "export"} later,
+ potentially with an extended context; the result is equivalent to
+ the original modulo renaming of schematic variables.
+
+ The @{text "focus"} operation provides a variant of @{text "import"}
+ for nested propositions (with explicit quantification): @{text
+ "\<And>x\<^isub>1 \<dots> x\<^isub>n. B(x\<^isub>1, \<dots>, x\<^isub>n)"} is
+ decomposed by inventing fixed variables @{text "x\<^isub>1, \<dots>,
+ x\<^isub>n"} for the body.
+*}
+
+text %mlref {*
+ \begin{mldecls}
+ @{index_ML Variable.add_fixes: "
+ string list -> Proof.context -> string list * Proof.context"} \\
+ @{index_ML Variable.variant_fixes: "
+ string list -> Proof.context -> string list * Proof.context"} \\
+ @{index_ML Variable.declare_term: "term -> Proof.context -> Proof.context"} \\
+ @{index_ML Variable.declare_constraints: "term -> Proof.context -> Proof.context"} \\
+ @{index_ML Variable.export: "Proof.context -> Proof.context -> thm list -> thm list"} \\
+ @{index_ML Variable.polymorphic: "Proof.context -> term list -> term list"} \\
+ @{index_ML Variable.import_thms: "bool -> thm list -> Proof.context ->
+ ((ctyp list * cterm list) * thm list) * Proof.context"} \\
+ @{index_ML Variable.focus: "cterm -> Proof.context -> (cterm list * cterm) * Proof.context"} \\
+ \end{mldecls}
+
+ \begin{description}
+
+ \item @{ML Variable.add_fixes}~@{text "xs ctxt"} fixes term
+ variables @{text "xs"}, returning the resulting internal names. By
+ default, the internal representation coincides with the external
+ one, which also means that the given variables must not be fixed
+ already. There is a different policy within a local proof body: the
+ given names are just hints for newly invented Skolem variables.
+
+ \item @{ML Variable.variant_fixes} is similar to @{ML
+ Variable.add_fixes}, but always produces fresh variants of the given
+ names.
+
+ \item @{ML Variable.declare_term}~@{text "t ctxt"} declares term
+ @{text "t"} to belong to the context. This automatically fixes new
+ type variables, but not term variables. Syntactic constraints for
+ type and term variables are declared uniformly, though.
+
+ \item @{ML Variable.declare_constraints}~@{text "t ctxt"} declares
+ syntactic constraints from term @{text "t"}, without making it part
+ of the context yet.
+
+ \item @{ML Variable.export}~@{text "inner outer thms"} generalizes
+ fixed type and term variables in @{text "thms"} according to the
+ difference of the @{text "inner"} and @{text "outer"} context,
+ following the principles sketched above.
+
+ \item @{ML Variable.polymorphic}~@{text "ctxt ts"} generalizes type
+ variables in @{text "ts"} as far as possible, even those occurring
+ in fixed term variables. The default policy of type-inference is to
+ fix newly introduced type variables, which is essentially reversed
+ with @{ML Variable.polymorphic}: here the given terms are detached
+ from the context as far as possible.
+
+ \item @{ML Variable.import_thms}~@{text "open thms ctxt"} invents fixed
+ type and term variables for the schematic ones occurring in @{text
+ "thms"}. The @{text "open"} flag indicates whether the fixed names
+ should be accessible to the user, otherwise newly introduced names
+ are marked as ``internal'' (\secref{sec:names}).
+
+ \item @{ML Variable.focus}~@{text B} decomposes the outermost @{text
+ "\<And>"} prefix of proposition @{text "B"}.
+
+ \end{description}
+*}
+
+
+section {* Assumptions \label{sec:assumptions} *}
+
+text {*
+ An \emph{assumption} is a proposition that it is postulated in the
+ current context. Local conclusions may use assumptions as
+ additional facts, but this imposes implicit hypotheses that weaken
+ the overall statement.
+
+ Assumptions are restricted to fixed non-schematic statements, i.e.\
+ all generality needs to be expressed by explicit quantifiers.
+ Nevertheless, the result will be in HHF normal form with outermost
+ quantifiers stripped. For example, by assuming @{text "\<And>x :: \<alpha>. P
+ x"} we get @{text "\<And>x :: \<alpha>. P x \<turnstile> P ?x"} for schematic @{text "?x"}
+ of fixed type @{text "\<alpha>"}. Local derivations accumulate more and
+ more explicit references to hypotheses: @{text "A\<^isub>1, \<dots>,
+ A\<^isub>n \<turnstile> B"} where @{text "A\<^isub>1, \<dots>, A\<^isub>n"} needs to
+ be covered by the assumptions of the current context.
+
+ \medskip The @{text "add_assms"} operation augments the context by
+ local assumptions, which are parameterized by an arbitrary @{text
+ "export"} rule (see below).
+
+ The @{text "export"} operation moves facts from a (larger) inner
+ context into a (smaller) outer context, by discharging the
+ difference of the assumptions as specified by the associated export
+ rules. Note that the discharged portion is determined by the
+ difference contexts, not the facts being exported! There is a
+ separate flag to indicate a goal context, where the result is meant
+ to refine an enclosing sub-goal of a structured proof state (cf.\
+ \secref{sec:isar-proof-state}).
+
+ \medskip The most basic export rule discharges assumptions directly
+ by means of the @{text "\<Longrightarrow>"} introduction rule:
+ \[
+ \infer[(@{text "\<Longrightarrow>_intro"})]{@{text "\<Gamma> \\ A \<turnstile> A \<Longrightarrow> B"}}{@{text "\<Gamma> \<turnstile> B"}}
+ \]
+
+ The variant for goal refinements marks the newly introduced
+ premises, which causes the canonical Isar goal refinement scheme to
+ enforce unification with local premises within the goal:
+ \[
+ \infer[(@{text "#\<Longrightarrow>_intro"})]{@{text "\<Gamma> \\ A \<turnstile> #A \<Longrightarrow> B"}}{@{text "\<Gamma> \<turnstile> B"}}
+ \]
+
+ \medskip Alternative versions of assumptions may perform arbitrary
+ transformations on export, as long as the corresponding portion of
+ hypotheses is removed from the given facts. For example, a local
+ definition works by fixing @{text "x"} and assuming @{text "x \<equiv> t"},
+ with the following export rule to reverse the effect:
+ \[
+ \infer[(@{text "\<equiv>-expand"})]{@{text "\<Gamma> \\ x \<equiv> t \<turnstile> B t"}}{@{text "\<Gamma> \<turnstile> B x"}}
+ \]
+ This works, because the assumption @{text "x \<equiv> t"} was introduced in
+ a context with @{text "x"} being fresh, so @{text "x"} does not
+ occur in @{text "\<Gamma>"} here.
+*}
+
+text %mlref {*
+ \begin{mldecls}
+ @{index_ML_type Assumption.export} \\
+ @{index_ML Assumption.assume: "cterm -> thm"} \\
+ @{index_ML Assumption.add_assms:
+ "Assumption.export ->
+ cterm list -> Proof.context -> thm list * Proof.context"} \\
+ @{index_ML Assumption.add_assumes: "
+ cterm list -> Proof.context -> thm list * Proof.context"} \\
+ @{index_ML Assumption.export: "bool -> Proof.context -> Proof.context -> thm -> thm"} \\
+ \end{mldecls}
+
+ \begin{description}
+
+ \item @{ML_type Assumption.export} represents arbitrary export
+ rules, which is any function of type @{ML_type "bool -> cterm list -> thm -> thm"},
+ where the @{ML_type "bool"} indicates goal mode, and the @{ML_type
+ "cterm list"} the collection of assumptions to be discharged
+ simultaneously.
+
+ \item @{ML Assumption.assume}~@{text "A"} turns proposition @{text
+ "A"} into a raw assumption @{text "A \<turnstile> A'"}, where the conclusion
+ @{text "A'"} is in HHF normal form.
+
+ \item @{ML Assumption.add_assms}~@{text "r As"} augments the context
+ by assumptions @{text "As"} with export rule @{text "r"}. The
+ resulting facts are hypothetical theorems as produced by the raw
+ @{ML Assumption.assume}.
+
+ \item @{ML Assumption.add_assumes}~@{text "As"} is a special case of
+ @{ML Assumption.add_assms} where the export rule performs @{text
+ "\<Longrightarrow>_intro"} or @{text "#\<Longrightarrow>_intro"}, depending on goal mode.
+
+ \item @{ML Assumption.export}~@{text "is_goal inner outer thm"}
+ exports result @{text "thm"} from the the @{text "inner"} context
+ back into the @{text "outer"} one; @{text "is_goal = true"} means
+ this is a goal context. The result is in HHF normal form. Note
+ that @{ML "ProofContext.export"} combines @{ML "Variable.export"}
+ and @{ML "Assumption.export"} in the canonical way.
+
+ \end{description}
+*}
+
+
+section {* Results \label{sec:results} *}
+
+text {*
+ Local results are established by monotonic reasoning from facts
+ within a context. This allows common combinations of theorems,
+ e.g.\ via @{text "\<And>/\<Longrightarrow>"} elimination, resolution rules, or equational
+ reasoning, see \secref{sec:thms}. Unaccounted context manipulations
+ should be avoided, notably raw @{text "\<And>/\<Longrightarrow>"} introduction or ad-hoc
+ references to free variables or assumptions not present in the proof
+ context.
+
+ \medskip The @{text "SUBPROOF"} combinator allows to structure a
+ tactical proof recursively by decomposing a selected sub-goal:
+ @{text "(\<And>x. A(x) \<Longrightarrow> B(x)) \<Longrightarrow> \<dots>"} is turned into @{text "B(x) \<Longrightarrow> \<dots>"}
+ after fixing @{text "x"} and assuming @{text "A(x)"}. This means
+ the tactic needs to solve the conclusion, but may use the premise as
+ a local fact, for locally fixed variables.
+
+ The @{text "prove"} operation provides an interface for structured
+ backwards reasoning under program control, with some explicit sanity
+ checks of the result. The goal context can be augmented by
+ additional fixed variables (cf.\ \secref{sec:variables}) and
+ assumptions (cf.\ \secref{sec:assumptions}), which will be available
+ as local facts during the proof and discharged into implications in
+ the result. Type and term variables are generalized as usual,
+ according to the context.
+
+ The @{text "obtain"} operation produces results by eliminating
+ existing facts by means of a given tactic. This acts like a dual
+ conclusion: the proof demonstrates that the context may be augmented
+ by certain fixed variables and assumptions. See also
+ \cite{isabelle-isar-ref} for the user-level @{text "\<OBTAIN>"} and
+ @{text "\<GUESS>"} elements. Final results, which may not refer to
+ the parameters in the conclusion, need to exported explicitly into
+ the original context.
+*}
+
+text %mlref {*
+ \begin{mldecls}
+ @{index_ML SUBPROOF:
+ "({context: Proof.context, schematics: ctyp list * cterm list,
+ params: cterm list, asms: cterm list, concl: cterm,
+ prems: thm list} -> tactic) -> Proof.context -> int -> tactic"} \\
+ \end{mldecls}
+ \begin{mldecls}
+ @{index_ML Goal.prove: "Proof.context -> string list -> term list -> term ->
+ ({prems: thm list, context: Proof.context} -> tactic) -> thm"} \\
+ @{index_ML Goal.prove_multi: "Proof.context -> string list -> term list -> term list ->
+ ({prems: thm list, context: Proof.context} -> tactic) -> thm list"} \\
+ \end{mldecls}
+ \begin{mldecls}
+ @{index_ML Obtain.result: "(Proof.context -> tactic) ->
+ thm list -> Proof.context -> (cterm list * thm list) * Proof.context"} \\
+ \end{mldecls}
+
+ \begin{description}
+
+ \item @{ML SUBPROOF}~@{text "tac"} decomposes the structure of a
+ particular sub-goal, producing an extended context and a reduced
+ goal, which needs to be solved by the given tactic. All schematic
+ parameters of the goal are imported into the context as fixed ones,
+ which may not be instantiated in the sub-proof.
+
+ \item @{ML Goal.prove}~@{text "ctxt xs As C tac"} states goal @{text
+ "C"} in the context augmented by fixed variables @{text "xs"} and
+ assumptions @{text "As"}, and applies tactic @{text "tac"} to solve
+ it. The latter may depend on the local assumptions being presented
+ as facts. The result is in HHF normal form.
+
+ \item @{ML Goal.prove_multi} is simular to @{ML Goal.prove}, but
+ states several conclusions simultaneously. The goal is encoded by
+ means of Pure conjunction; @{ML Goal.conjunction_tac} will turn this
+ into a collection of individual subgoals.
+
+ \item @{ML Obtain.result}~@{text "tac thms ctxt"} eliminates the
+ given facts using a tactic, which results in additional fixed
+ variables and assumptions in the context. Final results need to be
+ exported explicitly.
+
+ \end{description}
+*}
+
+end