src/HOL/ex/NatSum.thy
author krauss
Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:54:07 +0200
changeset 39754 150f831ce4a3
parent 28952 15a4b2cf8c34
child 40077 c8a9eaaa2f59
permissions -rw-r--r--
no longer declare .psimps rules as [simp]. This regularly caused confusion (e.g., they show up in simp traces when the regular simp rules are disabled). In the few places where the rules are used, explicitly mentioning them actually clarifies the proof text.

(*  Title:  HOL/ex/NatSum.thy
    Author: Tobias Nipkow
*)

header {* Summing natural numbers *}

theory NatSum imports Main Parity begin

text {*
  Summing natural numbers, squares, cubes, etc.

  Thanks to Sloane's On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences,
  \url{http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/}.
*}

lemmas [simp] =
  ring_distribs
  diff_mult_distrib diff_mult_distrib2 --{*for type nat*}

text {*
  \medskip The sum of the first @{text n} odd numbers equals @{text n}
  squared.
*}

lemma sum_of_odds: "(\<Sum>i=0..<n. Suc (i + i)) = n * n"
  by (induct n) auto


text {*
  \medskip The sum of the first @{text n} odd squares.
*}

lemma sum_of_odd_squares:
  "3 * (\<Sum>i=0..<n. Suc(2*i) * Suc(2*i)) = n * (4 * n * n - 1)"
  by (induct n) auto


text {*
  \medskip The sum of the first @{text n} odd cubes
*}

lemma sum_of_odd_cubes:
  "(\<Sum>i=0..<n. Suc (2*i) * Suc (2*i) * Suc (2*i)) =
    n * n * (2 * n * n - 1)"
  by (induct n) auto

text {*
  \medskip The sum of the first @{text n} positive integers equals
  @{text "n (n + 1) / 2"}.*}

lemma sum_of_naturals:
    "2 * (\<Sum>i=0..n. i) = n * Suc n"
  by (induct n) auto

lemma sum_of_squares:
    "6 * (\<Sum>i=0..n. i * i) = n * Suc n * Suc (2 * n)"
  by (induct n) auto

lemma sum_of_cubes:
    "4 * (\<Sum>i=0..n. i * i * i) = n * n * Suc n * Suc n"
  by (induct n) auto

text{* \medskip A cute identity: *}

lemma sum_squared: "(\<Sum>i=0..n. i)^2 = (\<Sum>i=0..n::nat. i^3)"
proof(induct n)
  case 0 show ?case by simp
next
  case (Suc n)
  have "(\<Sum>i = 0..Suc n. i)^2 =
        (\<Sum>i = 0..n. i^3) + (2*(\<Sum>i = 0..n. i)*(n+1) + (n+1)^2)"
    (is "_ = ?A + ?B")
    using Suc by(simp add:nat_number)
  also have "?B = (n+1)^3"
    using sum_of_naturals by(simp add:nat_number)
  also have "?A + (n+1)^3 = (\<Sum>i=0..Suc n. i^3)" by simp
  finally show ?case .
qed

text {*
  \medskip Sum of fourth powers: three versions.
*}

lemma sum_of_fourth_powers:
  "30 * (\<Sum>i=0..n. i * i * i * i) =
    n * Suc n * Suc (2 * n) * (3 * n * n + 3 * n - 1)"
  apply (induct n)
   apply simp_all
  apply (case_tac n)  -- {* eliminates the subtraction *} 
   apply (simp_all (no_asm_simp))
  done

text {*
  Two alternative proofs, with a change of variables and much more
  subtraction, performed using the integers. *}

lemma int_sum_of_fourth_powers:
  "30 * int (\<Sum>i=0..<m. i * i * i * i) =
    int m * (int m - 1) * (int(2 * m) - 1) *
    (int(3 * m * m) - int(3 * m) - 1)"
  by (induct m) (simp_all add: int_mult)

lemma of_nat_sum_of_fourth_powers:
  "30 * of_nat (\<Sum>i=0..<m. i * i * i * i) =
    of_nat m * (of_nat m - 1) * (of_nat (2 * m) - 1) *
    (of_nat (3 * m * m) - of_nat (3 * m) - (1::int))"
  by (induct m) (simp_all add: of_nat_mult)


text {*
  \medskip Sums of geometric series: @{text 2}, @{text 3} and the
  general case.
*}

lemma sum_of_2_powers: "(\<Sum>i=0..<n. 2^i) = 2^n - (1::nat)"
  by (induct n) (auto split: nat_diff_split)

lemma sum_of_3_powers: "2 * (\<Sum>i=0..<n. 3^i) = 3^n - (1::nat)"
  by (induct n) auto

lemma sum_of_powers: "0 < k ==> (k - 1) * (\<Sum>i=0..<n. k^i) = k^n - (1::nat)"
  by (induct n) auto

end