Added choice_eq.
(* Title: HOL/Induct/Term.thy
ID: $Id$
Author: Stefan Berghofer, TU Muenchen
License: GPL (GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE)
*)
header {* Terms over a given alphabet *}
theory Term = Main:
datatype ('a, 'b) "term" =
Var 'a
| App 'b "('a, 'b) term list"
text {* \medskip Substitution function on terms *}
consts
subst_term :: "('a => ('a, 'b) term) => ('a, 'b) term => ('a, 'b) term"
subst_term_list ::
"('a => ('a, 'b) term) => ('a, 'b) term list => ('a, 'b) term list"
primrec
"subst_term f (Var a) = f a"
"subst_term f (App b ts) = App b (subst_term_list f ts)"
"subst_term_list f [] = []"
"subst_term_list f (t # ts) =
subst_term f t # subst_term_list f ts"
text {* \medskip A simple theorem about composition of substitutions *}
lemma subst_comp:
"subst_term (subst_term f1 \<circ> f2) t =
subst_term f1 (subst_term f2 t)"
and "subst_term_list (subst_term f1 \<circ> f2) ts =
subst_term_list f1 (subst_term_list f2 ts)"
by (induct t and ts) simp_all
text {* \medskip Alternative induction rule *}
lemma
assumes var: "!!v. P (Var v)"
and app: "!!f ts. list_all P ts ==> P (App f ts)"
shows term_induct2: "P t"
and "list_all P ts"
apply (induct t and ts)
apply (rule var)
apply (rule app)
apply assumption
apply simp_all
done
end