(* Title: HOL/ex/NatSum.ML
ID: $Id$
Author: Tobias Nipkow
Copyright 1994 TU Muenchen
Summing natural numbers, squares and cubes. Could be continued...
*)
Addsimps ([NatSum.sum_0,NatSum.sum_Suc] @ add_ac);
Addsimps [add_mult_distrib,add_mult_distrib2];
(*The sum of the first n positive integers equals n(n+1)/2.*)
goal NatSum.thy "2*sum (%i.i) (Suc n) = n*Suc(n)";
by (Simp_tac 1);
by (nat_ind_tac "n" 1);
by (Simp_tac 1);
by (Asm_simp_tac 1);
qed "sum_of_naturals";
goal NatSum.thy
"Suc(Suc(Suc(Suc(Suc(Suc(0))))))*sum (%i.i*i) (Suc n) = n*Suc(n)*Suc(2*n)";
by (Simp_tac 1);
by (nat_ind_tac "n" 1);
by (Simp_tac 1);
by (Asm_simp_tac 1);
qed "sum_of_squares";
goal NatSum.thy
"Suc(Suc(Suc(Suc(0))))*sum (%i.i*i*i) (Suc n) = n*n*Suc(n)*Suc(n)";
by (Simp_tac 1);
by (nat_ind_tac "n" 1);
by (Simp_tac 1);
by (Asm_simp_tac 1);
qed "sum_of_cubes";
(*The sum of the first n odd numbers equals n squared.*)
goal NatSum.thy "sum (%i.Suc(i+i)) n = n*n";
by (nat_ind_tac "n" 1);
by (Simp_tac 1);
by (Asm_simp_tac 1);
qed "sum_of_odds";