Prim_rec.prove_case_rand

STRUCTURE

SYNOPSIS

Proves a theorem that “lifts” applied case constants up within a term.

DESCRIPTION

If case_def is the definition of a data type’s case constant, where each clause is of the form

   !a1 .. ai f1 .. fm. type_CASE (ctor_i a1 .. ai) f1 .. fm = f_i a1 .. ai

and if nchotomy is a theorem describing how a data type’s values are classified by constructor, of the form

   !v. (?a1 .. ai. v = ctor_1 a1 .. ai) \/
       (?b1 .. bj. v = ctor_2 b1 .. bj) \/
       ...

then a call to prove_case_rand_thm{case_def = case_def, nchotomy = nchotomy} will return a theorem of the form

   f (type_CASE x f1 .. fm) =
     type_CASE x (\a1 .. ai. f (f1 a1 .. ai))
                 (\b1 .. bj. f (f2 b1 .. bj))
                 ...

Given the typical pretty-printing provided for case-terms, the right-hand side of the above theorem will actually print as

   case x of
      ctor_1 a1 .. ai => f (f1 a1 .. ai)
    | ctor_2 b1 .. bj => f (f2 b1 .. bj)
    | ...

FAILURE

Will fail if the provided theorems are not of the required form. The theorems stored in the TypeBase are of the correct form. The theorem returned by Prim_rec.prove_cases_thm is of the correct form for the nchotomy argument to this function.

EXAMPLE

> prove_case_rand_thm {case_def = TypeBase.case_def_of ``:num``,
                       nchotomy = TypeBase.nchotomy_of ``:num``};
val it =
   |- f' (num_CASE x v f) = case x of 0 => f' v | SUC n => f' (f n):
   thm

SEEALSO

prove_cases_thm