[* * We need some basic logic, so I'm stealing this from . See that file * for more details on how these work. *] false : * := forall (A : *), A; false_elim (A : *) (contra : false) : A := contra A; not (A : *) : * := A -> false; not_intro (A : *) (h : A -> false) : not A := h; not_elim (A B : *) (a : A) (na : not A) : B := na a B; and (A B : *) : * := forall (C : *), (A -> B -> C) -> C; and_intro (A B : *) (a : A) (b : B) : and A B := fun (C : *) (H : A -> B -> C) => H a b; and_elim_l (A B : *) (ab : and A B) : A := ab A (fun (a : A) (b : B) => a); and_elim_r (A B : *) (ab : and A B) : B := ab B (fun (a : A) (b : B) => b); or (A B : *) : * := forall (C : *), (A -> C) -> (B -> C) -> C; or_intro_l (A B : *) (a : A) : or A B := fun (C : *) (ha : A -> C) (hb : B -> C) => ha a; or_intro_r (A B : *) (b : B) : or A B := fun (C : *) (ha : A -> C) (hb : B -> C) => hb b; or_elim (A B C : *) (ab : or A B) (ha : A -> C) (hb : B -> C) : C := ab C ha hb; exists (A : *) (P : A -> *) : * := forall (C : *), (forall (x : A), P x -> C) -> C; exists_intro (A : *) (P : A -> *) (a : A) (h : P a) : exists A P := fun (C : *) (g : forall (x : A), P x -> C) => g a h; exists_elim (A B : *) (P : A -> *) (ex_a : exists A P) (h : forall (a : A), P a -> B) : B := ex_a B h; binop (A : *) := A -> A -> A; comp (A B C : *) (g : B -> C) (f : A -> B) (x : A) : C := g (f x); -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [* * Next we can define equality. This is the same as in . We get a * couple Peano axioms for free as theorems. *] -- implies axiom 5 -- (if `x : nat`, then `y : nat`, since we can only compare objects of the same type) eq (A : *) (x y : A) := forall (P : A -> *), P x -> P y; -- axiom 2 (but as a theorem) eq_refl (A : *) (x : A) : eq A x x := fun (P : A -> *) (Hx : P x) => Hx; -- axiom 3 (but as a theorem) eq_sym (A : *) (x y : A) (Hxy : eq A x y) : eq A y x := fun (P : A -> *) (Hy : P y) => Hxy (fun (z : A) => P z -> P x) (fun (Hx : P x) => Hx) Hy; -- axiom 4 (but as a theorem) eq_trans (A : *) (x y z : A) (Hxy : eq A x y) (Hyz : eq A y z) : eq A x z := fun (P : A -> *) (Hx : P x) => Hyz P (Hxy P Hx); -- This isn't an axiom, but is handy. If `x = y`, then `f x = f y`. eq_cong (A B : *) (x y : A) (f : A -> B) (H : eq A x y) : eq B (f x) (f y) := fun (P : B -> *) (Hfx : P (f x)) => H (fun (a : A) => P (f a)) Hfx; assoc (A : *) (op : binop A) := forall (c a b : A), eq A (op a (op b c)) (op (op a b) c); -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [* * Now we can define the Peano axioms. Unlike with equality, perga is not * powerful enough to construct the natural numbers (or at least to prove the * Peano axioms as theorems from a definition constructible in perga). However, * working with axioms is extremely common in math. As such, perga has a system * for doing just that, namely the *axiom* system. * * In a definition, rather than give a value for the term, we can give it the * value `axiom`, in which case a type ascription is mandatory. Perga will then * trust our type ascription, and assume going forward that the identifier we * defined is a value of the asserted type. For example, we will use the axiom * system to assert the existence of a type of natural numbers *] nat : * := axiom; [* * As you can imagine, this can be risky. For instance, there's nothing stopping * us from saying * uh_oh : false := axiom; * or stipulating more subtly contradictory axioms. As such, as in mathematics, * axioms should be used with care. * * There's another problem with axioms, namely that perga cannot do any * computations with axioms. The more you can define within perga natively, the * better, as computations done without axioms can be utilized by perga. For * example, in , we define the natural numbers as Church * numerals entirely within perga. There, the proof that `1 + 1 = 2` is just * `eq_refl`, since they reduce to the same thing. Here, `1 + 1 = 2` will * require a proof, since perga is unable to do computations with things defined * as axioms. * * With these warnings in place, the Peano axioms are proven to be consistent, * so we should be fine. I'm formalizing the second order axioms given in the * wikipedia article on the Peano axioms * (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peano_axioms). *] -- axiom 1: 0 is a natural number zero : nat := axiom; -- axiom 6: For every `n`, `S n` is a natural number. suc (n : nat) : nat := axiom; -- axiom 7: If `S n = S m`, then `n = m`. suc_inj : forall (n m : nat), eq nat (suc n) (suc m) -> eq nat n m := axiom; -- axiom 8: No successor of any natural number is zero. suc_nonzero : forall (n : nat), not (eq nat (suc n) zero) := axiom; -- axiom 9: Induction! For any proposition φ on natural numbers, if φ(0) holds, -- and if for every natural number n, φ(n) ⇒ φ(S n), then φ holds for all n. nat_ind : forall (φ : nat -> *), φ zero -> (forall (n : nat), φ n -> φ (suc n)) -> forall (n : nat), φ n := axiom; -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [* * Now that we have stipulated these axioms, we are free to use them to make * definitions, prove theorems, etc. * * Our first theorem, as a warm up, is to prove that every natural number is * either 0 or the successor of another natural number. * * First, we will make a bunch of abbreviations, since these terms get really * long and complicated really quickly. *] -- Some abbreviations for common numbers. one : nat := suc zero; two : nat := suc one; three : nat := suc two; four : nat := suc three; five : nat := suc four; -- First, the predecessor of `n` is `m` if `n = suc m`. pred (n m : nat) : * := eq nat n (suc m); -- Our claim is a disjunction, whose first option is that `n = 0`. szc_l (n : nat) := eq nat n zero; -- The second option is that `n` has a predecessor. szc_r (n : nat) := exists nat (pred n); -- So the claim we are trying to prove is that either one of the above options -- holds for every `n`. szc (n : nat) := or (szc_l n) (szc_r n); -- And here's our proof! suc_or_zero : forall (n : nat), szc n := -- We will prove this by induction. nat_ind szc -- For the base case, the first option holds, i.e. 0 = 0 (or_intro_l (szc_l zero) (szc_r zero) (eq_refl nat zero)) -- For the inductive case, suppose the theorem holds for `n`. (fun (n : nat) (_ : szc n) => -- Then the right option holds for `suc n`, since `suc n` is the -- successor of `n` or_intro_r (szc_l (suc n)) (szc_r (suc n)) (exists_intro nat (pred (suc n)) n (eq_refl nat (suc n)))); [* * Before we continue one to defining addition, we need one more bunch of * axioms. Addition is normally defined recursively, which is difficult without * inductive definitions. I'm pretty sure this axiom is derivable from the * others, but I've spent a very long time trying to derive it, and it has * proven extremely difficult. I'm still convinced it's possible, just * prohibitively difficult and tedious without further language features * (implicit arguments and let bindings would help a ton). * * Normally, we define recursive functions `f : nat -> A` in the following format: * f 0 = fzero * f (suc n) = fsuc n (f n) * More concretely, we have two equations, one for each possible case for `n`, * i.e. either zero or a successor. In the successor case, the value of * `f (suc n)` can depend on the value of `f n`. The recursion axioms below * assert that for any such pair of equations, there exists a unique function * satisfying said equations. *] -- For any such equations, there exists a function. rec_def (A : *) (fzero : A) (fsuc : nat -> A -> A) : nat -> A := axiom; -- Here's equation one. rec_cond_zero (A : *) (fzero : A) (fsuc : nat -> A -> A) (f : nat -> A) := eq A (f zero) fzero; -- And equation two. rec_cond_suc (A : *) (fzero : A) (fsuc : nat -> A -> A) (f : nat -> A) := forall (n : nat) (y : A), eq A (f n) y -> eq A (f (suc n)) (fsuc n y); -- Said function satisfies the equations. -- It satisfies equation one. rec_def_sat_zero (A : *) (fzero : A) (fsuc : nat -> A -> A) : rec_cond_zero A fzero fsuc (rec_def A fzero fsuc) := axiom; -- And two. rec_def_sat_suc (A : *) (fzero : A) (fsuc : nat -> A -> A) : rec_cond_suc A fzero fsuc (rec_def A fzero fsuc) := axiom; -- And, finally, this function is unique in the sense that if any other function -- also satisfies the equations, it takes the same values as `rec_def`. rec_def_unique (A : *) (fzero : A) (fsuc : nat -> A -> A) (f g : nat -> A) : rec_cond_zero A fzero fsuc f -> rec_cond_suc A fzero fsuc f -> rec_cond_zero A fzero fsuc g -> rec_cond_suc A fzero fsuc g -> forall (x : nat), eq A (f x) (g x) := axiom; -- Now we can safely define addition. -- First, here's the RHS of equation 2 as a function, since it will show up -- multiple times. psuc (_ r : nat) := suc r; -- And here's `plus`! plus (n : nat) : nat -> nat := rec_def nat n psuc; -- The first equation manifests itself as the familiar -- n + 0 = 0. plus_0_r (n : nat) : eq nat (plus n zero) n := rec_def_sat_zero nat n psuc; -- The second equation, after a bit of massaging, manifests itself as the -- likewise familiar -- n + suc m = suc (n + m). plus_s_r (n m : nat) : eq nat (plus n (suc m)) (suc (plus n m)) := rec_def_sat_suc nat n psuc m (plus n m) (eq_refl nat (plus n m)); -- We can now prove 1 + 1 = 2! one_plus_one_two : eq nat (plus one one) two := -- 1 + (suc zero) = suc (1 + zero) = suc one eq_trans nat (plus one one) (suc (plus one zero)) two -- 1 + (suc zero) = suc (1 + zero) (plus_s_r one zero) -- suc (1 + zero) = suc one (eq_cong nat nat (plus one zero) one suc (plus_0_r one)); [* * We have successfully defined addition! Note that evaluating `1 + 1` to `2` * requires a proof, unfortunately, since this computation isn't visible to * perga. * * We will now prove a couple standard properties of addition. *] -- First, associativity, namely that n + (m + p) = (n + m) + p. plus_assoc : assoc nat plus := -- We prove this via induction on p. nat_ind (fun (p : nat) => forall (n m : nat), eq nat (plus n (plus m p)) (plus (plus n m) p)) -- Base case: p = 0 -- WTS n + (m + 0) = (n + m) + 0 (fun (n m : nat) => -- n + (m + 0) = n + m = (n + m) + 0 (eq_trans nat (plus n (plus m zero)) (plus n m) (plus (plus n m) zero) -- n + (m + 0) = n + m (eq_cong nat nat (plus m zero) m (fun (p : nat) => plus n p) (plus_0_r m)) -- n + m = (n + m) + 0 (eq_sym nat (plus (plus n m) zero) (plus n m) (plus_0_r (plus n m))))) -- Inductive step: IH = n + (m + p) = (n + m) + p (fun (p : nat) (IH : forall (n m : nat), eq nat (plus n (plus m p)) (plus (plus n m) p)) (n m : nat) => -- WTS n + (m + suc p) = (n + m) + suc p -- n + (m + suc p) = n + suc (m + p) -- = suc (n + (m + p)) -- = suc ((n + m) + p) -- = (n + m) + suc p eq_trans nat (plus n (plus m (suc p))) (plus n (suc (plus m p))) (plus (plus n m) (suc p)) -- n + (m + suc p) = n + suc (m + p) (eq_cong nat nat (plus m (suc p)) (suc (plus m p)) (fun (a : nat) => (plus n a)) (plus_s_r m p)) -- n + suc (m + p) = (n + m) + suc p (eq_trans nat (plus n (suc (plus m p))) (suc (plus n (plus m p))) (plus (plus n m) (suc p)) -- n + suc (m + p) = suc (n + (m + p)) (plus_s_r n (plus m p)) -- suc (n + (m + p)) = (n + m) + suc p (eq_trans nat (suc (plus n (plus m p))) (suc (plus (plus n m) p)) (plus (plus n m) (suc p)) -- suc (n + (m + p)) = suc ((n + m) + p) (eq_cong nat nat (plus n (plus m p)) (plus (plus n m) p) suc (IH n m)) -- suc ((n + m) + p) = (n + m) + suc p (eq_sym nat (plus (plus n m) (suc p)) (suc (plus (plus n m) p)) (plus_s_r (plus n m) p)))));