(** * ProofObjects: The Curry-Howard Correspondence *)

Set Warnings "-notation-overridden,-parsing".
From LF Require Export IndProp.

(** "_Algorithms are the computational content of proofs_."
    --Robert Harper *)

(** Programming and proving in Coq are two sides of the same coin.
    Proving manipulates evidence, much as programs manipuate data. *)

(** Question: If evidence is data, what are propositions themselves?

    Answer: They are types! *)

(** Look again at the formal definition of the [ev] property.  *)

Print ev.
(* ==>
  Inductive ev : nat -> Prop :=
    | ev_0 : ev 0
    | ev_SS : forall n, ev n -> ev (S (S n)).
*)

(** Suppose we introduce an alternative pronunciation of "[:]".
    Instead of "has type," we can say "is a proof of."  For example,
    the second line in the definition of [ev] declares that [ev_0 : ev
    0].  Instead of "[ev_0] has type [ev 0]," we can say that "[ev_0]
    is a proof of [ev 0]." *)

(** This pun between types and propositions -- between [:] as "has type"
    and [:] as "is a proof of" or "is evidence for" -- is called the
    _Curry-Howard correspondence_.  It proposes a deep connection
    between the world of logic and the world of computation:

                 propositions  ~  types
                 proofs        ~  data values

    See [Wadler 2015] (in Bib.v) for a brief history and up-to-date
    exposition. *)

(** Many useful insights follow from this connection.  To begin with,
    it gives us a natural interpretation of the type of the [ev_SS]
    constructor: *)

Check ev_SS
  : forall n,
    ev n ->
    ev (S (S n)).

(** This can be read "[ev_SS] is a constructor that takes two
    arguments -- a number [n] and evidence for the proposition [ev
    n] -- and yields evidence for the proposition [ev (S (S n))]." *)

(** Now let's look again at a previous proof involving [ev]. *)

Theorem ev_4 : ev 4.
Proof.
  apply ev_SS. apply ev_SS. apply ev_0. Qed.

(** As with ordinary data values and functions, we can use the [Print]
    command to see the _proof object_ that results from this proof
    script. *)

Print ev_4.
(* ===> ev_4 = ev_SS 2 (ev_SS 0 ev_0)
     : ev 4  *)

(** Indeed, we can also write down this proof object _directly_,
    without the need for a separate proof script: *)

Check (ev_SS 2 (ev_SS 0 ev_0))
  : ev 4.

(** Similarly, recall that we can apply theorems to arguments
    in proof scripts: *)

Theorem ev_4': ev 4.
Proof.
  apply (ev_SS 2 (ev_SS 0 ev_0)).
Qed.

(* ################################################################# *)
(** * Proof Scripts *)

(** When we build a proof using tactics, Coq internally constructs a
    proof object.  We can see how this happens using [Show Proof]: *)

Theorem ev_4'' : ev 4.
Proof.
  Show Proof.
  apply ev_SS.
  Show Proof.
  apply ev_SS.
  Show Proof.
  apply ev_0.
  Show Proof.
Qed.

(** Tactic proofs are useful and convenient, but they are not
    essential: in principle, we can always construct the required
    evidence by hand, as shown above. Then we can use [Definition]
    (rather than [Theorem]) to give a global name directly to this
    evidence. *)

Definition ev_4''' : ev 4 :=
  ev_SS 2 (ev_SS 0 ev_0).

(** All these different ways of building the proof lead to exactly the
    same evidence being saved in the global environment. *)

Print ev_4.
(* ===> ev_4    =   ev_SS 2 (ev_SS 0 ev_0) : ev 4 *)
Print ev_4'.
(* ===> ev_4'   =   ev_SS 2 (ev_SS 0 ev_0) : ev 4 *)
Print ev_4''.
(* ===> ev_4''  =   ev_SS 2 (ev_SS 0 ev_0) : ev 4 *)
Print ev_4'''.
(* ===> ev_4''' =   ev_SS 2 (ev_SS 0 ev_0) : ev 4 *)

(* ################################################################# *)
(** * Quantifiers, Implications, Functions *)

(** In Coq's computational universe (where data structures and
    programs live), there are two sorts of values that have arrows in
    their types: _constructors_ introduced by [Inductive]ly defined
    data types, and _functions_.

    Similarly, in Coq's logical universe (where we carry out proofs),
    there are two ways of giving evidence for an implication:
    constructors introduced by [Inductive]ly defined propositions,
    and... functions! *)

(** For example, consider this statement: *)

Theorem ev_plus4 : forall n, ev n -> ev (4 + n).
Proof.
  intros n H. simpl.
  apply ev_SS.
  apply ev_SS.
  apply H.
Qed.

(** What is the proof object corresponding to [ev_plus4]?

    We're looking for an expression whose _type_ is [forall n, ev n ->
    ev (4 + n)] -- that is, a _function_ that takes two arguments (one
    number and a piece of evidence) and returns a piece of evidence!

    Here it is: *)

Definition ev_plus4' : forall n, ev n -> ev (4 + n) :=
  fun (n : nat) => fun (H : ev n) =>
    ev_SS (S (S n)) (ev_SS n H).

(** Or equivalently: *)

Definition ev_plus4'' (n : nat) (H : ev n)
                    : ev (4 + n) :=
  ev_SS (S (S n)) (ev_SS n H).

Check ev_plus4''
  : forall n : nat,
    ev n ->
    ev (4 + n).

(** When we view the proposition being proved by [ev_plus4] as a
    function type, one interesting point becomes apparent: The second
    argument's type, [ev n], mentions the _value_ of the first
    argument, [n].

    While such _dependent types_ are not found in conventional
    programming languages, they can be useful in programming too, as
    the recent flurry of activity in the functional programming
    community demonstrates. *)

(** Notice that both implication ([->]) and quantification ([forall])
    correspond to functions on evidence.  In fact, they are really the
    same thing: [->] is just a shorthand for a degenerate use of
    [forall] where there is no dependency, i.e., no need to give a
    name to the type on the left-hand side of the arrow:

           forall (x:nat), nat
        =  forall (_:nat), nat
        =  nat -> nat
*)

(* QUIZ

    Recall the definition of [ev]:

       Inductive ev : nat -> Prop :=
         | ev_0 : ev 0
         | ev_SS : forall n, ev n -> ev (S (S n)).

    What is the type of this expression?

       fun (n : nat) =>
         fun (H : ev n) =>
            ev_SS (2 + n) (ev_SS n H)

  (1) [forall n, ev n]

  (2) [forall n, ev (2 + n)]

  (3) [forall n, ev n -> ev n]

  (4) [forall n, ev n -> ev (2 + n)]

  (5) [forall n, ev n -> ev (4 + n)]

  (6) Not typeable

*)

(* ################################################################# *)
(** * Programming with Tactics *)

(** If we can build proofs by giving explicit terms rather than
    executing tactic scripts, you may be wondering whether we can
    build _programs_ using _tactics_ rather than explicit terms.
    Naturally, the answer is yes! *)

Definition add1 : nat -> nat.
intro n.
Show Proof.
apply S.
Show Proof.
apply n. Defined.

Print add1.
(* ==>
    add1 = fun n : nat => S n
         : nat -> nat
*)

Compute add1 2.
(* ==> 3 : nat *)

(** Notice that we terminate the [Definition] with a [.] rather than
    with [:=] followed by a term.  This tells Coq to enter _proof
    scripting mode_ to build an object of type [nat -> nat].  Also, we
    terminate the proof with [Defined] rather than [Qed]; this makes
    the definition _transparent_ so that it can be used in computation
    like a normally-defined function.  ([Qed]-defined objects are
    opaque during computation.)

    This feature is mainly useful for writing functions with dependent
    types, which we won't explore much further in this book.  But it
    does illustrate the uniformity and orthogonality of the basic
    ideas in Coq. *)

(* ################################################################# *)
(** * Logical Connectives as Inductive Types *)

(** Inductive definitions are powerful enough to express most of the
    connectives we have seen so far.  Indeed, only universal
    quantification (with implication as a special case) is built into
    Coq; all the others are defined inductively.  We'll see these
    definitions in this section. *)

Module Props.

(* ================================================================= *)
(** ** Conjunction *)

(** To prove that [P /\ Q] holds, we must present evidence for both
    [P] and [Q].  Thus, it makes sense to define a proof object for [P
    /\ Q] as consisting of a pair of two proofs: one for [P] and
    another one for [Q]. This leads to the following definition. *)

Module And.

Inductive and (P Q : Prop) : Prop :=
| conj : P -> Q -> and P Q.

Arguments conj [P] [Q].

Notation "P /\ Q" := (and P Q) : type_scope.

(** Notice the similarity with the definition of the [prod] type,
    given in chapter [Poly]; the only difference is that [prod] takes
    [Type] arguments, whereas [and] takes [Prop] arguments. *)

Print prod.
(* ===>
   Inductive prod (X Y : Type) : Type :=
   | pair : X -> Y -> X * Y. *)

(** This similarity should clarify why [destruct] and [intros]
    patterns can be used on a conjunctive hypothesis.  Case analysis
    allows us to consider all possible ways in which [P /\ Q] was
    proved -- here just one (the [conj] constructor). *)

Theorem proj1' : forall P Q,
    P /\ Q -> P.
Proof.
  intros P Q HPQ. destruct HPQ as [HP HQ]. apply HP.
  Show Proof.
Qed.

(** Similarly, the [split] tactic actually works for any inductively
    defined proposition with exactly one constructor.  In particular,
    it works for [and]: *)

Lemma and_comm : forall P Q : Prop, P /\ Q <-> Q /\ P.
Proof.
  intros P Q. split.
  - intros [HP HQ]. split.
    + apply HQ.
    + apply HP.
  - intros [HQ HP]. split.
    + apply HP.
    + apply HQ.
Qed.

End And.

(** This shows why the inductive definition of [and] can be
    manipulated by tactics as we've been doing.  We can also use it to
    build proofs directly, using pattern-matching.  For instance: *)

Definition and_comm'_aux P Q (H : P /\ Q) : Q /\ P :=
  match H with
  | conj HP HQ => conj HQ HP
  end.

Definition and_comm' P Q : P /\ Q <-> Q /\ P :=
  conj (and_comm'_aux P Q) (and_comm'_aux Q P).

(* QUIZ

    What is the type of this expression?

  fun P Q R (H1: and P Q) (H2: and Q R) =>
    match (H1,H2) with
    | (conj _ _ HP _, conj _ _ _ HR) => conj P R HP HR
    end.

  (1) [forall P Q R, P /\ Q -> Q /\ R -> P /\ R]

  (2) [forall P Q R, Q /\ P -> R /\ Q -> P /\ R]

  (3) [forall P Q R, P /\ R]

  (4) [forall P Q R, P \/ Q -> Q \/ R -> P \/ R]

  (5) Not typeable

*)

(* ================================================================= *)
(** ** Disjunction *)

(** The inductive definition of disjunction uses two constructors, one
    for each side of the disjunct: *)

Module Or.

Inductive or (P Q : Prop) : Prop :=
| or_introl : P -> or P Q
| or_intror : Q -> or P Q.

Arguments or_introl [P] [Q].
Arguments or_intror [P] [Q].

Notation "P \/ Q" := (or P Q) : type_scope.

(** This declaration explains the behavior of the [destruct] tactic on
    a disjunctive hypothesis, since the generated subgoals match the
    shape of the [or_introl] and [or_intror] constructors.

    Once again, we can also directly write proof objects for theorems
    involving [or], without resorting to tactics. *)

Definition inj_l : forall (P Q : Prop), P -> P \/ Q :=
  fun P Q HP => or_introl HP.

Theorem inj_l' : forall (P Q : Prop), P -> P \/ Q.
Proof.
  intros P Q HP. left. apply HP.
Qed.

Definition or_elim : forall (P Q R : Prop), (P \/ Q) -> (P -> R) -> (Q -> R) -> R :=
  fun P Q R HPQ HPR HQR =>
    match HPQ with
    | or_introl HP => HPR HP
    | or_intror HQ => HQR HQ
    end.

Theorem or_elim' : forall (P Q R : Prop), (P \/ Q) -> (P -> R) -> (Q -> R) -> R.
Proof.
  intros P Q R HPQ HPR HQR.
  destruct HPQ as [HP | HQ].
  - apply HPR. apply HP.
  - apply HQR. apply HQ.
Qed.

End Or.

(* QUIZ

    What is the type of this expression?

    fun P Q H =>
      match H with
      | or_introl HP => or_intror Q P HP
      | or_intror HQ => or_introl Q P HQ
      end.

  (1) [forall P Q H, Q \/ P \/ H]

  (2) [forall P Q, P \/ Q -> P \/ Q]

  (3) [forall P Q H, P \/ Q -> Q \/ P -> H]

  (4) [forall P Q, P \/ Q -> Q \/ P]

  (5) Not typeable

*)

(* ================================================================= *)
(** ** Existential Quantification *)

(** To give evidence for an existential quantifier, we package a
    witness [x] together with a proof that [x] satisfies the property
    [P]: *)

Module Ex.

Inductive ex {A : Type} (P : A -> Prop) : Prop :=
| ex_intro : forall x : A, P x -> ex P.

Notation "'exists' x , p" :=
  (ex (fun x => p))
    (at level 200, right associativity) : type_scope.

End Ex.

(** This may benefit from a little unpacking.  The core definition is
    for a type former [ex] that can be used to build propositions of
    the form [ex P], where [P] itself is a _function_ from witness
    values in the type [A] to propositions.  The [ex_intro]
    constructor then offers a way of constructing evidence for [ex P],
    given a witness [x] and a proof of [P x].

    The notation in the standard library is a slight variant of
    the above, enabling syntactic forms such as [exists x y, P x y]. *)

(** The more familiar form [exists x, P x] desugars to an expression
    involving [ex]: *)

Check ex (fun n => ev n) : Prop.

(** Here's how to define an explicit proof object involving [ex]: *)

Definition some_nat_is_even : exists n, ev n :=
  ex_intro ev 4 (ev_SS 2 (ev_SS 0 ev_0)).

(* ================================================================= *)
(** ** [True] and [False] *)

(** The inductive definition of the [True] proposition is simple: *)

Inductive True : Prop :=
  | I : True.

(** It has one constructor (so every proof of [True] is the same, so
    being given a proof of [True] is not informative.) *)

(** [False] is equally simple -- indeed, so simple it may look
    syntactically wrong at first glance! *)

Inductive False : Prop := .

(** That is, [False] is an inductive type with _no_ constructors --
    i.e., no way to build evidence for it. For example, there is
    no way to complete the following definition such that it
    succeeds (rather than fails). *)

Fail Definition contra : False :=
  0 = 1.

(** But it is possible to destruct [False] by pattern matching. There can
    be no patterns that match it, since it has no constructors.  So
    the pattern match also is so simple it may look syntactically
    wrong at first glance. *)

Definition false_implies_zero_eq_one : False -> 0 = 1 :=
  fun contra => match contra with end.

(** Since there are no branches to evaluate, the [match] expression
    can be considered to have any type we want, including [0 = 1].
    Indeed, it's impossible to ever cause the [match] to be evaluated,
    because we can never construct a value of type [False] to pass to
    the function. *)

End Props.

(* ################################################################# *)
(** * Equality *)

(** Even Coq's equality relation is not built in.  We can define
    it ourselves: *)

Module MyEquality.

Inductive eq {X:Type} : X -> X -> Prop :=
| eq_refl : forall x, eq x x.

Notation "x == y" := (eq x y)
                       (at level 70, no associativity)
                     : type_scope.

(** Coq terms are "the same" if they are _convertible_
    according to computation rules: function application, inlining of
    definitions, and simplification of [match]es. *)

Lemma four: 2 + 2 == 1 + 3.
Proof.
  apply eq_refl.
Qed.

(** [reflexivity] is essentially just [apply eq_refl]. *)

Definition four' : 2 + 2 == 1 + 3 :=
  eq_refl 4.

Definition singleton : forall (X:Type) (x:X), []++[x] == x::[]  :=
  fun (X:Type) (x:X) => eq_refl [x].

End MyEquality.

(* QUIZ

    Which of the following is a correct proof object for the proposition

    exists x, x + 3 = 4

?

    (1) [eq_refl 4]

    (2) [ex_intro nat (fun z => (z + 3 = 4)) 1 eq_refl]

    (3) [ex_intro nat (z + 3 = 4) 1 (eq_refl 4)]

    (4) [ex_intro nat (fun z => (z + 3 = 4)) 1 (eq_refl 4)]

    (5) [ex_intro nat (fun z => (z + 3 = 4)) 1 (eq_refl 1)]

    (6) none of the above

 *)

(* ################################################################# *)
(** * The Coq Trusted Computing Base *)

(** The Coq typechecker is what actually checks our proofs.  We
    have to trust it, but it's relatively small and
    straightforward. *)

(** It prevents this broken proof: *)

Fail Definition or_bogus : forall P Q, P \/ Q -> P :=
  fun (P Q : Prop) (A : P \/ Q) =>
    match A with
    | or_introl H => H
    end.

(** And this one: *)

Fail Fixpoint infinite_loop {X : Type} (n : nat) {struct n} : X :=
  infinite_loop n.
Fail Definition falso : False := infinite_loop 0.

(** User-written tactics could produce invalid proof objects.
    [Qed] runs the type checker to detect that. *)