Yes, here's one explicit HOL Light realization of Konrad's solution:
let POLYNOMIAL_DEGREE_COEFFS =
let th = prove
(`?m c. !p. polynomial_function p
==> !x. p x = sum(0..m p) (\i. c p i * x pow i)`,
REWRITE_TAC[GSYM SKOLEM_THM] THEN MESON_TAC[polynomial_function]) in
REWRITE_RULE[RIGHT_IMP_FORALL_THM]
(new_specification ["polynomial_degree"; "polynomial_coeffs"] th);;
This gives you the following theorem
val POLYNOMIAL_DEGREE_COEFFS : thm =
|- !p x.
polynomial_function p
==> p x =
sum (0..polynomial_degree p)
(\i. polynomial_coeffs p i * x pow i)
Instead of this direct Skolemization you could instead choose to define
these
concepts in a more refined way with minimal degree and coefficients having
a zero tail, something like this:
let polynomial_deg = new_definition
`polynomial_deg p =
minimal m. ?c. !x. p x = sum(0..m) (\i. c i * x pow i)`;;
let polynomial_cfs = new_definition
`polynomial_cfs p =
\i. if i <= polynomial_deg p
then (@c. !x. p x = sum(0..polynomial_deg p) (\i. c i * x pow i))
i
else &0`;;
let POLYNOMIAL_DEG_CFS = prove
(`!p x. polynomial_function p
==> p x =
sum (0..polynomial_deg p) (\i. polynomial_cfs p i * x pow
i)`,
REPEAT GEN_TAC THEN REWRITE_TAC[polynomial_function] THEN
GEN_REWRITE_TAC LAND_CONV [MINIMAL] THEN
REWRITE_TAC[GSYM polynomial_deg] THEN
DISCH_THEN(MP_TAC o SELECT_RULE o CONJUNCT1) THEN
DISCH_THEN(fun th -> GEN_REWRITE_TAC LAND_CONV [th]) THEN
MATCH_MP_TAC SUM_EQ_NUMSEG THEN SIMP_TAC[polynomial_cfs]);;
But the main point is again that once you've got this and maybe a few
other lemmas, you probably don't need much if any manual handling of
select-terms at all.
John.
On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 5:09 PM Konrad Slind <konrad.sl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> If you have |- !p. ?m c. ... as a theorem, then you are set up to use
> constant specification. Just have to apply SKOLEM_THM to move the
> existentials out to the top level .
>
> Konrad.
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 4:33 PM Norrish, Michael (Data61, Acton) <
> michael.norr...@data61.csiro.au> wrote:
>
>> Maybe use the choice function to select a pair. I.e., write
>>
>> @(m,c). .....
>>
>> ?
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> On 19 Feb 2020, at 09:30, "jpe...@student.bham.ac.uk" <
>> jpe...@student.bham.ac.uk> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> This is a question about using the select operator @ to return multiple
>> values which depend on each other in HOL Light.
>>
>> For example when working with polynomial_function defined as
>> polynomial_function p <=> ?m c. !x. p x = sum(0..m) (\i. c i * x pow i)
>> it might be useful to be able to use the @ operator to return the
>> upper bound m and the coefficient function c, however as the choice of m
>> depends on c and visa versa you cannot use 2 separate select statements.
>> (e.g. if m > degree(p) then c(n) must be 0 for degree(p)<n<=m )
>>
>> What is the best way to approach this? Is there a way to return both of
>> the values or would they have to be "combined together" inside the select
>> statement?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> James
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