%% Cut elimination for sequent calculus %% %% An object level sequent A_1, ..., A_n |- C is encoded as %% {hyp A_1, ..., hyp A_n |- conc C}. We use the ctx meta-level %% predicate to describe the structure of contexts for the conc %% predicate. In this case, the important point is that the context %% contains only hypotheses (hyp A) and not conclusions (conc A). %% %% This is based on a similar development for Twelf Define ctx nil. Define ctx (hyp A :: L) := ctx L. Theorem ctx_lemma : forall A L, ctx L -> member (conc A) L -> false. induction on 1. intros. case H1. case H2. case H2. apply IH to H3 H4. %% We can independently prove inversion lemmas for 'bot', 'and', 'imp', %% and 'all'. %% %% For 'or' and 'ex' the inversion lemmas depend on the cut admissibility %% result and thus we prove those inversions during the cut proof. Theorem bot_inv : forall L C, ctx L -> {L |- conc bot} -> {L |- conc C}. induction on 2. intros. case H2. apply ctx_lemma to H1 H3. search. search. apply IH to _ H4 with C = C. search. apply IH to _ H4 with C = C. apply IH to _ H5 with C = C. search. apply IH to _ H5 with C = C. search. apply IH to _ H4 with C = C. search. apply IH to _ H4 with C = C. search. Theorem and_left_inv : forall L C1 C2, ctx L -> {L |- conc (and C1 C2)} -> {L |- conc C1}. induction on 2. intros. case H2. apply ctx_lemma to H1 H3. search. search. search. apply IH to _ H4. search. apply IH to _ H4. apply IH to _ H5. search. apply IH to _ H5. search. apply IH to _ H4. search. apply IH to _ H4. search. Theorem and_right_inv : forall L C1 C2, ctx L -> {L |- conc (and C1 C2)} -> {L |- conc C2}. induction on 2. intros. case H2. apply ctx_lemma to H1 H3. search. search. search. apply IH to _ H4. search. apply IH to _ H4. apply IH to _ H5. search. apply IH to _ H5. search. apply IH to _ H4. search. apply IH to _ H4. search. Theorem imp_inv : forall L C1 C2, ctx L -> {L |- conc (imp C1 C2)} -> {L, hyp C1 |- conc C2}. induction on 2. intros. case H2. apply ctx_lemma to H1 H3. search. search. apply IH to _ H4. search. apply IH to _ H4. apply IH to _ H5. search. search. apply IH to _ H5. search. apply IH to _ H4. search. apply IH to _ H4. search. Theorem all_inv : forall L C, ctx L -> {L |- conc (all C)} -> nabla x, {L |- conc (C x)}. induction on 2. intros. case H2. apply ctx_lemma to H1 H3. search. search. apply IH to _ H4. search. apply IH to _ H4. apply IH to _ H5. search. apply IH to _ H5. search. search. apply IH to _ H4. search. apply IH to _ H4. search. Theorem cut_admissibility : forall L K C, {prop K} -> ctx L -> {L |- conc K} -> {L, hyp K |- conc C} -> {L |- conc C}. % The proof is by nested induction on % 1) The size of the cut formula K % 2) The height of {L, hyp K |- conc C} induction on 1. induction on 4. intros. case H4. % Case analysis on {L, hyp K |- conc C} % conc C in context - impossible apply ctx_lemma to _ H5. % init rule case H5. case H6. search. % K = C search. % K <> C % topR - C = top search. % botL case H5. case H6. % essential case - K = bot apply bot_inv to H2 H3 with C = C. search. % commutative case search. % andR - C = and A B apply IH1 to H1 _ H3 H5. apply IH1 to H1 _ H3 H6. search. % andL apply IH1 to H1 _ H3 H6. case H5. case H8. % essential case - K = and A B apply and_left_inv to _ H3. apply and_right_inv to _ H3. case H1. apply IH to H11 _ H9 H7. apply IH to H12 _ H10 H13. search. % commutative case search. % orR_1 - C = or A B apply IH1 to H1 H2 H3 H5. search. % orR_2 - C = or A B apply IH1 to H1 H2 H3 H5. search. % orL apply IH1 to H1 _ H3 H6. apply IH1 to H1 _ H3 H7. case H5. case H10. % essential case - K = or A B % A nested inversion lemma for 'or' assert (forall L D, ctx L -> {L |- conc (or A B)} -> {L, hyp A |- conc D} -> {L, hyp B |- conc D} -> {L |- conc D}). induction on 2. intros. case H12. apply ctx_lemma to H11 H15. search. search. apply IH2 to _ H16 H13 H14. search. case H1. apply IH to H16 H11 H15 H13. search. case H1. apply IH to H17 H11 H15 H14. search. apply IH2 to _ H16 H13 H14. apply IH2 to _ H17 H13 H14. search. apply IH2 to _ H17 H13 H14. search. apply IH2 to _ H16 H13 H14. search. apply IH2 to _ H16 H13 H14. search. apply H11 to H2 H3 H8 H9. search. % commutative case search. % impR - C = imp A B. apply IH1 to H1 _ H3 H5. search. % impL apply IH1 to H1 _ H3 H6. apply IH1 to H1 _ H3 H7. case H5. case H10. % essential case - K = imp A B apply imp_inv to _ H3. case H1. apply IH to H12 _ H8 H11. apply IH to H13 _ H14 H9. search. % commutative case search. % allR - C = all A apply IH1 to H1 _ H3 H5. search. % allL apply IH1 to H1 _ H3 H6. case H5. case H8. % essential case - K = all A apply all_inv to _ H3. case H1. inst H9 with n1 = T. inst H10 with n1 = T. apply IH to H12 _ H11 H7. search. % commutative case search. % exR - C = ex A apply IH1 to H1 H2 H3 H5. search. % exL apply IH1 to H1 _ H3 H6. case H5. case H8. % essential case - K = ex A % A nested inversion lemma for 'ex' assert (forall L D, nabla x, ctx L -> {L |- conc (ex A)} -> {L, hyp (A x) |- conc D} -> {L |- conc D}). induction on 2. intros. case H10. apply ctx_lemma to H9 H12. search. search. apply IH2 to _ H13 H11. search. apply IH2 to _ H13 H11. apply IH2 to _ H14 H11. search. apply IH2 to _ H14 H11. search. apply IH2 to _ H13 H11. search. case H1. inst H13 with n1 = T. inst H11 with n1 = T. apply IH to H14 H9 H12 H15. search. assert {L1, hyp (A n2) |- conc D}. apply IH2 to _ H13 H14. search. apply H9 to H2 H3 H7. search. % commutative case search.