Automatic and Transparent Transfer of Theorems along Isomorphisms in the Coq Proof Assistant

In mathematics, it is common practice to have several constructions for the same objects. Mathematicians will identify them modulo isomorphism and will not worry later on which construction they use, as theorems proved for one construction will be valid for all. When working with proof assistants, it is also common to see several data-types representing the same objects. This work aims at making the use of several isomorphic constructions as simple and as transparent as it can be done informally in mathematics. This requires inferring automatically the missing proof-steps. We are designing an algorithm which finds and fills these missing proof-steps and we are implementing it as a plugin for Coq

The Rooster and the Syntactic Bracket

We propose an extension of pure type systems with an algebraic presentation of inductive and co-inductive type families with proper indices. This type theory supports coercions toward from smaller sorts to bigger sorts via explicit type construction, as well as impredicative sorts. Type families in impredicative sorts are constructed with a bracketing operation. The necessary restrictions of pattern-matching from impredicative sorts to types are confined to the bracketing construct. This type theory gives an alternative presentation to the calculus of inductive constructions on which the Coq proof assistant is an implementation.Comment: To appear in the proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Types for Proofs and Program

A continuation-passing-style interpretation of simply-typed call-by-need λ-calculus with control within System F

International audienceAriola et al defined a call-by-need λ-calculi with control, together with a sequent calculus presentation of it, and a mechanically generated continuation-passing-style transformation simulating the reduction. We present here a simply-typed version of this calculus and shows that it maps to System F through the continuation-passing-style transformation. This implies in particular the normaliza-tion of this simply-typed call-by-need calculus with control. Incidentally, we treat bound variables for the continuation-passing-style transformation in a precise way using indices rather than up to α-conversion, what makes it directly implementable

Pure Type System conversion is always typable

International audiencePure Type Systems are usually described in two different ways, one that uses an external notion of computation like beta-reduction, and one that relies on a typed judgment of equality, directly in the typing system. For a long time, the question was open to know whether both presentations described the same theory. A first step toward this equivalence has been made by Adams for a particular class of \emph{Pure Type Systems} (PTS) called functional. Then, his result has been relaxed to all semi-full PTS in previous work. In this paper, we finally give a positive answer to the general issue, and prove that equivalence holds for any Pure Type System.Les Systèmes de Types Purs (PTS) sont habituellement présentés de deux manières différentes, une qui utilise une notion de calcul indépendante du typage, comme la béta-reduction, et une qui défini un jugement d'égalité typée au sein du système de types. La question de savoir si ces deux présentations représentaient la même théorie est restée ouverte pendant de nombreuses années. Une première réponse partielle à cette question a été apportée par Adams pour une classe particulière de PTS dit "fonctionnels". Nous avons récement étendu ce résultat à tous les PTS "semi-complets" . Dans cet article, nous pouvons finalement donner une réponse positive à la question dans toute sa généralité: l'équivalence entre les deux présentations est prouvée correcte pour n'importe quel Système de Types Purs

Control Reduction Theories: the Benefit of Structural Substitution

L'article contient une annexe historique par Matthias Felleisen sur la génèse des opérateurs de contrôle à l'université d'Indiana à la fin des années 80.International audienceThe historical design of the call-by-value theory of control relies on the reification of evaluation contexts as regular functions and on the use of ordinary term application for jumping to a continuation. To the contrary, the lambda-C-tp control calculus, developed by the authors, distinguishes between jumps and terms. This alternative calculus, which derives from Parigot's lambda-mu-calculus, works by direct "structural substitution" of evaluation contexts. We review and revisit the legacy theories of control and argue that lambda-C-tp provides an observationally equivalent but smoother theory. In an additional note contributed by Matthias Felleisen, we review the story of the birth of control calculi during the mid to late eighties at Indiana University

On the logical structure of choice and bar induction principles

We develop an approach to choice principles and their contrapositive bar-induction principles as extensionality schemes connecting an "intensional" or "effective" view of respectively ill-and well-foundedness properties to an "extensional" or "ideal" view of these properties. After classifying and analysing the relations between different intensional definitions of ill-foundedness and well-foundedness, we introduce, for a domain $A$, a codomain $B$ and a "filter" $T$ on finite approximations of functions from $A$ to $B$, a generalised form GDC$_{A,B,T}$ of the axiom of dependent choice and dually a generalised bar induction principle GBI$_{A,B,T}$ such that: GDC$_{A,B,T}$ intuitionistically captures the strength of $\bullet$ the general axiom of choice expressed as $\forall a\exists b R(a, b) \Rightarrow\exists\alpha\forall \alpha R(\alpha,\alpha(a))$ when $T$ is a filter that derives point-wise from a relation $R$ on $A \times B$ without introducing further constraints, $\bullet$ the Boolean Prime Filter Theorem / Ultrafilter Theorem if $B$ is the two-element set $\mathbb{B}$ (for a constructive definition of prime filter), $\bullet$ the axiom of dependent choice if $A = \mathbb{N}$, $\bullet$ Weak K{\"o}nig's Lemma if $A = \mathbb{N}$ and $B = \mathbb{B}$ (up to weak classical reasoning) GBI$_{A,B,T}$ intuitionistically captures the strength of $\bullet$ G{\"o}del's completeness theorem in the form validity implies provability for entailment relations if $B = \mathbb{B}$, $\bullet$ bar induction when $A = \mathbb{N}$, $\bullet$ the Weak Fan Theorem when $A = \mathbb{N}$ and $B = \mathbb{B}$. Contrastingly, even though GDC$_{A,B,T}$ and GBI$_{A,B,T}$ smoothly capture several variants of choice and bar induction, some instances are inconsistent, e.g. when $A$ is $\mathbb{B}^\mathbb{N}$ and $B$ is $\mathbb{N}$.Comment: LICS 2021 - 36th Annual Symposium on Logic in Computer Science, Jun 2021, Rome / Virtual, Ital

Abstract machines for dialogue games

The notion of abstract Boehm tree has arisen as an operationally-oriented distillation of works on game semantics, and has been investigated in two papers. This paper revisits the notion, providing more syntactic support and more examples (like call-by-value evaluation) illustrating the generality of the underlying computing device. Precise correspondences between various formulations of the evaluation mechanism of abstract Boehm trees are established