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@@ -401,9 +401,11 @@ can decide if two programs are *intentionally* equal (one says
*convertible*). Convertibility is described in this section.
-.. _β-reduction:
+.. _beta-reduction:
+
+β-reduction
+~~~~~~~~~~~
-**β-reduction.**
We want to be able to identify some terms as we can identify the
application of a function to a given argument with its result. For
instance the identity function over a given type T can be written
@@ -427,9 +429,11 @@ theoretically of great importance but we will not detail them here and
refer the interested reader to :cite:`Coq85`.
-.. _ι-reduction:
+.. _iota-reduction:
+
+ι-reduction
+~~~~~~~~~~~
-**ι-reduction.**
A specific conversion rule is associated to the inductive objects in
the global environment. We shall give later on (see Section
:ref:`Well-formed-inductive-definitions`) the precise rules but it
@@ -438,9 +442,11 @@ constructor behaves as expected. This reduction is called ι-reduction
and is more precisely studied in :cite:`Moh93,Wer94`.
-.. _δ-reduction:
+.. _delta-reduction:
+
+δ-reduction
+~~~~~~~~~~~
-**δ-reduction.**
We may have variables defined in local contexts or constants defined
in the global environment. It is legal to identify such a reference
with its value, that is to expand (or unfold) it into its value. This
@@ -461,9 +467,11 @@ reduction is called δ-reduction and shows as follows.
E[Γ] ⊢ c~\triangleright_δ~t
-.. _ζ-reduction:
+.. _zeta-reduction:
+
+ζ-reduction
+~~~~~~~~~~~
-**ζ-reduction.**
|Coq| allows also to remove local definitions occurring in terms by
replacing the defined variable by its value. The declaration being
destroyed, this reduction differs from δ-reduction. It is called
@@ -478,9 +486,11 @@ destroyed, this reduction differs from δ-reduction. It is called
E[Γ] ⊢ \letin{x}{u}{t}~\triangleright_ζ~\subst{t}{x}{u}
-.. _η-expansion:
+.. _eta-expansion:
+
+η-expansion
+~~~~~~~~~~~
-**η-expansion.**
Another important concept is η-expansion. It is legal to identify any
term :math:`t` of functional type :math:`∀ x:T, U` with its so-called η-expansion
@@ -517,9 +527,11 @@ for :math:`x` an arbitrary variable name fresh in :math:`t`.
convertible to the type of the original term :math:`∀ x:\Type(1),\Type(1).`
-.. _Convertibility:
+.. _convertibility:
+
+Convertibility
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-**Convertibility.**
Let us write :math:`E[Γ] ⊢ t \triangleright u` for the contextual closure of the
relation :math:`t` reduces to :math:`u` in the global environment
:math:`E` and local context :math:`Γ` with one of the previous
@@ -823,8 +835,9 @@ to inconsistent systems. We restrict ourselves to definitions which
satisfy a syntactic criterion of positivity. Before giving the formal
rules, we need a few definitions:
+Arity of a given sort
++++++++++++++++++++++
-**Type is an Arity of Sort S.**
A type :math:`T` is an *arity of sort s* if it converts to the sort s or to a
product :math:`∀ x:T,U` with :math:`U` an arity of sort s.
@@ -834,7 +847,8 @@ product :math:`∀ x:T,U` with :math:`U` an arity of sort s.
:math:`\Prop`.
-**Type is an Arity.**
+Arity
++++++
A type :math:`T` is an *arity* if there is a :math:`s∈ \Sort` such that :math:`T` is an arity of
sort s.
@@ -844,32 +858,34 @@ sort s.
:math:`A→ Set` and :math:`∀ A:\Prop,A→ \Prop` are arities.
-**Type of Constructor of I.**
+Type constructor
+++++++++++++++++
We say that T is a *type of constructor of I* in one of the following
two cases:
-
+ :math:`T` is :math:`(I~t_1 … t_n )`
+ :math:`T` is :math:`∀ x:U,T'` where :math:`T'` is also a type of constructor of :math:`I`
-
-
.. example::
:math:`\nat` and :math:`\nat→\nat` are types of constructor of :math:`\nat`.
:math:`∀ A:Type,\List~A` and :math:`∀ A:Type,A→\List~A→\List~A` are types of constructor of :math:`\List`.
-**Positivity Condition.**
+.. _positivity:
+
+Positivity Condition
+++++++++++++++++++++
+
The type of constructor :math:`T` will be said to *satisfy the positivity
condition* for a constant :math:`X` in the following cases:
-
+ :math:`T=(X~t_1 … t_n )` and :math:`X` does not occur free in any :math:`t_i`
+ :math:`T=∀ x:U,V` and :math:`X` occurs only strictly positively in :math:`U` and the type :math:`V`
satisfies the positivity condition for :math:`X`.
-
-**Occurs Strictly Positively.**
+Strict positivity
++++++++++++++++++
+
The constant :math:`X` *occurs strictly positively* in :math:`T` in the following
cases:
@@ -889,11 +905,12 @@ cases:
any of the :math:`t_i`, and the (instantiated) types of constructor
:math:`\subst{C_i}{p_j}{a_j}_{j=1… m}` of :math:`I` satisfy the nested positivity condition for :math:`X`
-**Nested Positivity Condition.**
+Nested Positivity
++++++++++++++++++
+
The type of constructor :math:`T` of :math:`I` *satisfies the nested positivity
condition* for a constant :math:`X` in the following cases:
-
+ :math:`T=(I~b_1 … b_m~u_1 … u_p)`, :math:`I` is an inductive definition with :math:`m`
parameters and :math:`X` does not occur in any :math:`u_i`
+ :math:`T=∀ x:U,V` and :math:`X` occurs only strictly positively in :math:`U` and the type :math:`V`
@@ -940,12 +957,11 @@ For instance, if one considers the type
╰─ list satisfies the positivity condition for list A ... (bullet 1)
-
-
-
.. _Correctness-rules:
-**Correctness rules.**
+Correctness rules
++++++++++++++++++
+
We shall now describe the rules allowing the introduction of a new
inductive definition.
@@ -1012,7 +1028,9 @@ has type :math:`\Type(k)` with :math:`k<j` and :math:`k≤ i`.
.. _Template-polymorphism:
-**Template polymorphism.**
+Template polymorphism
++++++++++++++++++++++
+
Inductive types declared in Type are polymorphic over their arguments
in Type. If :math:`A` is an arity of some sort and s is a sort, we write :math:`A_{/s}`
for the arity obtained from :math:`A` by replacing its sort with s.
@@ -1217,9 +1235,11 @@ Coquand in :cite:`Coq92`. One is the definition by pattern-matching. The
second one is a definition by guarded fixpoints.
-.. _The-match…with-end-construction:
+.. _match-construction:
+
+The match ... with ... end construction
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
-**The match…with …end construction**
The basic idea of this operator is that we have an object :math:`m` in an
inductive type :math:`I` and we want to prove a property which possibly
depends on :math:`m`. For this, it is enough to prove the property for
@@ -1623,9 +1643,8 @@ Given a variable :math:`y` of type an inductive definition in a declaration
ones in which one of the :math:`I_l` occurs) are structurally smaller than y.
-The following definitions are correct, we enter them using the ``Fixpoint``
-command as described in Section :ref:`TODO-1.3.4` and show the internal
-representation.
+The following definitions are correct, we enter them using the :cmd:`Fixpoint`
+command and show the internal representation.
.. example::
.. coqtop:: all