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Topic: [isabelle] converting a multiset to a list


view this post on Zulip Email Gateway (Aug 18 2022 at 11:05):

From: Revantha Ramanayake <revantha@rsise.anu.edu.au>
Hi, this question concerns multisets as defined in the theory file
Multisets in the standard distribution.

It is easy to define the function multiset_of :: " 'a list => 'a
multiset " which forms a multiset from a list in the obvious way.

How do I define a function (of type " 'a multiset => 'a list ") that
accepts a multiset and returns a list (where each
occurrence in the multiset is an occurrence in the list and vice versa)
? I realize
that there are many possible output lists. I am interested in obtaining
one such list.

Cheers,

Revantha.

view this post on Zulip Email Gateway (Aug 18 2022 at 11:05):

From: Tobias Nipkow <nipkow@in.tum.de>
Unless you have very specific and good reasons for doing so, I would
advise against this and would recommend to go in the other direction. If
you absolutely insist, you can always use "inv multiset_of". Good luck.

Tobias

Revantha Ramanayake wrote:

view this post on Zulip Email Gateway (Aug 18 2022 at 11:06):

From: Tobias Nipkow <nipkow@in.tum.de>
Indeed, you cannot define functions by recursion over finite multisets.
Same as for sets. For a general solution of recursion over sets see
http://www4.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/~nipkow/pubs/tphols05.html
Similar combinators for multisets would be welcome.

Concerning using "inv": you can do it, but it will be a bit tedious,
although probably not too bad. But a general recursion combinator would
be nicer.

Tobias

Revantha Ramanayake schrieb:

view this post on Zulip Email Gateway (Aug 18 2022 at 11:06):

From: Revantha Ramanayake <revantha@rsise.anu.edu.au>
Well, my need is the following:

suppose I have a function "f :: form => nat ". I want to define a
function "g :: form multiset => nat" like this:

g {# #} = 0
g ({# a #} + M) = f( {# a #}) + g(M).

Basically I want to 'strip away' the multiset, element by element. Of
course I gather that the above definition
would not work because a multiset is not defined in terms of
constructors i.e. it doesn't have the nice structure.

(this is why I wanted to first convert it to a list. for then I could
define the function g above, replacing {# #} with [] etc. )

Using "inv multiset_of" I suppose things would look something like this:

Define
f :: form => nat
g' :: form list => nat
g :: form multiset => nat

g' [] = 0
g' (x#ys) = f(x)+g'(ys)

and g(M) = g'(inv multiset_of M)

This seems to do the trick. Is this what you had in mind? and why do you
advise against it?

cheers,

revantha.

Tobias Nipkow wrote:

view this post on Zulip Email Gateway (Aug 18 2022 at 11:07):

From: Rafal Kolanski <rafalk@cse.unsw.edu.au>
Incidentally, I've defined an inductive relation for folding (inspired
by Finite_Set.thy) and am in the process of proving some of the relevant
lemmas that make it a function. The multisets defined in isabelle are
finite already, so the "finite S" assumption can go away.

Is there anyone else doing what I'm doing? It would be a shame to
duplicate work unnecessarily.

Rafal Kolanski.

Tobias Nipkow wrote:


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