Quellcode-Bibliothek Huffman.thy

(*  Title:       An Isabelle/HOL Formalization of the Textbook Proof of Huffman's Algorithm
    Author:      Jasmin Christian Blanchette <blanchette at in.tum.de>, 2008
    Maintainer:  Jasmin Christian Blanchette <blanchette at in.tum.de>
*)

(*<*)
theory Huffman
  imports Main
begin
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section ‹Introduction›

subsection ‹Binary Codes \label{binary-codes}›

text ‹
  we want to encode strings over a finite source alphabet to sequences
  bits. The approach used by ASCII and most other charsets is to map each
  symbol to a distinct $k$-bit code word, where $k$ is fixed and is
  8 or 16. To encode a string of symbols, we simply encode each symbol
  turn. Decoding involves mapping each $k$-bit block back to the symbol it
 .

 -length codes are simple and fast, but they generally waste space. If
  know the frequency $w_a$ of each source symbol $a$, we can save space
  using shorter code words for the most frequent symbols. We
  that a (variable-length) code is {\sl optimum\/} if it minimizes the sum
 \sum_a w_a \vthinspace\delta_a$, where $\delta_a$ is the length of the binary
  word for $a$. Information theory tells us that a code is optimum if
  each source symbol $c$ the code word representing $c$ has length
 $\textstyle \delta_c = \log_2 {1 \over p_c}, \qquad
 \hbox{where}\enskip p_c = {w_c \over \sum_a w_a}.$$
  number is generally not an integer, so we cannot use it directly.
 , the above criterion is a useful yardstick and paves the way for
  coding \cite{rissanen-1976}, a generalization of the method
  here.

 def\xabacabad{\xa\xb\xa\xc\xa\xb\xa\xd}%
  an example, consider the source string `$\xabacabad$'. We have
 $p_{\xa} = \tfrac{1}{2},\,\; p_{\xb} = \tfrac{1}{4},\,\;
 p_{\xc} = \tfrac{1}{8},\,\; p_{\xd} = \tfrac{1}{8}.$$
  optimum lengths for the binary code words are all integers, namely
 $\delta_{\xa} = 1,\,\; \delta_{\xb} = 2,\,\; \delta_{\xc} = 3,\,\;
 \delta_{\xd} = 3,$$
  they are realized by the code
 $C_1 = \{ \xa \mapsto 0,\, \xb \mapsto 10,\, \xc \mapsto 110,\,
 \xd \mapsto 111 \}.$$
  `$\xabacabad$' produces the 14-bit code word 01001100100111. The code
 C_1$ is optimum: No code that unambiguously encodes source symbols one at a
  could do better than $C_1$ on the input `$\xa\xb\xa\xc\xa\xb\xa\xd$'. In
 , with a fixed-length code such as
 $C_2 = \{ \xa \mapsto 00,\, \xb \mapsto 01,\, \xc \mapsto 10,\,
 \xd \mapsto 11 \}$$
  need at least 16~bits to encode `$\xabacabad$'.
 ›

subsection ‹Binary Trees›

text ‹
  a program, binary codes can be represented by binary trees. For example,
  trees\strut
 $\vcenter{\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=1.25]{tree-abcd-unbalanced.pdf}}}
 \qquad \hbox{and} \qquad
 \vcenter{\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=1.25]{tree-abcd-balanced.pdf}}}$$
  to $C_1$ and $C_2$. The code word for a given
  can be obtained as follows: Start at the root and descend toward the leaf
  associated with the symbol one node at a time; generate a 0 whenever the
  child of the current node is chosen and a 1 whenever the right child is
 . The generated sequence of 0s and 1s is the code word.

  avoid ambiguities, we require that only leaf nodes are labeled with symbols.
  ensures that no code word is a prefix of another, thereby eliminating the
  of all ambiguities.%
 footnote{Strictly speaking, there is another potential source of ambiguity.
  the alphabet consists of a single symbol $a$, that symbol could be mapped
  the empty code word, and then any string $aa\ldots a$ would map to the
  bit sequence, giving the decoder no way to recover the original string's
 . This scenario can be ruled out by requiring that the alphabet has
  2 or more.}
  that have this property are called {\sl prefix codes}. As an example of a
  that does not have this property, consider the code associated with the
 \strut
 $\vcenter{\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=1.25]{tree-abcd-non-prefix.pdf}}}$$
  observe that `$\xb\xb\xb$', `$\xb\xd$', and `$\xd\xb$' all map to the
  word 111.

  node in a code tree is assigned a {\sl weight}. For a leaf node, the
  is the frequency of its symbol; for an inner node, it is the sum of the
  of its subtrees. Code trees can be annotated with their weights:\strut
 $\vcenter{\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=1.25]%
 {tree-abcd-unbalanced-weighted.pdf}}}
 \qquad\qquad
 \vcenter{\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=1.25]%
 {tree-abcd-balanced-weighted.pdf}}}$$
  our purposes, it is sufficient to consider only full binary trees (trees
  inner nodes all have two children). This is because any inner node with
  one child can advantageously be eliminated; for example,\strut
 $\vcenter{\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=1.25]{tree-abc-non-full.pdf}}}
 \qquad \hbox{becomes} \qquad
 \vcenter{\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=1.25]{tree-abc-full.pdf}}}$$
 ›

subsection ‹Huffman's Algorithm›

text ‹
  Huffman \cite{huffman-1952} discovered a simple algorithm for
  an optimum code tree for specified symbol frequencies:
  a forest consisting of only leaf nodes, one for each symbol in the
 , taking the given symbol frequencies as initial weights for the nodes.
  pick the two trees
 $\vcenter{\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=1.25]{tree-w1.pdf}}}
 \qquad \hbox{and} \qquad
 \vcenter{\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=1.25]{tree-w2.pdf}}}$$

 noindent\strut
  the lowest weights and replace them with the tree
 $\vcenter{\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=1.25]{tree-w1-w2.pdf}}}$$
  this process until only one tree is left.

  an illustration, executing the algorithm for the frequencies
 $f_{\xd} = 3,\,\; f_{\xe} = 11,\,\; f_{\xf} = 5,\,\; f_{\xs} = 7,\,\;
 f_{\xz} = 2$$
  rise to the following sequence of states:\strut

 def\myscale{1}%
 setbox\myboxi=\hbox{(9)\strut}%
 setbox\myboxii=\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=\myscale]{tree-prime-step1.pdf}}%
 setbox\myboxiii=\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=\myscale]{tree-prime-step2.pdf}}%
 $(1)\quad\lower\ht\myboxii\hbox{\raise\ht\myboxi\box\myboxii} \qquad\qquad
 (2)\enskip\lower\ht\myboxiii\hbox{\raise\ht\myboxi\box\myboxiii}$$

 vskip.5\smallskipamount

 noindent
 setbox\myboxii=\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=\myscale]{tree-prime-step3.pdf}}%
 setbox\myboxiii=\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=\myscale]{tree-prime-step4.pdf}}%
 setbox\myboxiv=\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=\myscale]{tree-prime-step5.pdf}}%
 3)\quad\lower\ht\myboxii\hbox{\raise\ht\myboxi\box\myboxii}\hfill\quad
 (4)\quad\lower\ht\myboxiii\hbox{\raise\ht\myboxi\box\myboxiii}\hfill
 (5)\enskip\lower\ht\myboxiv\hbox{\raise\ht\myboxi\box\myboxiv\,}

 smallskip
 noindent
 ~(5) is an optimum tree for the given frequencies.
 ›

subsection ‹The Textbook Proof›

text ‹
  does the algorithm work? In his article, Huffman gave some motivation but
  real proof. For a proof sketch, we turn to Donald Knuth
 cite[p.~403--404]{knuth-1997}:

 begin{quote}
  is not hard to prove that this method does in fact minimize the weighted
  length (i.e., $\sum_a w_a \vthinspace\delta_a$), by induction on $m$.
  we have $w_1 \le w_2 \le w_3 \le \cdots \le w_m$, where $m \ge 2$, and
  that we are given a tree that minimizes the weighted path length.
 Such a tree certainly exists, since only finitely many binary trees with $m$
  nodes are possible.) Let $V$ be an internal node of maximum distance
  the root. If $w_1$ and $w_2$ are not the weights already attached to the
  of $V$, we can interchange them with the values that are already
 ; such an interchange does not increase the weighted path length. Thus
  is a tree that minimizes the weighted path length and contains the
 \strut
 $\vcenter{\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=1.25]{tree-w1-w2-leaves.pdf}}}$$
  it is easy to prove that the weighted path length of such a tree is
  if and only if the tree with
 $\vcenter{\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=1.25]{tree-w1-w2-leaves.pdf}}}
 \qquad \hbox{replaced by} \qquad
 \vcenter{\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=1.25]{tree-w1-plus-w2.pdf}}}$$
  minimum path length for the weights $w_1 + w_2$, $w_3$, $\ldots\,$, $w_m$.
 end{quote}

 noindent
  is, however, a small oddity in this proof: It is not clear why we must
  the existence of an optimum tree that contains the subtree
 $\vcenter{\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=1.25]{tree-w1-w2-leaves.pdf}}}$$
 , the formalization works without it.

  et al.\ \cite[p.~385--391]{cormen-et-al-2001} provide a very similar
 , articulated around the following propositions:

 begin{quote}
 textsl{\textbf{Lemma 16.2}} \\
  $C$ be an alphabet in which each character $c \in C$ has frequency $f[c]$.
  $x$ and $y$ be two characters in $C$ having the lowest frequencies. Then
  exists an optimal prefix code for $C$ in which the codewords for $x$ and
 y$ have the same length and differ only in the last bit.

 medskip

 textsl{\textbf{Lemma 16.3}} \\
  $C$ be a given alphabet with frequency $f[c]$ defined for each character
 c \in C$. Let $x$ and $y$ be two characters in $C$ with minimum frequency. Let
 C'$ be the alphabet $C$ with characters $x$, $y$ removed and (new) character
 z$ added, so that $C' = C - \{x, y\} \cup {\{z\}}$; define $f$ for $C'$ as for
 C$, except that $f[z] = f[x] + f[y]$. Let $T'$ be any tree representing an
  prefix code for the alphabet $C'$. Then the tree $T$, obtained from
 T'$ by replacing the leaf node for $z$ with an internal node having $x$ and
 y$ as children, represents an optimal prefix code for the alphabet $C$.

 medskip

 textsl{\textbf{Theorem 16.4}} \\
  \textsc{Huffman} produces an optimal prefix code.
 end{quote}
 ›

subsection ‹Overview of the Formalization›

text ‹
  document presents a formalization of the proof of Huffman's algorithm
  using Isabelle/HOL \cite{nipkow-et-al-2008}. Our proof is based on the
  proofs given by Knuth and Cormen et al. The development was done
  of Laurent Th\'ery's Coq proof \cite{thery-2003,thery-2004},
  through its ``cover'' concept represents a considerable departure from
  textbook proof.

  development consists of a little under 100 lemmas and theorems. Most of
  have very short proofs thanks to the extensive use of simplification
  and custom induction rules. The remaining proofs are written using the
  proof format Isar \cite{wenzel-2008}.
 ›

subsection ‹Head of the Theory File›

text ‹
  Isabelle theory starts in the standard way.

 myskip

 noindent
 isacommand{theory} ‹Huffman› \\
 isacommand{imports} ‹Main› \\
 isacommand{begin}

 myskip

 noindent
  attach the ‹simp› attribute to some predefined lemmas to add them to
  default set of simplification rules.
 ›

declare
  Int_Un_distrib [simp]
  Int_Un_distrib2 [simp]
  max.absorb1 [simp]
  max.absorb2 [simp]

section ‹Definition of Prefix Code Trees and Forests \label{trees-and-forests}›

subsection ‹Tree Type›

text ‹
  {\sl prefix code tree\/} is a full binary tree in which leaf nodes are of the
  @{term "Leaf w a"}, where @{term a} is a symbol and @{term w} is the
  associated with @{term a}, and inner nodes are of the form
 {term "Node w t₁ t₂"}, where @{term t₁} and @{term t₂} are the left and
  subtrees and @{term w} caches the sum of the weights of @{term t₁} and
 {term t₂}. Prefix code trees are polymorphic on the symbol datatype~@{typ 'a}.
 ›

datatype 'a tree =
  Leaf nat 'a
| Node nat "('a tree)" "('a tree)"

subsection ‹Forest Type›

text ‹
  intermediate steps of Huffman's algorithm involve a list of prefix code
 , or {\sl prefix code forest}.
 ›

type_synonym 'a forest = "'a tree list"

subsection ‹Alphabet›

text ‹
  {\sl alphabet\/} of a code tree is the set of symbols appearing in the
 's leaf nodes.
 ›

primrec alphabet :: "'a tree ==> 'a set" where
"alphabet (Leaf w a) = {a}" |
"alphabet (Node w t₁ t₂) = alphabet t₁ ∪ alphabet t₂"

text ‹
  sets and predicates, Isabelle gives us the choice between inductive
  (\isakeyword{inductive\_set} and \isakeyword{inductive}) and
  functions (\isakeyword{primrec}, \isakeyword{fun}, and
 isakeyword{function}). In this development, we consistently favor recursion
  induction, for two reasons:

 begin{myitemize}
 item Recursion gives rise to simplification rules that greatly help automatic
  tactics. In contrast, reasoning about inductively defined sets and
  involves introduction and elimination rules, which are more clumsy
  simplification rules.

 item Isabelle's counterexample generator \isakeyword{quickcheck}
 cite{berghofer-nipkow-2004}, which we used extensively during the top-down
  of the proof (together with \isakeyword{sorry}), has better support
  recursive definitions.
 end{myitemize}

  alphabet of a forest is defined as the union of the alphabets of the trees
  compose it. Although Isabelle supports overloading for non-overlapping
 , we avoid many type inference problems by attaching an
 \raise.3ex\hbox{‹_F›}' subscript to the forest generalizations of
  defined on trees.
 ›

primrec alphabet_F :: "'a forest ==> 'a set" where
"alphabet_F [] = {}" |
"alphabet_F (t # ts) = alphabet t ∪ alphabet_F ts"

text ‹
  are central to our proofs, and we need the following basic facts
  them.
 ›

lemma finite_alphabet[simp]:
"finite (alphabet t)"
by (induct t) auto

lemma exists_in_alphabet:
"∃a. a ∈ alphabet t"
by (induct t) auto

subsection ‹Consistency›

text ‹
  tree is {\sl consistent\/} if for each inner node the alphabets of the two
  are disjoint. Intuitively, this means that every symbol in the
  occurs in exactly one leaf node. Consistency is a sufficient condition
  $\delta_a$ (the length of the {\sl unique\/} code word for $a$) to be
 . Although this well\-formed\-ness property is not mentioned in algorithms
  \cite{aho-et-al-1983,cormen-et-al-2001,knuth-1997}, it is essential
  appears as an assumption in many of our lemmas.
 ›

primrec consistent :: "'a tree ==> bool" where
"consistent (Leaf w a) = True" |
"consistent (Node w t₁ t₂) =
 (alphabet t₁ ∩ alphabet t₂ = {} ∧ consistent t₁ ∧ consistent t₂)"

primrec consistent_F :: "'a forest ==> bool" where
"consistent_F [] = True" |
"consistent_F (t # ts) =
 (alphabet t ∩ alphabet_F ts = {} ∧ consistent t ∧ consistent_F ts)"

text ‹
  of our proofs are by structural induction on consistent trees $t$ and
  one symbol $a$. These proofs typically distinguish the following cases.

 begin{myitemize}
 item[] {\sc Base case:}\enspace $t = @{term "Leaf w b"}$.
 item[] {\sc Induction step:}\enspace $t = @{term "Node w t₁ t₂"}$.
 item[] \noindent\kern\leftmargin {\sc Subcase 1:}\enspace $a$ belongs to
 @{term t₁} but not to @{term t₂}.
 item[] \noindent\kern\leftmargin {\sc Subcase 2:}\enspace $a$ belongs to
 @{term t₂} but not to @{term t₁}.
 item[] \noindent\kern\leftmargin {\sc Subcase 3:}\enspace $a$ belongs to
 neither @{term t₁} nor @{term t₂}.
 end{myitemize}

 noindent
  to the consistency assumption, we can rule out the subcase where $a$
  to both subtrees.

  of performing the above case distinction manually, we encode it in a
  induction rule. This saves us from writing repetitive proof scripts and
  Isabelle's automatic proof tactics.
 ›

lemma tree_induct_consistent[consumes 1, case_names base step₁ step₂ step₃]:
"[consistent t;
  ∧w_b b a. P (Leaf w_b b) a;
  ∧w t₁ t₂ a.
     [consistent t₁; consistent t₂; alphabet t₁ ∩ alphabet t₂ = {};
      a ∈ alphabet t₁; a ∉ alphabet t₂; P t₁ a; P t₂ a] ==>
     P (Node w t₁ t₂) a;
  ∧w t₁ t₂ a.
     [consistent t₁; consistent t₂; alphabet t₁ ∩ alphabet t₂ = {};
      a ∉ alphabet t₁; a ∈ alphabet t₂; P t₁ a; P t₂ a] ==>
     P (Node w t₁ t₂) a;
  ∧w t₁ t₂ a.
     [consistent t₁; consistent t₂; alphabet t₁ ∩ alphabet t₂ = {};
      a ∉ alphabet t₁; a ∉ alphabet t₂; P t₁ a; P t₂ a] ==>
     P (Node w t₁ t₂) a] ==>
 P t a"

txt ‹
  proof relies on the \textit{induction\_schema} and
 textit{lexicographic\_order} tactics, which automate the most tedious
  of deriving induction rules. The alternative would have been to perform
  standard structural induction on @{term t} and proceed by cases, which is
  but long-winded.
 ›

apply rotate_tac
apply induction_schema
       apply atomize_elim
       apply (metis consistent.simps(2) disjoint_iff_not_equal tree.exhaust)
by lexicographic_order

text ‹
  \textit{induction\_schema} tactic reduces the putative induction rule to
  proof obligations.
 , it reuses the machinery that constructs the default induction
 . The resulting proof obligations concern (a)~case completeness,
 b)~invariant preservation (in our case, tree consistency), and
 c)~wellfoundedness. For @{thm [source] tree_induct_consistent}, the obligations
 a)~and (b) can be discharged using
 's simplifier and classical reasoner, whereas (c) requires a single
  of \textit{lexicographic\_order}, a tactic that was originally
  to prove termination of recursive functions
 cite{bulwahn-et-al-2007,krauss-2007,krauss-2009}.
 ›

subsection ‹Symbol Depths›

text ‹
  {\sl depth\/} of a symbol (which we denoted by $\delta_a$ in
 ~\ref{binary-codes}) is the length of the path from the root to the
  node labeled with that symbol, or equivalently the length of the code word
  the symbol. Symbols that do not occur in the tree or that occur at the root
  a one-node tree have depth 0. If a symbol occurs in several leaf nodes (which
  happen with inconsistent trees), the depth is arbitrarily defined in terms
  the leftmost node labeled with that symbol.
 ›

primrec depth :: "'a tree ==> 'a ==> nat" where
"depth (Leaf w b) a = 0" |
"depth (Node w t₁ t₂) a =
 (if a ∈ alphabet t₁ then depth t₁ a + 1
  else if a ∈ alphabet t₂ then depth t₂ a + 1
  else 0)"

text ‹
  definition may seem very inefficient from a functional programming
  of view, but it does not matter, because unlike Huffman's algorithm, the
 {const depth} function is merely a reasoning tool and is never actually
 .
 ›

subsection ‹Height›

text ‹
  {\sl height\/} of a tree is the length of the longest path from the root to
  leaf node, or equivalently the length of the longest code word. This is
  generalized to forests by taking the maximum of the trees' heights. Note
  a tree has height 0 if and only if it is a leaf node, and that a forest has
  0 if and only if all its trees are leaf nodes.
 ›

primrec height :: "'a tree ==> nat" where
"height (Leaf w a) = 0" |
"height (Node w t₁ t₂) = max (height t₁) (height t₂) + 1"

primrec height_F :: "'a forest ==> nat" where
"height_F [] = 0" |
"height_F (t # ts) = max (height t) (height_F ts)"

text ‹
  depth of any symbol in the tree is bounded by the tree's height, and there
  a symbol with a depth equal to the height.
 ›

lemma depth_le_height:
"depth t a ≤ height t"
by (induct t) auto

lemma exists_at_height:
"consistent t ==> ∃a ∈ alphabet t. depth t a = height t"
proof (induct t)
  case Leaf thus ?case by simp
next
  case (Node w t₁ t₂)
  note hyps = Node
  let ?t = "Node w t₁ t₂"
  from hyps obtain b where b: "b ∈ alphabet t₁" "depth t₁ b = height t₁" by auto
  from hyps obtain c where c: "c ∈ alphabet t₂" "depth t₂ c = height t₂" by auto
  let ?a = "if height t₁ ≥ height t₂ then b else c"
  from b c have "?a ∈ alphabet ?t" "depth ?t ?a = height ?t"
    using ‹consistent ?t› by auto
  thus "∃a ∈ alphabet ?t. depth ?t a = height ?t" ..
qed

text ‹
  following elimination rules help Isabelle's classical prover, notably the
 textit{auto} tactic. They are easy consequences of the inequation
 {thm depth_le_height[no_vars]}.
 ›

lemma depth_max_heightE_left[elim!]:
"[depth t₁ a = max (height t₁) (height t₂);
  [depth t₁ a = height t₁; height t₁ ≥ height t₂] ==> P] ==>
 P"
by (cut_tac t = t₁ and a = a in depth_le_height) simp

lemma depth_max_heightE_right[elim!]:
"[depth t₂ a = max (height t₁) (height t₂);
  [depth t₂ a = height t₂; height t₂ ≥ height t₁] ==> P] ==>
 P"
by (cut_tac t = t₂ and a = a in depth_le_height) simp

text ‹
  also need the following lemma.
 ›

lemma height_gt_0_alphabet_eq_imp_height_gt_0:
assumes "height t > 0" "consistent t" "alphabet t = alphabet u"
shows "height u > 0"
proof (cases t)
  case Leaf thus ?thesis using assms by simp
next
  case (Node w t₁ t₂)
  note t = Node
  from exists_in_alphabet obtain b where b: "b ∈ alphabet t₁" ..
  from exists_in_alphabet obtain c where c: "c ∈ alphabet t₂" ..
  from b c have bc: "b ≠ c" using t ‹consistent t› by fastforce
  show ?thesis
  proof (cases u)
    case Leaf thus ?thesis using b c bc t assms by auto
  next
    case Node thus ?thesis by simp
  qed
qed

subsection ‹Symbol Frequencies›

text ‹
  {\sl frequency\/} of a symbol (which we denoted by $w_a$ in
 ~\ref{binary-codes}) is the sum of the weights attached to the
  nodes labeled with that symbol. If the tree is consistent, the sum
  at most one nonzero term. The frequency is then the weight of the leaf
  labeled with the symbol, or 0 if there is no such node. The generalization
  forests is straightforward.
 ›

primrec freq :: "'a tree ==> 'a ==> nat" where
"freq (Leaf w a) b = (if b = a then w else 0)" |
"freq (Node w t₁ t₂) b = freq t₁ b + freq t₂ b"

primrec freq_F :: "'a forest ==> 'a ==> nat" where
"freq_F [] b = 0" |
"freq_F (t # ts) b = freq t b + freq_F ts b"

text ‹
  and symbol frequencies are intimately related. Simplification rules
  that sums of the form @{term "freq t₁ a + freq t₂ a"} collapse to a
  term when we know which tree @{term a} belongs to.
 ›

lemma notin_alphabet_imp_freq_0[simp]:
"a ∉ alphabet t ==> freq t a = 0"
by (induct t) simp+

lemma notin_alphabet_{F_imp_freqF_0}[simp]:
"a ∉ alphabet_F ts ==> freq_F ts a = 0"
by (induct ts) simp+

lemma freq_0_right[simp]:
"[alphabet t₁ ∩ alphabet t₂ = {}; a ∈ alphabet t₁] ==> freq t₂ a = 0"
by (auto intro: notin_alphabet_imp_freq_0 simp: disjoint_iff_not_equal)

lemma freq_0_left[simp]:
"[alphabet t₁ ∩ alphabet t₂ = {}; a ∈ alphabet t₂] ==> freq t₁ a = 0"
by (auto simp: disjoint_iff_not_equal)

text ‹
  trees are {\em comparable} if they have the same alphabet and symbol
 . This is an important concept, because it allows us to state not
  that the tree constructed by Huffman's algorithm is optimal but also that
  has the expected alphabet and frequencies.

  close this section with a more technical lemma.
 ›

lemma height_{F_0_imp_Leaf_freqF_in_set}:
"[consistent_F ts; height_F ts = 0; a ∈ alphabet_F ts] ==>
 Leaf (freq_F ts a) a ∈ set ts"
proof (induct ts)
  case Nil thus ?case by simp
next
  case (Cons t ts) show ?case using Cons by (cases t) auto
qed

subsection ‹Weight›

text ‹
  @{term weight} function returns the weight of a tree. In the
 {const Node} case, we ignore the weight cached in the node and instead
  the tree's weight recursively. This makes reasoning simpler because we
  then avoid specifying cache correctness as an assumption in our lemmas.
 ›

primrec weight :: "'a tree ==> nat" where
"weight (Leaf w a) = w" |
"weight (Node w t₁ t₂) = weight t₁ + weight t₂"

text ‹
  weight of a tree is the sum of the frequencies of its symbols.

 myskip

 noindent
 isacommand{lemma} ‹weight_eq_Sum_freq›: \\
 \isachardoublequoteopen}$\displaystyle ‹consistent t ==> weight t› =
 !\!\sum_{a\in @{term "alphabet t"}}^{\phantom{.}}\!\! @{term "freq t a"}$%
 \isachardoublequoteclose}

 vskip-\myskipamount
 ›

(*<*)
lemma weight_eq_Sum_freq:
"consistent t ==> weight t = (∑a ∈ alphabet t. freq t a)"
(*>*)
by (induct t) (auto simp: sum.union_disjoint)

text ‹
  assumption @{term "consistent t"} is not necessary, but it simplifies the
  by letting us invoke the lemma @{thm [source] sum.union_disjoint}:
 $‹[finite A; finite B; A ∩ B = {}] ==>›~\!\sum_{x\in A} @{term "g x"}
 vthinspace \mathrel{+} \sum_{x\in B} @{term "g x"}\vthinspace = %
 \!\!\sum_{x\in A \cup B}\! @{term "g x"}.$$
 ›

subsection ‹Cost›

text ‹
  {\sl cost\/} of a consistent tree, sometimes called the {\sl weighted path
 }, is given by the sum $\sum_{a \in @{term "alphabet t"}\,}
 {term "freq t a"} \mathbin{‹*›} @{term "depth t a"}$
 which we denoted by $\sum_a w_a \vthinspace\delta_a$ in
 ~\ref{binary-codes}). It obeys a simple recursive law.
 ›

primrec cost :: "'a tree ==> nat" where
"cost (Leaf w a) = 0" |
"cost (Node w t₁ t₂) = weight t₁ + cost t₁ + weight t₂ + cost t₂"

text ‹
  interpretation of this recursive law is that the cost of a tree is the sum
  the weights of its inner nodes \cite[p.~405]{knuth-1997}. (Recall that
 @{term "weight (Node w t₁ t₂)"} = @{term "weight t₁ + weight t₂"}$.) Since
  cost of a tree is such a fundamental concept, it seems necessary to prove
  the above function definition is correct.

 myskip

 noindent
 isacommand{theorem} ‹cost_eq_Sum_freq_mult_depth›: \\
 \isachardoublequoteopen}$\displaystyle ‹consistent t ==> cost t› =
 !\!\sum_{a\in @{term "alphabet t"}}^{\phantom{.}}\!\!
 {term "freq t a * depth t a"}$%
 \isachardoublequoteclose}

 myskip

 noindent
  proof is by structural induction on $t$. If $t = @{term "Leaf w b"}$, both
  of the equation simplify to 0. This leaves the case $@{term t} =
 {term "Node w t₁ t₂"}$. Let $A$, $A_1$, and $A_2$ stand for
 {term "alphabet t"}, @{term "alphabet t₁"}, and @{term "alphabet t₂"},
 . We have
 
 $\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{@%
 \hskip\leftmargin}cX@%
 }}
 & @{term "cost t"} \\
 eq & \justif{definition of @{const cost}} \\
 & $@{term "weight t₁ + cost t₁ + weight t₂ + cost t₂"}$ \\
 eq & \justif{induction hypothesis} \\
 & $@{term "weight t₁"} \mathrel{+}
 \sum_{a\in A_1\,} @{term "freq t₁ a * depth t₁ a"} \mathrel{+} {}$ \\
 & $@{term "weight t₂"} \mathrel{+}
 \sum_{a\in A_2\,} @{term "freq t₂ a * depth t₂ a"}$ \\
 eq & \justif{definition of @{const depth}, consistency} \\[\extrah]
 & $@{term "weight t₁"} \mathrel{+}
 \sum_{a\in A_1\,} @{term "freq t₁ a * (depth t a - 1)"} \mathrel{+}
 {}$ \\
 & $@{term "weight t₂"} \mathrel{+}
 \sum_{a\in A_2\,} @{term "freq t₂ a * (depth t a - 1)"}$ \\[\extrah]
 eq & \justif{distributivity of ‹*› and $\sum$ over $-$} \\[\extrah]
 & $@{term "weight t₁"} \mathrel{+}
 \sum_{a\in A_1\,} @{term "freq t₁ a * depth t a"} \mathrel{-}
 \sum_{a\in A_1\,} @{term "freq t₁ a"} \mathrel{+} {}$ \\
 & $@{term "weight t₂"} \mathrel{+}
 \sum_{a\in A_2\,} @{term "freq t₂ a * depth t a"} \mathrel{-}
 \sum_{a\in A_2\,} @{term "freq t₂ a"}$ \\[\extrah]
 eq & \justif{@{thm [source] weight_eq_Sum_freq}} \\[\extrah]
 & $\sum_{a\in A_1\,} @{term "freq t₁ a * depth t a"} \mathrel{+}
 \sum_{a\in A_2\,} @{term "freq t₂ a * depth t a"}$ \\[\extrah]
 eq & \justif{definition of @{const freq}, consistency} \\[\extrah]
 & $\sum_{a\in A_1\,} @{term "freq t a * depth t a"} \mathrel{+}
 \sum_{a\in A_2\,} @{term "freq t a * depth t a"}$ \\[\extrah]
 eq & \justif{@{thm [source] sum.union_disjoint}, consistency} \\
 & $\sum_{a\in A_1\cup A_2\,} @{term "freq t a * depth t a"}$ \\
 eq & \justif{definition of @{const alphabet}} \\
 & $\sum_{a\in A\,} @{term "freq t a * depth t a"}$.
 end{tabularx}$$

 noindent
  structured proof closely follows this argument.
 ›

(*<*)
theorem cost_eq_Sum_freq_mult_depth:
"consistent t ==> cost t = (∑a ∈ alphabet t. freq t a * depth t a)"
(*>*)
proof (induct t)
  case Leaf thus ?case by simp
next
  case (Node w t₁ t₂)
  let ?t = "Node w t₁ t₂"
  let ?A = "alphabet ?t" and ?A₁ = "alphabet t₁" and ?A₂ = "alphabet t₂"
  note c = ‹consistent ?t›
  note hyps = Node
  have d₂: "∧a. [?A₁ ∩ ?A₂ = {}; a ∈ ?A₂] ==> depth ?t a = depth t₂ a + 1"
    by auto
  have "cost ?t = weight t₁ + cost t₁ + weight t₂ + cost t₂" by simp
  also have "… = weight t₁ + (∑a ∈ ?A₁. freq t₁ a * depth t₁ a)
    + weight t₂ + (∑a ∈ ?A₂. freq t₂ a * depth t₂ a)"
    using hyps by simp
  also have "… = weight t₁ + (∑a ∈ ?A₁. freq t₁ a * (depth ?t a - 1))
    + weight t₂ + (∑a ∈ ?A₂. freq t₂ a * (depth ?t a - 1))"
    using c d₂ by simp
  also have "… = weight t₁ + (∑a ∈ ?A₁. freq t₁ a * depth ?t a)
    - (∑a ∈ ?A₁. freq t₁ a)
    + weight t₂ + (∑a ∈ ?A₂. freq t₂ a * depth ?t a)
    - (∑a ∈ ?A₂. freq t₂ a)"
    using c d₂ by (simp add: sum.distrib)
  also have "… = (∑a ∈ ?A₁. freq t₁ a * depth ?t a)
    + (∑a ∈ ?A₂. freq t₂ a * depth ?t a)"
    using c by (simp add: weight_eq_Sum_freq)
  also have "… = (∑a ∈ ?A₁. freq ?t a * depth ?t a)
    + (∑a ∈ ?A₂. freq ?t a * depth ?t a)"
    using c by auto
  also have "… = (∑a ∈ ?A₁ ∪ ?A₂. freq ?t a * depth ?t a)"
    using c by (simp add: sum.union_disjoint)
  also have "… = (∑a ∈ ?A. freq ?t a * depth ?t a)" by simp
  finally show ?case .
qed

text ‹
 , it should come as no surprise that trees with height 0 have cost 0.
 ›

lemma height_0_imp_cost_0[simp]:
"height t = 0 ==> cost t = 0"
by (case_tac t) simp+

subsection ‹Optimality›

text ‹
  tree is optimum if and only if its cost is not greater than that of any
  tree. We can ignore inconsistent trees without loss of generality.
 ›

definition optimum :: "'a tree ==> bool" where
"optimum t =
 (∀u. consistent u ⟶ alphabet t = alphabet u ⟶ freq t = freq u ⟶
  cost t ≤ cost u)"

section ‹Functional Implementation of Huffman's Algorithm \label{implementation}›

subsection ‹Cached Weight›

text ‹
  {\sl cached weight\/} of a node is the weight stored directly in the node.
  arguments rely on the computed weight (embodied by the @{const weight}
 ) rather than the cached weight, but the implementation of Huffman's
  uses the cached weight for performance reasons.
 ›

primrec cachedWeight :: "'a tree ==> nat" where
"cachedWeight (Leaf w a) = w" |
"cachedWeight (Node w t₁ t₂) = w"

text ‹
  cached weight of a leaf node is identical to its computed weight.
 ›

lemma height_0_imp_cachedWeight_eq_weight[simp]:
"height t = 0 ==> cachedWeight t = weight t"
by (case_tac t) simp+

subsection ‹Tree Union›

text ‹
  implementation of Huffman's algorithm builds on two additional auxiliary
 . The first one, ‹uniteTrees›, takes two trees
 $\vcenter{\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=1.25]{tree-w1.pdf}}}
 \qquad \hbox{and} \qquad
 \vcenter{\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=1.25]{tree-w2.pdf}}}$$

 noindent
  returns the tree\strut
 $\includegraphics[scale=1.25]{tree-w1-w2.pdf}$$

 vskip-.5\myskipamount
 ›

definition uniteTrees :: "'a tree ==> 'a tree ==> 'a tree" where
"uniteTrees t₁ t₂ = Node (cachedWeight t₁ + cachedWeight t₂) t₁ t₂"

text ‹
  alphabet, consistency, and symbol frequencies of a united tree are easy to
  to the homologous properties of the subtrees.
 ›

lemma alphabet_uniteTrees[simp]:
"alphabet (uniteTrees t₁ t₂) = alphabet t₁ ∪ alphabet t₂"
by (simp add: uniteTrees_def)

lemma consistent_uniteTrees[simp]:
"[consistent t₁; consistent t₂; alphabet t₁ ∩ alphabet t₂ = {}] ==>
 consistent (uniteTrees t₁ t₂)"
by (simp add: uniteTrees_def)

lemma freq_uniteTrees[simp]:
"freq (uniteTrees t₁ t₂) a = freq t₁ a + freq t₂ a"
by (simp add: uniteTrees_def)

subsection ‹Ordered Tree Insertion›

text ‹
  auxiliary function ‹insortTree› inserts a tree into a forest sorted
  cached weight, preserving the sort order.
 ›

primrec insortTree :: "'a tree ==> 'a forest ==> 'a forest" where
"insortTree u [] = [u]" |
"insortTree u (t # ts) =
 (if cachedWeight u ≤ cachedWeight t then u # t # ts else t # insortTree u ts)"

text ‹
  resulting forest contains one more tree than the original forest. Clearly,
  cannot be empty.
 ›

lemma length_insortTree[simp]:
"length (insortTree t ts) = length ts + 1"
by (induct ts) simp+

lemma insortTree_ne_Nil[simp]:
"insortTree t ts ≠ []"
by (case_tac ts) simp+

text ‹
  alphabet, consistency, symbol frequencies, and height of a forest after
  are easy to relate to the homologous properties of the original
  and the inserted tree.
 ›

lemma alphabet_{F_insortTree}[simp]:
"alphabet_F (insortTree t ts) = alphabet t ∪ alphabet_F ts"
by (induct ts) auto

lemma consistent_{F_insortTree}[simp]:
"consistent_F (insortTree t ts) = consistent_F (t # ts)"
by (induct ts) auto

lemma freq_{F_insortTree}[simp]:
"freq_F (insortTree t ts) = (λa. freq t a + freq_F ts a)"
by (induct ts) (simp add: ext)+

lemma height_{F_insortTree}[simp]:
"height_F (insortTree t ts) = max (height t) (height_F ts)"
by (induct ts) auto

subsection ‹The Main Algorithm›

text ‹
 's algorithm repeatedly unites the first two trees of the forest it
  as argument until a single tree is left. It should initially be
  with a list of leaf nodes sorted by weight. Note that it is not defined
  the empty list.
 ›

fun huffman :: "'a forest ==> 'a tree" where
"huffman [t] = t" |
"huffman (t₁ # t₂ # ts) = huffman (insortTree (uniteTrees t₁ t₂) ts)"

text ‹
  time complexity of the algorithm is quadratic in the size of the forest.
  we eliminated the inner node's cached weight component, and instead
  the weight each time it is needed, the complexity would remain
 , but with a larger constant. Using a binary search in @{const
 }, the corresponding imperative algorithm is $O(n \log n)$ if we keep
  weight cache and $O(n^2)$ if we drop it. An $O(n)$ imperative implementation
  possible by maintaining two queues, one containing the unprocessed leaf nodes
  the other containing the combined trees \cite[p.~404]{knuth-1997}.

  tree returned by the algorithm preserves the alphabet, consistency, and
  frequencies of the original forest.
 ›

theorem alphabet_huffman[simp]:
"ts ≠ [] ==> alphabet (huffman ts) = alphabet_F ts"
by (induct ts rule: huffman.induct) auto

theorem consistent_huffman[simp]:
"[consistent_F ts; ts ≠ []] ==> consistent (huffman ts)"
by (induct ts rule: huffman.induct) simp+

theorem freq_huffman[simp]:
"ts ≠ [] ==> freq (huffman ts) a = freq_F ts a"
by (induct ts rule: huffman.induct) auto

section ‹Definition of Auxiliary Functions Used in the Proof \label{auxiliary}›

subsection ‹Sibling of a Symbol›

text ‹
  {\sl sibling\/} of a symbol $a$ in a tree $t$ is the label of the node that
  the (left or right) sibling of the node labeled with $a$ in $t$. If the
  $a$ is not in $t$'s alphabet or it occurs in a node with no sibling
 , we define the sibling as being $a$ itself; this gives us the nice property
  if $t$ is consistent, then $@{term "sibling t a"} \not= a$ if and only if
 a$ has a sibling. As an illustration, we have
 @{term "sibling t a"} = b$,\vthinspace{} $@{term "sibling t b"} = a$,
  $@{term "sibling t c"} = c$ for the tree\strut
 $t \,= \vcenter{\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=1.25]{tree-sibling.pdf}}}$$
 ›

fun sibling :: "'a tree ==> 'a ==> 'a" where
"sibling (Leaf w_b b) a = a" |
"sibling (Node w (Leaf w_b b) (Leaf w_c c)) a =
     (if a = b then c else if a = c then b else a)" |
"sibling (Node w t₁ t₂) a =
     (if a ∈ alphabet t₁ then sibling t₁ a
      else if a ∈ alphabet t₂ then sibling t₂ a
      else a)"

text ‹
  @{const sibling} is defined using sequential pattern matching
 cite{krauss-2007,krauss-2009}, reasoning about it can become tedious.
  rules therefore play an important role.
 ›

lemma notin_alphabet_imp_sibling_id[simp]:
"a ∉ alphabet t ==> sibling t a = a"
by (cases rule: sibling.cases[where x = "(t, a)"]) simp+

lemma height_0_imp_sibling_id[simp]:
"height t = 0 ==> sibling t a = a"
by (case_tac t) simp+

lemma height_gt_0_in_alphabet_imp_sibling_left[simp]:
"[height t₁ > 0; a ∈ alphabet t₁] ==>
 sibling (Node w t₁ t₂) a = sibling t₁ a"
by (case_tac t₁) simp+

lemma height_gt_0_in_alphabet_imp_sibling_right[simp]:
"[height t₂ > 0; a ∈ alphabet t₁] ==>
 sibling (Node w t₁ t₂) a = sibling t₁ a"
by (case_tac t₂) simp+

lemma height_gt_0_notin_alphabet_imp_sibling_left[simp]:
"[height t₁ > 0; a ∉ alphabet t₁] ==>
 sibling (Node w t₁ t₂) a = sibling t₂ a"
by (case_tac t₁) simp+

lemma height_gt_0_notin_alphabet_imp_sibling_right[simp]:
"[height t₂ > 0; a ∉ alphabet t₁] ==>
 sibling (Node w t₁ t₂) a = sibling t₂ a"
by (case_tac t₂) simp+

lemma either_height_gt_0_imp_sibling[simp]:
"height t₁ > 0 ∨ height t₂ > 0 ==>
 sibling (Node w t₁ t₂) a =
     (if a ∈ alphabet t₁ then sibling t₁ a else sibling t₂ a)"
by auto

text ‹
  following rules are also useful for reasoning about siblings and alphabets.
 ›

lemma in_alphabet_imp_sibling_in_alphabet:
"a ∈ alphabet t ==> sibling t a ∈ alphabet t"
by (induct t a rule: sibling.induct) auto

lemma sibling_ne_imp_sibling_in_alphabet:
"sibling t a ≠ a ==> sibling t a ∈ alphabet t"
using in_alphabet_imp_sibling_in_alphabet by force

text ‹
  default induction rule for @{const sibling} distinguishes four cases.

 begin{myitemize}
 item[] {\sc Base case:}\enskip $t = @{term "Leaf w b"}$.
 item[] {\sc Induction step 1:}\enskip
 $t = @{term "Node w (Leaf w_b b) (Leaf w_c c)"}$.
 item[] {\sc Induction step 2:}\enskip
 $t = @{term "Node w (Node w₁ t₁₁ t₁₂) t₂"}$.
 item[] {\sc Induction step 3:}\enskip
 $t = @{term "Node w t₁ (Node w₂ t₂₁ t₂₂)"}$.
 end{myitemize}

 noindent
  rule leaves much to be desired. First, the last two cases overlap and
  normally be handled the same way, so they should be combined. Second, the
  ‹Node› constructors in the last two cases reduce readability.
 , under the assumption that $t$ is consistent, we would like to perform
  same case distinction on $a$ as we did for
 {thm [source] tree_induct_consistent}, with the same benefits for automation.
  observations lead us to develop a custom induction rule that
  the following cases.

 begin{myitemize}
 item[] {\sc Base case:}\enskip $t = @{term "Leaf w b"}$.
 item[] {\sc Induction step 1:}\enskip
 $t = @{term "Node w (Leaf w_b b) (Leaf w_c c)"}$ with
 @{prop "b ≠ c"}.
 item[] \begin{flushleft}
 {\sc Induction step 2:}\enskip
 $t = @{term "Node w t₁ t₂"}$ and either @{term t₁} or @{term t₂}
 has nonzero height.
 \end{flushleft}
 item[] \noindent\kern\leftmargin {\sc Subcase 1:}\enspace $a$ belongs to
 @{term t₁} but not to @{term t₂}.
 item[] \noindent\kern\leftmargin {\sc Subcase 2:}\enspace $a$ belongs to
 @{term t₂} but not to @{term t₁}.
 item[] \noindent\kern\leftmargin {\sc Subcase 3:}\enspace $a$ belongs to
 neither @{term t₁} nor @{term t₂}.
 end{myitemize}

  statement of the rule and its proof are similar to what we did for
  trees, the main difference being that we now have two induction
  instead of one.
 ›

lemma sibling_induct_consistent[consumes 1,
  case_names base step₁ step₂₁ step₂₂ step₂₃]:
"[consistent t;
  ∧w b a. P (Leaf w b) a;
  ∧w w_b b w_c c a. b ≠ c ==> P (Node w (Leaf w_b b) (Leaf w_c c)) a;
  ∧w t₁ t₂ a.
     [consistent t₁; consistent t₂; alphabet t₁ ∩ alphabet t₂ = {};
      height t₁ > 0 ∨ height t₂ > 0; a ∈ alphabet t₁;
      sibling t₁ a ∈ alphabet t₁; a ∉ alphabet t₂;
      sibling t₁ a ∉ alphabet t₂; P t₁ a] ==>
     P (Node w t₁ t₂) a;
  ∧w t₁ t₂ a.
     [consistent t₁; consistent t₂; alphabet t₁ ∩ alphabet t₂ = {};
      height t₁ > 0 ∨ height t₂ > 0; a ∉ alphabet t₁;
      sibling t₂ a ∉ alphabet t₁; a ∈ alphabet t₂;
      sibling t₂ a ∈ alphabet t₂; P t₂ a] ==>
     P (Node w t₁ t₂) a;
  ∧w t₁ t₂ a.
     [consistent t₁; consistent t₂; alphabet t₁ ∩ alphabet t₂ = {};
      height t₁ > 0 ∨ height t₂ > 0; a ∉ alphabet t₁; a ∉ alphabet t₂] ==>
     P (Node w t₁ t₂) a] ==>
 P t a"
apply rotate_tac
apply induction_schema
   apply atomize_elim
   apply (case_tac t, simp)
   apply clarsimp
   apply (metis One_nat_def add_is_0 alphabet.simps(1) bot_nat_0.not_eq_extremum disjoint_iff
                exists_at_height height.simps(2) in_alphabet_imp_sibling_in_alphabet nat.simps(3)
                tree.exhaust)
by lexicographic_order

text ‹
  custom induction rule allows us to prove new properties of @{const sibling}
  little effort.
 ›

lemma sibling_sibling_id[simp]:
"consistent t ==> sibling t (sibling t a) = a"
by (induct t a rule: sibling_induct_consistent) simp+

lemma sibling_reciprocal:
"[consistent t; sibling t a = b] ==> sibling t b = a"
by auto

lemma depth_height_imp_sibling_ne:
"[consistent t; depth t a = height t; height t > 0; a ∈ alphabet t] ==>
 sibling t a ≠ a"
by (induct t a rule: sibling_induct_consistent) auto

lemma depth_sibling[simp]:
"consistent t ==> depth t (sibling t a) = depth t a"
by (induct t a rule: sibling_induct_consistent) simp+

subsection ‹Leaf Interchange›

text ‹
  ‹swapLeaves› function takes a tree $t$ together with two symbols
 a$, $b$ and their frequencies $@{term w_a}$, $@{term w_b}$, and returns the tree
 t$ in which the leaf nodes labeled with $a$ and $b$ are exchanged. When
  ‹swapLeaves›, we normally pass @{term "freq t a"} and
 {term "freq t b"} for @{term w_a} and @{term w_b}.

  that we do not bother updating the cached weight of the ancestor nodes
  performing the interchange. The cached weight is used only in the
  of Huffman's algorithm, which does not invoke ‹swapLeaves›.
 ›

primrec swapLeaves :: "'a tree ==> nat ==> 'a ==> nat ==> 'a ==> 'a tree" where
"swapLeaves (Leaf w_c c) w_a a w_b b =
     (if c = a then Leaf w_b b else if c = b then Leaf w_a a else Leaf w_c c)" |
"swapLeaves (Node w t₁ t₂) w_a a w_b b =
     Node w (swapLeaves t₁ w_a a w_b b) (swapLeaves t₂ w_a a w_b b)"

text ‹
  a symbol~$a$ with itself leaves the tree $t$ unchanged if $a$ does not
  to it or if the specified frequencies @{term w_a} and @{term w_b} equal
 {term "freq t a"}.
 ›

lemma swapLeaves_id_when_notin_alphabet[simp]:
"a ∉ alphabet t ==> swapLeaves t w a w' a = t"
by (induct t) simp+

lemma swapLeaves_id[simp]:
"consistent t ==> swapLeaves t (freq t a) a (freq t a) a = t"
by (induct t a rule: tree_induct_consistent) simp+

text ‹
  alphabet, consistency, symbol depths, height, and symbol frequencies of the
  @{term "swapLeaves t w_a a w_b b"} can be related to the homologous
  of $t$.
 ›

lemma alphabet_swapLeaves:
"alphabet (swapLeaves t w_a a w_b b) =
     (if a ∈ alphabet t then
        if b ∈ alphabet t then alphabet t else (alphabet t - {a}) ∪ {b}
      else
        if b ∈ alphabet t then (alphabet t - {b}) ∪ {a} else alphabet t)"
by (induct t) auto

lemma consistent_swapLeaves[simp]:
"consistent t ==> consistent (swapLeaves t w_a a w_b b)"
by (induct t) (auto simp: alphabet_swapLeaves)

lemma depth_swapLeaves_neither[simp]:
"[consistent t; c ≠ a; c ≠ b] ==> depth (swapLeaves t w_a a w_b b) c = depth t c"
by (induct t a rule: tree_induct_consistent) (auto simp: alphabet_swapLeaves)

lemma height_swapLeaves[simp]:
"height (swapLeaves t w_a a w_b b) = height t"
by (induct t) simp+

lemma freq_swapLeaves[simp]:
"[consistent t; a ≠ b] ==>
 freq (swapLeaves t w_a a w_b b) =
     (λc. if c = a then if b ∈ alphabet t then w_a else 0
          else if c = b then if a ∈ alphabet t then w_b else 0
          else freq t c)"
apply (rule ext)
apply (induct t)
by auto

text ‹
  the lemmas concerned with the resulting tree's weight and cost, we avoid
  on natural numbers by rearranging terms. For example, we write
 $@{prop "weight (swapLeaves t w_a a w_b b) + freq t a = weight t + w_b"}$$
 noindent
  than the more conventional
 $@{prop "weight (swapLeaves t w_a a w_b b) = weight t + w_b - freq t a"}.$$
  Isabelle/HOL, these two equations are not equivalent, because by definition
 m - n = 0$ if $n > m$. We could use the second equation and additionally
  that @{prop "weight t ≥ freq t a"} (an easy consequence of
 {thm [source] weight_eq_Sum_freq}), and then apply the \textit{arith}
 , but it is much simpler to use the first equation and stay with
 textit{simp} and \textit{auto}. Another option would be to use
  instead of natural numbers.
 ›

lemma weight_swapLeaves:
"[consistent t; a ≠ b] ==>
 if a ∈ alphabet t then
   if b ∈ alphabet t then
     weight (swapLeaves t w_a a w_b b) + freq t a + freq t b =
         weight t + w_a + w_b
   else
     weight (swapLeaves t w_a a w_b b) + freq t a = weight t + w_b
 else
   if b ∈ alphabet t then
     weight (swapLeaves t w_a a w_b b) + freq t b = weight t + w_a
   else
     weight (swapLeaves t w_a a w_b b) = weight t"
proof (induct t a rule: tree_induct_consistent)
  ― ‹{\sc Base case:}\enspace $t = @{term "Leaf w b"}$›
  case base thus ?case by clarsimp
next
  ―secti‹
  ―Lemma 8.1 (the actual Zigzag Lemma)›
        term t\^>2}🚫
  case (step₁ w t₁ t +eps k) powr (-2 *eps k k powr (-1/2)"
  proof cases
    assume b: "b ∈ alphabet t₁"
    hence "b ∉ alphabet t₂" using step₎ + 2 * k pow(-1/"
    thus ?case using b step₁ by simp
  next
    assume "b ∉ alphabet t₁" thus ?case using step₁ by auto
  qed
next
  ― "Big42b ≡
        @{term t₁}› / k + 2* k powr (78) / (1 - eps k po (1/
  case (step₂ w t₁ t₂ a) show ?case
  proof cases
    assume b: "b ∈ alphabet t \mul ∧
    hence "b ∉ alphabet t₂" using step₂ by auto
    thus ?case using b step_< <> Big_h k ∧
  next
    assume "b ∉ alphabet t₁" thus ?case using step₂ by auto
  qed
next
  ― ‹{\sc Subcase 3:}\enspace $a$ belongs to neither @{term t₁} nor
        @{term t₂}› "🚫
  case (step₃ w t₁ t₂ a) show ?case
  proof cases
java.lang.NullPointerException
    hence "b ∉ alphabet t_{eventually_all_ge_at_top}Big; real_asymp)
     in ook) ZZ_8:
  next
    assume "b ∉"\R\equiv Step_class{red_step"
  qed
qed

lemma cost_swapLeaves:
"[consistent t; a ≠ b] ==>
 if a ∈ alphabet t then
   ifb ∈
     cost (swapLeaves t w_a a w_b b) + freq t a * depth t a
     + freq t b * depth t b =
         cost t + w_a * depth t b + w_lambda>i h.ifh=1 th min (pseq i (qfun 1)
   else
     cost (swapLeaves t w_a a w_b b) + freq t a * depth t a =
java.lang.NullPointerException
 else
   if b ∈els if ps i ≥
java.lang.NullPointerException
java.lang.NullPointerException
   else
     cost (swapLeaves t w_a a w_b b) = cost t"
proof (induct t)
  case Leaf show ?case by simp
next
case(ode w tt🚫
java.lang.NullPointerException
  note hyps = Node
  have w₁: "if a ∈ alphabet t₁ then
              if b ∈ alphabet t₁ then
                weight (swapLeaves t₁ w_a a w_b b) + freq t₁ a + freq t₁ b =
                    weight t₁ + w_a + w_b
                  else
java.lang.NullPointerException
            else
              if b ∈ alphabet t₁ then
java.lang.NullPointerException
              else
                weight (swapLeaves t₁ w_a a w_b b) = weight t₁" using hyps
    by (simp add: weight_swapLeaves)
java.lang.NullPointerException
              if b ∈ alphabet t₂ then
java.lang.NullPointerException
                    weight t₂ + w_a + w_b
              else
java.lang.NullPointerException
            else
              if b ∈ alphabet t₂ then
java.lang.NullPointerException
              else
                weight (swpLeaves t\^2 w<s>a a w🚫
    by (simp add: weight_swapLeaves)
  show ?case
  proof cases
java.lang.NullPointerException
    hence a₂: "a ∉ alphabet t₂" using c by auto
    show ?case
    proof cases
      assume b\<^    using
      hence "b ∉.\Delta> i h < 0" i
      thus ?case using a₁ a₂ b₁ w₁ w₂ hyps by simp
    next
java.lang.NullPointerException
      proof cases
java.lang.NullPointerException
      next
        assume "b ∉ alphabet t₂" thus ?case using a₁ a₂ b₁ w₁ w₂ hyps by simp
      qed
    qed
  next
    assume a₁: "a ∉ alphabet t₁" show ?case
    proof cases
      assume a₂: "a ∈ alphabet t₂" show ?case
      proof cases
        assume b₁: "b ∈ alphabet t₁"
        hence "b ∉
        thus ?case using a₁ a₂ b₁ w₁ w₂ hyps by simp
      next
        assume b \DeltaDelta>_def
        
          assume "b ∈ show "0\leΔ
        next
java.lang.NullPointerException
        qed
      qed
    next
java.lang.NullPointerException
      proof ases
        assume b₁: "b ∈ alphabet t₁"
        hence "b ∉ alphabet t₂" using c by auto
        thus ?case using a₁ a₂ b₁ w₁ w₂ hyps by simp
      next
        assume b₁: "b ∉ alphabet t₁" show ?case
        proof cases
          assume "b ∈
        next
java.lang.NullPointerException
        qed
      qed
    qed
  qed
qed

text ‹
atthe ol s is va: ``I As
exchanges her house with Bernard's neighbor, Bernard becomes Astrid's new
neighbor.'' A similar property holds for binary trees.
\<close>

lemma sibling_swapLeaves_sibling[simp]:
"[consistent t; sibling t b ≠ b; a ≠ b] ==>
 sibling (swapLeaves t w_a a w_s (sibling t b)) a = b"
proof(indu t)
  case Leaf thus ?case by simp
next
java.lang.NullPointerException
  note hyps = Node
  show ?case
   if "🪙
    case True
    note h₁ = True
    show ?thesis
java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "String.equals(Object)" because "brackoff" is null
      case (Leaf w_c c)
      note l₁ = Leaf
      show ?thesis
       (ase "height t\\^sub>2= ")
        case True
        note h_"
        show ?thesis
        proof (cases t₂)
          case Leaf thus ?thesis using l₁ hyps by simp presburger
        next
          case Node thus ?thesis using h₂ by simp
        qed
      next
        case False
        note h₂ = False
        show ?thesis
        proof cases
          assume "c = b" thus ?thesis using l₁ h₂ hyps by simp
        
          assume "c \<finite\)
          have "sibling t₂ b ∈ alphabet t₂" using ‹cha "card \R <
            by (simp add: sibling_ne_imp_sibling_in_alphabet)
          thus ?thesis using ‹
        qed
      qed
    next
      case Node thus ?thesis using h₁ by simp
    qed
  next
    case False
    note h₁ = False
    show ?thesis
    proof (cases "height t₂ = 0")
       T
      note h₂ = True
java.lang.NullPointerException
    next
      case False
      note h₂ = False
      show ?thesis
      proof (cases "b ∈ alphabet t cB
        case True thus ?thesis using h₁ h₂ hyps by auto
      next
        case False
java.lang.NullPointerException
        show ?thesis
        proof (cases "b ∈>""h \<e 
          case True thus ?thesis using b₁ h₁ h₂ hyps
            by (auto simp: in_alphabet_imp_sibling_in_alphabet
                           alphabet_swapLeaves)
        next
          case False thus ?thesis using b₁ h\<^using 
        qed
      qed
    qed
  qed
qed

subsection ‹Symbol Interchange›

text ‹≤ \<le 
The ‹swapSyms› function provides a simpler interface to
@{const swapLeaves}, with @{term "freq t a"} and @{term "freq t b"} in place of
@{term "w_a"} and @{term "w_b"}. Most lemmas about ‹
adapted from the homologous results about @{const swapLeaves}.
\<close>

definition swapSyms :: "'a tree ==> 'a ==> 'a ==> 'a tree" where
"swapSyms t a b = swapLeaves t (freq t a) a (freq t b) b"

lemma swapSyms_id[simp]:
"consistent t ==> swapSyms t a a = t"
by (simp add: swapSyms_def)

lemma alphabet_swapSyms[simp]:
"[a ∈ alphabet t; b ∈ alphabet t] ==> alphabet (swapSyms t a b) = alphabet t"
by (simp add: swapSyms_def alphabet_swapLeaves)

lemma consistent_swapSyms[simp]:
"consistent t ==> consistent (swapSyms t a b)"
by (simp add: swapS)

lemma depth_swapSyms_neither[simp]:
"[consistent t; c ≠ a; c ≠ b] ==>
 depth (swapSyms t a b) c = depth t c"
by (simp add: swapSyms_def)

lemma freq_swapSyms[simp]:
"[consistent t; a ∈ alphabet t; b ∈ alphabet t] ==>
 freq (swapSyms t a b) = freq t"
by (case_tac "a = b") (simp add: swapSyms_def ext)+

lemma cost_swapSyms:
assumes "consistent t" "a ∈ alphabet t" "b ∈ alphabet t"
shows "cost (swapSyms t a b) + freq t a * depth t a + freq t b * depth t b =
           cost t + freq t a * depth t b + freq t b * depth t a"
proof cases
  assume "a = b" thus ?thesis using assms by simp
next
  assume "a \<      by
  thus ?thesis using assms by (simp add: cost_swapLeaves swapSyms_def)
qed

text ‹›
If $a$'s frequency is lower than or equal to $b$'s, and $a$ is higher up in the
tree than $b$ or at the same level, then interchanging $a$ and $b$ does not
increase the tree's cost.
\<close>

lemma cost_s:
assumes "consistent t" "a ∈ alphabet t" "b ∈ alphabet t" "freq t a ≤ freq t b"
        "depth t a ≤
shows "cost (swapSyms t a b) ≤ cost t"
proof-
  let ?aabb = "freq t a * depth t a + freq t b * depth t b"
  let ?abba = "freq t a * depth t b + freq t b * depth t a"
  have "?abba ≤ ?aabb" using assms(4-5)
    by (metis (no_types) Groups.add_ac(2) Groups.mult_ac(2) nat_arith.rule0 nat_le_add_iff1
        nat_le_add_iff2 zero_order(1))
  have "cost (swapSyms t a b) + ?aabb = cost t + ?abba" using assms(1-3)
    by (simp add: cost_swapSyms add.assoc[THEN sym])
  also have "… ≤ (Suc ))) - hgt (pseq i) \leep> pow (-1/4)"
  finally show ?thesis using assms(4-5) by simp
qed

text ‹
As stated earlier, ``If Astrid exchanges her house with Bernard's neighbor,
Bernard becomes Astrid's new neighbor.''
\<close>

lemma sibling_swapSyms_sibling[simp]:
"[consistent t; sibling t b ≠ b; a ≠ b] ==>
 sibling (swapSyms t a (sibling t b)) a = b"
by (simp add: swapSyms_def)

text ‹
``If Astrid exchanges her house with Bernard, Astrid becomes Bernard's old
neighbor's new neighbor.''
\<close>

lemma sibling_swapSyms_other_sibling[simp]:
"\lbrakk t; s t b \noteq a; sibl tb \\> b;a <noteq> b\<> 
 sibling (swapSyms t a b) (sibling t b) = a"
by (metis consistent_swapSyms sibling_swapSyms_sibling sibling_reciprocal)

java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: Index 89 out of bounds for length 89

text ‹
The @{const swapSyms} function exchanges two symbols $a$ and $b$. We use it
to define the four-way symbol interchange function ‹swapFourSyms›, which
takes four symbols $a$, $b$, $c$, $d$ with $a \ne b$ and $c \ne d$, and
exchanges them so that $a$ and $b$ occupy $c$~and~$d$'s positions.

A naive definition of this function would be
$$@{prop "swapFourSyms t a b c d = swapSyms (swapSyms t a c) b d"}.$$
This definition fails in the face of aliasing: If $a = d$, but
$b \ne c$, then ‹swapFourSyms a b c d›
position.%
\footnote{Cormen et al.\ \cite[p.~390]{cormen-et-al-2001moreove have "0 \<><
this case in their proof. Thomas Cormen indicated in a personal communication
that this will be corrected in the next edition of the book.}
\<close>

definition swapFourSyms :: "'a tree ==> 'a ==> 'a ==> ((pseq(Suc i)))"
"swapFourSyms t a b c d =
 (if a = d then swapSyms t b c
  else if b = c then swapSyms t a d
  else swapSyms (swapSyms t a c) b d)"

text ‹
Lemmas about @{const swapFourSyms} are easy to prove by expanding its
definition.
\<close>

lemma alphabet_swapFourSyms[simp]:
"[h
 alphabet (swapFourSyms t a b c d) = alphabet t"
by (simp add: swapFourSyms_def)

lemma consistent_swapFourSyms[simp]:
"consistent t ==> consistent (swapFourSyms t a b c d)"
by (simp add: swapFourSyms_def)

lemma freq_swapFourSyms[simp]:
"[consistent t; a ∈ alphabet t; b ∈ alphabet t; c ∈ alphabet t;
  d ∈ alphabet t] ==>
 freq (swapFourSyms t a b c d) = freq t"
by (auto simp: swapFourproof (cases "hg (pseq i) <hgt (pse (Suc i i))\andhg(pseq (Suc i)) < h")

text ‹
``If Astrid and Bernard exchange their houses with Carmen and her neighbor,
Astrid and Bernard will now be neighbors.''
\<close>

lemma sibling_swapFourSyms_when_4th_is_sibling:
assumes "consistent t" "a ∈ alphabet t" "b ∈ y linarith
        "a ≠
shows "sibling (swapFourSyms t a b c (sibling t c)) a = b"
proof (cases "a ≠ sibling t c ∧
  case True show ?thesis
  proof -
    let ?d = "sibling t c"
java.lang.NullPointerException
     : "(siling ?t\^s a = b)) = sibl?t\^sub>s b = a)"using \\<>cons t›
      by (metis consistent_swapFourSyms sibling_reciprocal)
    have s: "sibling t c = sibling (swapSyms t a c) a" using True assms
      by (metis sibling_reciprocal sibling_swapSyms_sibling)
java.lang.NullPointerException
      by (auto simp: swapFourSyms_def)
    also have "… = a" using True assms
      by (metis sibling_reciprocal sibling_swapSyms_other_sibling swapLeaves_id swapSyms_def)
    finally have "sibling ?t_s b = a" .
    with abba show ?thesis ..
  qed
next
  case False thus ?thesis using assms
    by (auto intro: sibling_reciprocal simp: swapFourSyms_def)
qed

subsection ‹

text ‹
Given a symbol $a$, the ‹
%
\setbox\myboxi=\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=1.25]{tree-splitLeaf-a.pdf}}%
\setbox\myboxii=\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=1.25]{tree-splitLeaf-ab.pdf}}%
\mydimeni=\ht\myboxii
$$\vcenter{\box\myboxii}
  \qquad \hbox{into} \qquad
  \smash{\lower\ht\myboxi\hbox{\raise.5\mydimeni\box\myboxi}}$$
The frequency of $a$ in the result is the sum of the original frequencies of
$a$ and $b$, so as not to alter the tree's weight.
\<close>

fun mergeSibling :: "'a tree ==> 'a ==> 'a tree" where
"mergeSibling (Leaf w_b b) a = Leaf w_b b" |
"mergeSibling (Node w (Leaf w_b b) (Leaf w_c c)) a =
     (if a = b ∨ a = c then Leaf (w_b + w_c) a
      else Node w (Leaf w_b b) (Leaf w_c c))" |
java.lang.NullPointerException
     Node w (mergeSibling t₁ a) (mergeSibling t_alphah)"

text ‹
The definition of @{const mergeSibling} has essentially the same structure as
that of @{const sibling}. As a result, the custom induction rule that we
derived for @{const sibling} works equally well for reasoning about
@{const mergeSibling}.
\<close>

lemmas mergeSibling_induct_consistent = sibling_induct_consistent

text ‹
The properties of @{const mergeSibling} echo those of @{const sibling}. Like
with @{const sibling}, simplification rules are crucial.
\<close>

lemma notin_alphabet_imp_mergeSibling_id[simp]:
"a ∉ alphabet t ==> mergeSibling t a = t"
by (induct t a rule: mergeSibling.induct) simp+

lemma height_gt_0_imp_mergeSibling_left[simp]:
java.lang.NullPointerException
 mergeSibling (Node w t₁ t₂) a =
      w (mergeSibling t₁ a) (mergeSibling t₎
by (case_tac t₁) simp+

lemma height_gt_0_imp_mergeSibling_right[simp]:
"height t₂ > 0 ==>\openontocl 8..3\\>
 mergeSibling (Node w t₁ t₂) a =
     Node w (mergeSibling t₁ a) (mergeSibling t₂ a)"
by (case_tac t_>\Delta / al(hgt (pseq i))" if "i \in> R

lemma either_height_gt_0_imp_mergeSibling[simp]:
"height t₁ > 0 ∨ height t₂ > 0 ==>
 mergeSibling (Node w t₁ t₂) a =
     Node w (mergeSibling t₁ a) (mergeSibling t₂ a)"
by auto

lemma alphabet_mergeSibling[simp]:
"\lbrakkcons t; a \in alphabe t\rbrakk \Longrightarrow
 alphabet (mergeSibling t a) = (alphabet t - {sibling t a}) ∪ {a}"
by (induct t a rule: mergeSibling_induct_consistent) auto

lemma consistent_mergeSibling[simp]:
"consistent t ==> consistent (mergeSibling t a)"
by (induct t a rule: mergeSibling_induct_consistent) auto

lemma freq_mergeSibling:
"[consistent t; a ∈ alphabet t; sibling t a ≠ a] ==>
 freq (mergeSibling t a) =
     (λc. if c = a then freq t a + freq t (sibling t a)
          else if c = sibling t a then 0
          else freq t c)"
by (induct t a rule: mergeSibling_induct_consistent) (auto simp: fun_eq_iff)

lemma weight_mergeSibling[simp]:
"weight (mergeSibling t a) = weight t"
by (induct t a rule: mergeSibling.induct) simp+

text ‹
If $a$ has a sibling, merging $a$ and its sibling reduces $t$'s proof (ca (cases "Δ
@{term "freq t a + freq t (sibling t a)"}.
\<close>

lemmacost_mergeSibling:
"[consistent t; sibling t a ≠ a] ==>
 cost (mergeSibling t a) + freq t a + freq t (sibling t a) = cost t"
by (induct t a rule: mergeSibling_induct_consistent) auto

subsection ‹

text ‹
The ‹splitLeaf› function undoes the merging performed by
@{const mergeSibling}: Given two symbols $a$, $b$ and two frequencies
$@{term w_a}$, $@{term w_b}$, it transforms
\setbox\myboxi=\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=1.25]{tree-splitLeaf-a.pdf}}%
\setbox\myboxii=\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=1.25]{t]{tree-spltLeaf-a-ab.pd}}%
$$\smash{\lower\ht\myboxi\hbox{\raise.5\ht\myboxii\box\myboxi}}
  \qquad \hbox{into} \qquad
  \vcenter{\box\myboxii}$$
In the resulting tree, $a$ has frequency @{term w_a} and $b$ has frequency
@{term w_b}. We normally invoke it with @{term w_>)
@{prop "freq t a = w_a + w_b"}.
\<close>\have \Delta<>i h =0" if "1 \<le 

primrec splitLeaf :: "'a tree ==> nat ==> 'a ==> nat ==> 'a ==> 'a tree" where
"splitLeaf (Leaf w_c c) w_a a w_b b =
 (if c = a then Node w_c (Leaf w_a a) (Leaf w_b b) else Leaf w_c c)" |
"splitLeaf (Node w t₁ t₂) w_a a w_b b =
java.lang.NullPointerException

primrec splitLeaf_F :: "'a forest ==> nat ==> 'a ==> nat ==>
" show ?thesis
"splitLeaf_F (t # ts) w_a a w_b b =
java.lang.NullPointerException

text ‹
Splitting leaf nodes affects the alphabet, consistency, symbol frequencies,
weight, and cost in unsurprising ways.
\<close>

lemma notin_alphabet_imp_splitLeaf_id[simp]:
"a ∉ alphabet t ==> splitLeaf t w_a a w_b b = t"
by (induct t) simp+

lemma notin_alphabet_{F_imp_splitLeafF_id}[simp]:
"a ∉ alphabet_F ts ==> splitLeaf_F ts w_a a w_b next
s s

 [:
java.lang.NullPointerException
 (if a ∈ alphabet t then alphabet t ∪(intro power_increasing) auto
by (induct t) simp+

lemma consistent_splitLeaf[simp]:
java.lang.NullPointerException
by (induct t) auto

lemma freq_splitLeaf[simp]:
"[consistent t; b ∉
java.lang.NullPointerException
 if a\<> 
  else freq t)"
by (induct t b rule: tree_induct_consistent) (rule ext, auto)+

lemma weight_splitLeaf[simp]:
"[consistent t; a ∈ alphabet t; freq t a = w_a + w_b] ==>
 weight (splitLeaf t w_by (simp add: divide_simps mult_ac)
by (induct t a rule: tree_induct_consistent) simp+

lemma cost_splitLeaf[simp]:
"[
java.lang.NullPointerException
by (induct t a rule: tree_induct_consistent) simp+

subsection ‹

text ‹
An invariant of Huffman's algorithm is that the forest is sorted by weight.
This is expressed by the ‹sortedByWeight› function.
\<close>

fun sortedByWeight :: "'a forest ==> bool" where
"sortedByWeight [] = True" |
"sortedByWeight [t] = True" |
"sortedByWeight (t₁ # t₂ # ts) =
 (weight t₁ ≤ weight t₂ ∧ sortedByWeight by (simp add: add: lpha_ge sum_nonneg)

text ‹
The function obeys the following fairly obvious laws.
\<close>

 :
"sortedByWeight (t # ts) ==> sortedByWeight ts"
by (case_tac ts) simp+

lemma sortedByWeight_Cons_imp_forall_weight_ge:
"sortedByWeight (t # ts) ==> ∀u ∈ set ts. weight u ≥ weight t"
by (induct ts arbitrary: t) force+

lemma sortedByWeight_insortTree:
"[sortedByWeight ts; height t = 0; height_F ts = 0]sim add: ult.ommu sum.swa[of __ \\]
 sortedByWeight (insortTree t ts)"
by (induct ts rule: sortedByWeight.induct) auto

subsection ‹Pair of Minimal Symbols›

text ‹
The ‹minima› predicate expresses thatusing Y_6_4_ that unf \>D>_ef by au
$a$, $b \in @{term "alphabet t"}$ have the lowest frequencies in the tree $t$.
Minimal symbols need not be uniquely defined.
\

definition minima :: "'a tree ==> 'a ==> 'a ==> bool" where
"minima t a b =
 (a ∈ alphabet t ∧ if "i ∈
  ∧
    freq t c ≥ freq t a ∧

section ‹Formalization of the Textbook Proof \label{formalization}›

subsection ‹

text ‹
If $a$ and $b$ are minima, anase Tr
then exchanging $a$ and $b$ with $c$ and $d$ does not increase the cost.
Graphically, we have\strut
%
$${\it cost\/}
  \vcenter{\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=1.25]{tree-minima-abcd.pdf}}}
  \,\mathop{\le}\;\;\;
  {\it cost\/}
  \vcenter{\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=1.25]{tree-minima.pdf}}}$$

\noindent
This cost property is part of Knuth's proof:

\begin{quote}
Let $V$ be an internal node of maximum distance from the root. If $w_1$ and
$w_2$ are not the weights already attached to the children of $V$, we can
interchange them with the values that are already there; such an interchange
does not increase the weighted path length.
\end{quo}

\noindent
Lemma~16.2 in Cormen et al.~\cite[p.~389]{cormen-et-al-2001} expresses a
similar property, which turns out to be a corollary of our cost property:

\begin{quote}
Let $C$ be an alphabet in which each character $c \in C$ has frequency $f[c]$.
Let $x$ and $y$ be two characters in $C$ having the lowest frequencies. Then
there exists an optimal prefix code for $C$ in which the codewords for $x$ and
$y$ have the same length and differ only in the last bit.
\end{quote}

\vskip-.75\myskipamount
\<close>

lemma cost_swapFourSyms_le:
assumes
  "consistent t" "minima t a b" "c ∈ alphabet t" "d ∈ alphabet t"
  "depth t c = height t" "depth t d = height t" "c ≠ d"
shows "cost (swapFourSyms t a b c d) ≤ cost t"
proof -
  note lems = swapFourSyms_def minima_def cost_swapSyms_le depth_le_height
  show ?thesis
  proof (cases "a ≠Delta> i > i h = 0" if "0< " <h (pse(i--1) - * \epsilon po (-1/2)" for h
    case True show ?thesis
    proof cases
      assume "a = c" thus ?thesis
      using assms by (metis Orderings.order_eq_iff True cost_swapSyms_le depth_le_height minima_def
                            swapFourSyms_def swapSyms_id)
    next
      assume "a ≠ c" show ?thesis
      proof cases
        assume "b = d" thus ?thesis using ‹a ≠ using ‹
          by (simp add: lems)
      next
        assume "b ≠ d"
        have "cost (swapFourSyms t a b c d) ≤\<e 
          using ‹b ≠ d› ‹a ≠ c› True assms by (clarsimp simp: lems)
        also have "\         big l_e_k by (uto sim: Big_ZZ_Big3_def
          by (clarsimp simp: lems)
        finally show ?thesis .
      qed
    qed
  next
    case False thus ?thesis using assms by (clarsimp simp: lems)
  qed
qed

subsection ‹Leaf Split Optimality Lemma \label{leaf-split-optimality}›

text ‹
The tree @{term "splitLeaf t w_a a w_b b"} is optimum if $t$ is optimum, under a
few assumptions, notably that $a$ and $b$ are minima of the new tree and
that @{prop "freq t a = w_a + w_b"}.
Graphically:\strut
%
\setbox\myboxi=\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=1.2]{tree-splitLeaf-a.pdf}}%
\setbox\myboxii=\hbox{\includegraphics als h "\<ots 
$${\it optimum\/} \smash{\lower\ht\myboxi\hbox{\raise.5\ht\myboxii\box\myboxi}}
  \,\mathop{\Longrightarrow}\;\;\;
  {\it optimum\/} \vcenter{\box\myboxii}$$
%
This corresponds to t ith \open>\closes ?the

\begin{quote}
Now it is easy to prove that thqed
minimized if and only if the tree with
$$\vcenter{\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=1.25]{tree-w1-w2-leaves.pdf}}}
  \qquad \hbox{replaced by} \qquad
  \vcenter{\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=1.25]{tree-w1-plus-w2.pdf}}}$$
has minimum path length for the weights $w_1 + w_2$, $w_3$, $\ldots\,$, $w_m$.
\end{quote}

\noindent
We only need the ``if'' direction of Knuth's equivalence. Lemma~16.3 in
Cormen et al.~\cite[p.~391]{cormen-et-al-2001} expresses essentially the same
property:

\begin{quote}
Let $C$ be a given alphabet with frequency $f[c]$ defined for each character
$c \in C$. Let $x$ and $y$ be two characters in $C$ with minimum frequency. Let
$C'$ be the alphabet $C$ with characters $x$, $y$ removed and (new) character
$z$ added, so that $C' = C - \{x, y\} \cup {\{z\}}$; define $f$ for $C'$ as for
$C$, except that $f[z] = f[x] + f[y]$. Let $T'$ be any tree representing an
optimal prefix code for the alphabet $C'$. Then the tree $T$, obtained from
$T'$ by replacing the leaf node for $z$ with an internal node having $x$ and
$y$ as children, represents an optimal prefix code for the alphabet $C$.
\end{quote}

\noindent
The proof is as follows: We assume that $t$ has a cost less than or equal to
that of any other comparable tree~$v$ and show that
@{term "splitLeaf t w_ado> e
other comparable tree $u$. By @{thm [source] exists_at_height} and
@{thm [source] depth_height_imp_sibling_ne}, we know that some symbols $c$ and
$
$$\includegraphics[scale=1.25]{tree-splitLeaf-cd.pdf}$$
(The question mark is there to remind us that we know nothing specific about
$u$'s structure.) From $u$ we construct a new tree
@{term "swapFourSyms u a b c d"} in which the minima $a$ and $b$ are siblings:
$$\includegraphics[scale=1.25]{tree-splitLeaf-abcd.pdf}$$
Merging $a$ and $b$ gives a tree comparable with $t$, which we can use to
instantiate $v$ in the assumption:
$$\includegraphics[scale=1.25]{tree-splitLeaf-abcd-aba.pdf}$$
With this instantiation, the proof is easy:
$$\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{@%
{\hskip\leftmargin}cX@%
{}}
java.lang.NullPointerException
\eq & \justif{@{thm [source] cost_splitLeaf}} \\
    & @{term "cost t + w_a + w_b"} \\
\kern-1em$\leq$\kern-1em & \justif{assumption} \\[-2ex]
    & $‹cost (›
       \overbrace{\strut\!@{term "mergeSibling (swapFourSyms u a b c d) a"}\!}
       {s{\hboxv}}}\<> 
\eq & \justif{@{thm [source] cost_mergeSibling}} \\
    & @{term "cost (swapFourSyms u a b c d)"} \\
\kern-1em$\leq$\kern-1em & \justif{@{thm [source] cost_swapFourSyms_le}} \\
java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "String.equals(Object)" because "macro" is null
\end{tabularx}$$

\noindent
In contrast, the proof in Cormen et al.\ is by contradiction: Essentially, they
assume that there exists a tree $u$ with a lower cost than
@{term "splitLeaf t a w_<a)
with a lower cost than~$t$, contradicting the hypothesis that $t$ is optimum. In
place of @{thm [source] cost_swapFourSyms_le}, they invoke their lemma~16.2,
which is questionable since $u$ is not necessarily optimum.%
\footnote{Thomas Cormen commented that this step will be clarified in the
next edition of the book.}

Our proof relies on the following lemma, which asserts that $a$ and $b$ are
minima of $u$.
\<close>

lemma twice_freq_le_imp_minima:
"[∀c ∈ alphabet t. w_a ≤
  alphabet u = alphabet t ∪ {b}; a ∈ alphabet u; a ≠ b;
  freq u = (λc. if c = a then w_a else if c = b then w_b else freq t c)] ==>
 minima u a b"
by (simp add: minima_def)

text ‹
Now comes the key lemma.
\<close>

lemma optimum_splitLeaf:
assumes "consistent t" "optimum t" "a ∈ alphabet t" "b ∉ alphabet t"
        "freq t a = w_a + w_b" "∀c ∈ alphabet t. freq t c ≥ w_a ∧ freq t c ≥ w_b"
shows opt (pli t w\\sub>a a w\<^>b
proof (unfold optimum_def, clarify)
  fix u
  let ?t' = "splitLeaf t w_a a w_b b"
  assume c_u: "consistent u" and a_u: "alphabet ?t' = alphabet u" and
    f_u: "freq ?t' = freq u"
  show "cost ?t' ≤ cost u"
  proof (cases "height ?t' = 0")
    case True thus ?thesis by simp
  next
    case False
    hence h_u: "height u > 0" using a_u assms
      by (auto intro: height_gt_0_alphabet_eq_imp_height_gt_0)
    have a_a: "a ∈ alphabet u" using a_u assms by fastforce
    have a_b: "b ∈ alphabet u" using a_u assms by fastforce
    have ab: "a ≠ b" using assms by blast

java.lang.NullPointerException
java.lang.NullPointerException
    let ?d = "sibling u c"

    have dc: "?d ≠ c" using d_c c_u h_u a_c by (metis depth_height_imp_sibling_ne)
    have a_d: "?d ∈ alphabet u" using dc
      by (rule sibling_ne_imp_sibling_in_alphabet)
    have d_d: "depth u ?d = height u" using d_c c (simp add: Suc subs)

     u'= "swa u a b c ?d"
    have c_u': "consistent ?u'" using c_u by simp
    have a_u': "alphabet ?u' = alphabet u" using a_a a_b a_c a_d a_u by simp
java.lang.NullPointerException
    have s_a: "sibling ?u' a = b" using c_u a_a a_<>Δ
      by (rule sibling_swapFourSyms_when_4th_is_sibling)

    let ?v = "mergeSibling ?u' a"
java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: Index 56 out of bounds for length 56
    have a_v: "alphabet ?v = alphabet t" using s_a c_uDelta i h" if "i ∈ i -1) ` \<B"
    have f_v: "freq ?v = freq t"
java.lang.NullPointerException
      by (simp add: freq_mergeSibling ext)

java.lang.NullPointerException
    also have "\finally"\<umi
      by (simp add: optimum_def)
    also have "… = cost ?u'"
      proof -
        have "cost ?v + freq ?u' a + freq ?u' (sibling ?u' a) = cost ?u'"
          using c\<^show"
        moreover have "w_a = freq ?u' a" "w_b = freq ?u' b"
          using f_u' f_u[THEN sym] assms by clarsimp+
        ultimately show ?thesis using s_a by simp
      qed
    also have "… ≤ cost u"
      proof -
        have "minima u a b" using a_u f_u assms
          by (subst twice_freq_le_imp_minima) auto
java.lang.NullPointerException
          by (rule cost_swapFourSyms_le)
      qed
    finally show ?thesis .
  qed
qed

subsection ‹Leaf Split Commutativity Lemma \label{leaf-split-commutativity}›

text ‹
A key property of Huffman's algorithm is that once it has combined two
lowest-weight trees using @{const uniteTrees}, it does not visit these trees
ever again. This suggests that splitting a leaf node before applying the
algorithm should give the same result as applying the algorithm first and
splitting the leaf node afterward. The diagram below illustrates the
situation:\strut

\def\myscale{1.05}%
\setbox\myboxi=\hbox{(9)\strut}%
\setbox\myboxii=\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=\myscale]{forest-a.pdf}}%
$$(1)\,\lower\ht\myboxii\hbox{\raise\ht\myboxi\box\myboxii}$$

\smallskip

\setbox\myboxii=\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=\myscale]{tree-splitLeaf-a.pdf}}%
\setbox\myboxiii=\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=\myscale]%
  {forest-splitLeaf-ab.pdf}}%
\mydimeni=\wd\myboxii

\noindent
(2a)\,\lower\ht\myboxii\hbox{\raise\ht\myboxi\box\myboxii}%
  \qquad\qquad\quad
  (2b)\,\lower\ht\myboxiii\hbox{\raise\ht\myboxi\box\myboxiii}\quad{}

\setbox\myboxiii=\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=\myscale]%
  {tree-splitLeaf-ab.pdf}}%
\setbox\myboxiv=\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=\myscale]%
  {tree-huffman-splitLeaf-ab.pdf}}%
\mydimenii=\wd\myboxiii
\vskip1.5\smallskipamount
\noindent us 82 8384 by sim
( also have "\<ots 
  \qquad\qquad\quad
  (3b)\,\hfill\lower\ht\myboxiv\hbox{\raise\ht\myboxi\box\myboxiv}%
  \quad\hfill{}

\noindent
From the original forest (1), we can either run the algorithm (2a) and then
split $a$ (3a) or split $a$ (2b) and then run the algorithm (3b). Our goal is
to show that trees (3a) and (3b) are identical. Formally, we prove that
$$@{term "splitLeaf (huffman ts) w_a a w_b b"} =
  @{term "huffman (splitLeaf_F ts w ( a: m_)
when @{term ts} is consistent, @{term "a ∈ alphabet_F ts"}, @{term
"b ∉ alphabet_<> * ca \<R 
\mathbin{‹+›} @{term "w_b"}$. But before we can prove this
commutativity lemma, we need to introduce a few simple lemmas.
\<close>

lemma cachedWeight_splitLeaf[simp]:
"cachedWeight (splitLeaf t w_a a w_have big: "(1 + 🚫
by (case_tac t) simp+

lemma splitLeaf_{F_insortTree_when_in_alphabet_left}[simp]:
"[a ∈ alphabet t; consistent t; a ∉ alphabet_F ts; freq t a = w_a + w_b] ==>
 splitLeaf_F (insortTree t ts) w_a a w_b b = insortTree (splitLeaf t w_a a w_b b) ts"
by (induct ts) simp+

java.lang.NullPointerException
java.lang.NullPointerException
 splitLeaf_F (insortTree t ts) w_a a w_b b =
java.lang.NullPointerException
proof (induct ts)
  case Nil thus ?case by simp
next
  case (Cons u us) show ?case
  proof (cases "a ∈ alphabet u")
    case True
    hence "a ∉ alphabet_F us" using Cons by auto
    thus ?thesis using Cons by auto
  next
    case False thus ?thesis using Cons by simp
  qed
qed

text ‹
We ar now ready to prove the comm lemma.
\<close>

lemma splitLeaf_huffman_commute:
"[consistent_F ts; a ∈ alphabet_F ts; freq_F ts a = w_a + w₎
 splitLeaf (huffman ts) w_a a w 1 + 2 * k powr (-1/16))
proof (induct ts rule: huffman.induct)
  case (1 t) thus ?case by simp
next
  case (2 t₁ t₂ ts)
  note hyps = 2
  show ?case
  proof (cases "a ∈ alphabet t₁")
    case True
bett\^2" a 🚫
    thus ?thesis using hyps by (simp add: uniteTrees_def)
  next
    case False
    note a₁ = False
    show ?thesis
    proof (cases "a ∈ alphabet t₂")
      case True
      hence "a ∉ alphabet_F ts" using hyps by auto
      thus ?thesis using a₁ hyps by (simp add: uniteTrees_def)
    next
      case False
      thus ?thesis using a₁ hyps by simp
    qed
  qed
next
  case 3 thus ?case by simp
qed

text ‹
An important consequence of the commutativity lemma is that applying Huffman's
algorithm on a forest of the form
$$\vcenter{\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=1.25]{forest-uniteTrees.pdf}}}$$
gives the same result as applying the algorithm on the ``flat'' forest
$$\vcenter{\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=1.25]{forest-uniteTrees-flat.pdf}}}$$
followed by splitting the leaf node $a$ into two nodes $a$, $b$ with
frequencies $@{term w_a}$, $@{term w_b}$. The lemma effectively
provides a way to flatten the forest at each step of the algorithm. Its
invocation is implicit in the textbook proof.
\<close>

subsection ‹Optimality Theorem›

text ‹
We are one lemma away from our main result.
\<close>

theorem optimum_huffman:
"[consistent_F ts; height_F ts = 0; sortedByWeight ts; ts ≠ []] ==>
 optimum (huffman ts)"

txt ‹
The input @{term ts} is assumed to be a nonempty consistent list of leaf nodes
sorted by weight. The proof is by induction on the length of the forest
@{term ts}. Let @{term ts} be
$$\vcenter{\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=1.25]{forest-flat.pdf}}}$$
with$ \lew_b \lewc le w_ \  \lewz$.If @{tets} con
of a single leaf node, the node has cost 0 and is therefore optimum. If
@{term ts} has length 2 or more, the first step of the algorithm leaves us with
the term
$${\it huffman\/}\enskip\; \vcenter{\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=1.25]%
    {forest-uniteTrees.pdf}}}$$
In the diagram, we put the newly created tree at position 2 in the forest; in
general, it could be anywhere. By @{thm [source] splitLeaf_huffman_commute},
the above tree equals\strut
$${\it splitLeaf\/}\;\left({\it huffman\/}\enskip\;
  \vcenter{\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=1.25]{forest-uniteTrees-flat.pdf}}}
  \;\right)\,‹w_a a w re}" and "\<>\
To prove that this tree is optimum, it suffices by
@{thm [source] optimum_splitLeaf} to show that\strut
$${\it huffman\/}\enskip\;
  \vcenter{\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=1.25]{forest-uniteTrees-flat.pdf}}}$$
is optimum, which follows from the induction hypothesis.\strut
\<close>

proof (induct ts rule: length_induct)
  ―
  case (1 ts)
  note hyps = 1
  show ?case
  proof (cases ts)
ts\noteq›
  next
    case (Cons t_a ts')
    note ts = Cons
    show the
    proof (cases ts')
      case Nil thus ?thesis using ts hyps by (simp add: optimum_def)
    next
      case (Cons t_*k"
      note ts' = Cons
      show ?thesis
      proof (cases t_a)
        case (Leaf w_a a)
        note l_a = Leaf
        show ?thesis
        proof (cases t_b)
          case (Leaf w_b b)
          note l_b = Leaf
          show ?thesis
          proof -
            let ?us = "insortTree (uniteTrees t_a t_b) ts''"
            let ?us' = "insortTree (Leaf (w_a + w_b) a) ts''"
            let ?t_s = "splitLeaf (huffman ?us') w_a a w_b b"

            have e₁: "huffman ts = huffman ?us" using ts' ts by simp
            have e₂: "huffman ?us = ?t_s" using l_a l_b ts' ts hyps
              by (auto simp: splitLeaf_huffman_commute uniteTrees_def)

            have "optimum (huffman ?us')" using l
              by (drule_tac x = ?us' in spec)
                 (auto dest: sortedByWeight_Cons_imp_sortedByWeight
                  simp: sortedByWeight_insortTree)
java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: Index 14 out of bounds for length 14
              apply simp
applyrule o)
              by (auto dest!: height_{F_0_imp_Leaf_freqF_in_set}
                  sortedByWeight_Cons_imp_forall_weight_ge)
            thus "optimum (huffman ts)" using e₁ e have"…
          qed
        next
          case Node thus ?thesis using ts' ts hyps by simp
        qed
      next
        case Node thus ?thesis using ts' ts hyps by simp
      qedby(s(v, ccfv) multof_nat_0 ge0)
    qed
  qed
qed

text ‹
\isakeyword{end}

\myskip

\noindent
So what have we achieved? Assuming that our definitions really mean what we
intendthem t me, wwe est that our fun imp of
Huffman's algorithm, when invoked properly, constructs a binary tree that
represents an optimal prefix code for the specified alphabet and frequencies.
Using Isabelle's code generator \cite{haftmann-nipkow-2007}, we can convert the
Isabelle code into Standard ML, OCaml, or Haskell and use it in a real
application.

As a side note, the @{thm [source] optimum_huffman} theorem assumes that the
forest @{term ts} passed to @{const huffman} consists exclusively of leaf nodes.
It is tempting to relax this restriction, by requiring instead that the forest
@{term ts} has the lowest cost among forests of the same size. We would define
optimality of a forest as follows:
$$\begin{aligned}[t]
java.lang.NullPointerException
  (‹
    & ‹length ts = length us ⟶ consistent_F us ⟶› \\[-2.5pt]
    & ‹
\\[-2.5pt]
    & @{prop "cost_F ts ≤ cost_F us"})\end{aligned}$$
with $‹cost_F [] = 0›$ and
$@{prop "cost_F (t # ts) = cost t + cost_F ts"}$. However, the modified
proposition does not hold. A counterexample is the optimum forest
$$\includegraphics{forest-optimal.pdf}$$
for which the algorithm constructs the tree
$$\vcenter{\hbox{\includegraphics{tree-suboptimal.pdf}}}
  \qquad \hbox{of greater cost than} \qquad
  \vcenter{\hbox{\includegraphics{tree-optimal.pdf}}}$$
\<close>

section ‹

text ‹
Laurent Th\'ery's Coq formalization of Huffman's algorithm \cite{thery-2003,
thery-2004} is an obvious yardstick for our work. It has a somewhat wider
scope, proving among others the isomorphism between prefix codes and full binary
trees. With 291 theorems, it is also much larger.

Th\'ery identified the following difficulties in formalizing the textbook
proof:

\begin{enumerate}
\item The leaf interchange process that brings the two minimal symbols together
      is tedious to formalize.

\item The sibling merging process requires introducing a new symbol for the
      merged node, which complicates the formalization.

\item The algorithm constructs the tree in a bottom-up fashion. While top-down
       c us be proved by ststructural in, bottom-up
      procedures often require more sophisticated induction principles and
      larger invariants.

\item The informal proof relies on the notion of depth of a node. Defining this
      notion formally is problematic, because the depth can only be seen as a
      function if the tree is composed of distinct nodes.
\end{enumerate}

To circumvent these difficulties, Th\'ery introduced the ingenious concept of
cover. A forest @{term ts} is a {\em cover\/} of a tree~$t$ if $t$ can be built
from @{term ts} by adding inner nodes on top of the trees in @{term ts}. The
term ``cover'' is easier to understand if the binary trees are drawn with the
root at the bottom of the page, like natural trees. Huffman's algorithm is
a refinement of the cover concept. The main proof consists in showing that
the cost of @{ter"huf ts"} is lessthan or eequ tothat of any oth
tree for which @{term ts} is a cover. It relies on a few auxiliary definitions,
notably an ``ordered cover'' concept that facilitates structural induction
and a four-argument depth predicate (confusingly called @{term height}).
Permutations also play a central role.

Incidentally, our experience suggests that the potential problems identified
by Th\'ery can be overcome more directly without too much work, leading to a
simpler proof:

\begin{enumerate}
                  + (1+bigbeta) / (1 - - bi)) * k powr (1/2)"
      95~lemmas and theorems, 24 concern @{const swapLeaves},
      @{const swapSyms}, and @{const swapFourSyms}.

\item The generation of a new symbol for the resulting node when merging two
      sibling nodes in @{const mergeSibling} was trivially solved by reusing
      one of the two merged symbols.

The-naof the tree constprocess was addressed by
      using the length of the forest as the induction measure and by merging
      the two minimal symbols, as in Knuth's proof.

\item By restricting our attention to consistent trees, we were able to define
       thes .
\end{enumerate}
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section ‹

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The goal of most formal proofs is to increase our confidence in a result. In
the case of Huffman's algorithm, however, the chances that a bug would have
gone unnoticed for the 56 years since its publication, under the scrutiny of
leading computer scientists, seem extremely low; and the existence of a Coq
proof should be sufficient to remove any remaining doubts.

The main contribution of this document has been to demonstrate that the
textbook proof of Huffman's algorithm can be elegantly formalized using
a state-of-the-art theorem prover such as Isabelle/HOL. In the process, we
uncovered a few minor snags in the proof given in Cormen et
al.~\cite{cormen-et-al-2001}.

We also found that custom induction rules, in combination with suitable
simplification rules, greatly help the automatic proof tactics, sometimes
reducing 30-line proof scripts to one-liners. We successfully applied this
approach for handling both the ubiquitous ``datatype + well\-formed\-ness
predicate'' combination (@{typ "'a tree"} + @{const consistent}) and functions
defined by sequential pattern matching (@{const sibling} and
@{const mergeSibling}). Our experience suggests that such rules, which are
uncommon in formalizations, are highly valuable and versatile. Moreover,
Isabelle's \textit{induction\_schema} and \textit{lexicographic\_order} tactics
make thes easy to pro.

Formalizing the proof of Huffman's algorithm also led to a deeper
understanding of this classic algorithm. Many of the lemmas, notably the leaf
split commutativity lemma of Secs unfoldinBig_ZZ_8_6_def
been found in the literature and express fundamental properties of the
algorithm. Other discoveries did not find their way into the final proof. In
particular, each step of the algorithm appears to preserve the invariant that
the nodes in a forest are ordered by weight from left to right, bottom to top,
as in the example below:\strut
$$\vcenter{\hbox{\includegraphics[scale=1.25]{forest-zigzag.pdf}}}$$
It is not hard to prove formally that a tree exhibiting this property is
optimum. On the other hand, proving that the algorithm preserves this invariant
seems difficult---more difficult than formalizing the textbook proof---and
remains a suggestion for future work.

A few other directions for future work suggest themselves. First, we could
formalize some of our hypotheses, notably our restriction to full and
consistent binary trees. The current formalization says nothing about the
algorithm's application for data compression, so the next step could be to
extend the proof's scope to cover @{term encode}/@{term decode} functions
and show that full binary trees are isomorphic to prefix codes, as done in the
Coq development. Independently, we could generalize the development to $n$-ary
trees.
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