(* Authors: David Cock - David.Cock@nicta.com.au, Thomas Sewell - Thomas.Sewell@nicta.com.au *)
section"Loop Termination"
theoryTerminationimports Embedding StructuredReasoning Loops begin
text_raw‹\label{s:termination}›
text‹Termination for loops can be shown by classical means (using a variant, or a measure
), or by probabilistic means: We only need that the loop terminates \emph{with probability
}.›
subsection‹Trivial Termination›
text‹A maximal transformer (program) doesn't affect termination. This is
essentially saying that such a program doesn't abort (or diverge).› lemma maximal_Seq_term: fixes r::"'s prog"and s::"'s prog" assumes mr: "maximal (wp r)" and ws: "well_def s" and ts: "(λs. 1) ⊨!!! wp s (λs. 1)" shows"(λs. 1) ⊨!!! wp (r ;; s) (λs. 1)" proof - note hs = well_def_wp_healthy[OF ws] have"wp s (λs. 1) = (λs. 1)" proof(rule antisym) show"(λs. 1) ⊨!!! wp s (λs. 1)"by(rule ts) have"bounded_by 1 (wp s (λs. 1))" by(auto intro!:healthy_bounded_byD[OF hs]) thus"wp s (λs. 1) ⊨!!! (λs. 1)"by(auto intro!:le_funI) qed with mr show ?thesis by(simp add:wp_eval embed_bool_def maximalD) qed
text‹From any state where the guard does not hold, a loop terminates
in a single step.› lemma term_onestep: assumes wb: "well_def body" shows"«N G¬⊨!!! wp do G ⟶ body od (λs. 1)" proof(rule le_funI) note hb = well_def_wp_healthy[OF wb] fix s show"«N G¬ s ≤ wp do G ⟶ body od (λs. 1) s" proof(cases "G s", simp_all add:wp_loop_nguard hb) from hb have"sound (wp do G ⟶ body od (λs. 1))" by(auto intro:healthy_sound[OF healthy_wp_loop]) thus"0 ≤ wp do G ⟶ body od (λs. 1) s"by(auto) qed qed
subsection‹Classical Termination›
text‹The first non-trivial termination result is quite standard: If we can provide a
-number-valued measure, that decreases on every iteration, and implies termination on
zero, the loop terminates.›
lemma loop_term_nat_measure_noinv: fixes m :: "'s ==> nat"and body :: "'s prog" assumes wb: "well_def body" and guard: "∧s. m s = 0 ⟶¬ G s" and variant: "∧n. «λs. m s = Suc n¬⊨!!! wp body «λs. m s = n¬" shows"λs. 1 ⊨!!! wp do G ⟶ body od (λs. 1)" proof - note hb = well_def_wp_healthy[OF wb] have"∧n. (∀s. m s = n ⟶ 1 ≤ wp do G ⟶ body od (λs. 1) s)" proof(induct_tac n) fix n show"∀s. m s = 0 ⟶ 1 ≤ wp do G ⟶ body od (λs. 1) s" proof(clarify) fix s assume"m s = 0" with guard have"¬ G s"by(blast) with hb show"1 ≤ wp do G ⟶ body od (λs. 1) s" by(simp add:wp_loop_nguard) qed assume IH: "∀s. m s = n ⟶ 1 ≤ wp do G ⟶ body od (λs. 1) s" hence IH': "∀s. m s = n ⟶ 1 ≤ wp do G ⟶ body od «λs. True¬ s" by(simp add:embed_bool_def) have"∀s. m s = Suc n ⟶ 1 ≤ wp do G ⟶ body od «λs. True¬ s" proof(intro fold_premise healthy_intros hb, rule le_funI) fix s show"«λs. m s = Suc n¬ s ≤ wp do G ⟶ body od «λs. True¬ s" proof(cases "G s") case False hence"1 = «N G¬ s"by(auto) alsofrom wb have"... ≤ wp do G ⟶ body od (λs. 1) s" by(rule le_funD[OF term_onestep]) finallyshow ?thesis by(simp add:embed_bool_def) next case True note G = this from IH' have"«λs. m s = n¬⊨!!! wp do G ⟶ body od «λs. True¬" by(blast intro:use_premise healthy_intros hb) with variant wb have"«λs. m s = Suc n¬⊨!!! wp (body ;; do G ⟶ body od) «λs. True¬" by(blast intro:wp_Seq wd_intros) hence"«λs. m s = Suc n¬ s ≤ wp (body ;; do G ⟶ body od) «λs. True¬ s" by(auto) alsofrom hb G have"... = wp do G ⟶ body od «λs. True¬ s" by(simp add:wp_loop_guard) finallyshow ?thesis . qed qed thus"∀s. m s = Suc n ⟶ 1 ≤ wp do G ⟶ body od (λs. 1) s" by(simp add:embed_bool_def) qed thus ?thesis by(auto) qed
text‹This version allows progress to depend on an invariant. Termination is then determined by
invariant's value in the initial state.› lemma loop_term_nat_measure: fixes m :: "'s ==> nat"and body :: "'s prog" assumes wb: "well_def body" and guard: "∧s. m s = 0 ⟶¬ G s" and variant: "∧n. «λs. m s = Suc n¬ && «I¬⊨!!! wp body «λs. m s = n¬" and inv: "wp_inv G body «I¬" shows"«I¬⊨!!! wp do G ⟶ body od (λs. 1)" proof - note hb = well_def_wp_healthy[OF wb] note scb = sublinear_sub_conj[OF well_def_wp_sublinear, OF wb] have"«I¬⊨!!! wp do G ⟶ body od «λs. True¬" proof(rule use_premise, intro healthy_intros hb) fix s have"∧n. (∀s. m s = n ∧ I s ⟶ 1 ≤ wp do G ⟶ body od «λs. True¬ s)" proof(induct_tac n) fix n show"∀s. m s = 0 ∧ I s ⟶ 1 ≤ wp do G ⟶ body od «λs. True¬ s" proof(clarify) fix s assume"m s = 0" with guard have"¬ G s"by(blast) with hb show"1 ≤ wp do G ⟶ body od «λs. True¬ s" by(simp add:wp_loop_nguard) qed assume IH: "∀s. m s = n ∧ I s ⟶ 1 ≤ wp do G ⟶ body od «λs. True¬ s" show"∀s. m s = Suc n ∧ I s ⟶ 1 ≤ wp do G ⟶ body od «λs. True¬ s" proof(intro fold_premise healthy_intros hb le_funI) fix s show"«λs. m s = Suc n ∧ I s¬ s ≤ wp do G ⟶ body od «λs. True¬ s" proof(cases "G s") case False with hb show ?thesis by(simp add:wp_loop_nguard) next case True note G = this have"«λs. m s = Suc n¬ && «I¬ && «G¬ = «λs. m s = Suc n¬ && («I¬ && «I¬) && «G¬" by(simp) alsohave"... = («λs. m s = Suc n¬ && «I¬) && («I¬ && «G¬)" by(simp add:exp_conj_assoc exp_conj_unitary del:exp_conj_idem) alsohave"... = («λs. m s = Suc n¬ && «I¬) && («G¬ && «I¬)" by(simp only:exp_conj_comm) also { from inv hb have"«G¬ && «I¬⊨!!! wp body «I¬" by(rule wp_inv_stdD) with variant have"(«λs. m s = Suc n¬ && «I¬) && («G¬ && «I¬) ⊨!!! wp body «λs. m s = n¬ && wp body «I¬" by(rule entails_frame)
} alsofrom scb have"wp body «λs. m s = n¬ && wp body «I¬⊨!!! wp body («λs. m s = n¬ && «I¬)" by(blast) finallyhave"«λs. m s = Suc n ¬ && « I ¬ && « G ¬⊨!!! wp body (« λs. m s = n ¬ && « I ¬)" . moreover { from IH have"«λs. m s = n ∧ I s¬⊨!!! wp do G ⟶ body od «λs. True¬" by(blast intro:use_premise healthy_intros hb) hence"«λs. m s = n¬ && «I¬⊨!!! wp do G ⟶ body od «λs. True¬" by(simp add:exp_conj_std_split)
} ultimately have"«λs. m s = Suc n ¬ && « I ¬ && « G ¬⊨!!! wp (body ;; do G ⟶ body od) «λs. True¬" using wb by(blast intro:wp_Seq wd_intros) hence"(«λs. m s = Suc n ∧ I s¬ && « G ¬) s ≤ wp (body ;; do G ⟶ body od) «λs. True¬ s" by(auto simp:exp_conj_std_split) with G have"«λs. m s = Suc n ∧ I s¬ s ≤ wp (body ;; do G ⟶ body od) «λs. True¬ s" by(simp add:exp_conj_def) alsofrom hb G have"... = wp do G ⟶ body od «λs. True¬ s" by(simp add:wp_loop_guard) finallyshow ?thesis . qed qed qed moreoverassume"I s" ultimatelyshow"1 ≤ wp do G ⟶ body od «λs. True¬ s" by(auto) qed thus ?thesis by(simp add:embed_bool_def) qed
subsection‹Probabilistic Termination›
text‹Any loop that has a non-zero chance of terminating after each step terminates with
1.›
lemma termination_0_1: fixes body :: "'s prog" assumes wb: "well_def body"
― ‹The loop terminates in one step with nonzero probability› and onestep: "(λs. p) ⊨!!! wp body «N G¬" and nzp: "0 < p"
― ‹The body is maximal i.e.~it terminates absolutely.› and mb: "maximal (wp body)" shows"λs. 1 ⊨!!! wp do G ⟶ body od (λs. 1)" proof - note hb = well_def_wp_healthy[OF wb] note sb = healthy_scalingD[OF hb] note sab = sublinear_subadd[OF well_def_wp_sublinear, OF wb, OF healthy_feasibleD, OF hb]
from hb have hloop: "healthy (wp do G ⟶ body od)" by(rule healthy_intros) hence swp: "sound (wp do G ⟶ body od (λs. 1))"by(blast)
txt‹@{term p} is no greater than $1$, by feasibility.› from onestep have onestep': "∧s. p ≤ wp body «N G¬ s"by(auto) also { from hb have"unitary (wp body «N G¬)"by(auto) hence"∧s. wp body «N G¬ s ≤ 1"by(auto)
} finallyhave p1: "p ≤ 1" .
txt‹This is the crux of the proof: that given a lower bound below $1$, we can find another,
higher one.› have new_bound: "∧k. 0 ≤ k ==> k ≤ 1 ==> (λs. k) ⊨!!! wp do G ⟶ body od (λs. 1) ==> (λs. p * (1-k) + k) ⊨!!! wp do G ⟶ body od (λs. 1)" proof(rule le_funI) fix k s assume X: "λs. k ⊨!!! wp do G ⟶ body od (λs. 1)" and k0: "0 ≤ k"and k1: "k ≤ 1"
from k1 have nz1k: "0 ≤ 1 - k"by(auto) with p1 have"p * (1-k) + k ≤ 1 * (1-k) + k" by(blast intro:mult_right_mono add_mono) hence"p * (1 - k) + k ≤ 1" by(simp) txt‹The new bound is @{term "p * (1-k) + k"}.› hence"p * (1-k) + k ≤«N G¬ s + «G¬ s * (p * (1-k) + k)" by(cases "G s", simp_all) txt‹By the one-step termination assumption:› alsofrom onestep' nz1k have"... ≤«N G¬ s + «G¬ s * (wp body «N G¬ s * (1-k) + k)" by (simp add: mult_right_mono ordered_comm_semiring_class.comm_mult_left_mono) txt‹By scaling:› alsofrom nz1k have"... = «N G¬ s + «G¬ s * (wp body (λs. «N G¬ s * (1-k)) s + k)" by(simp add:right_scalingD[OF sb]) txt‹By the maximality (termination) of the loop body:› alsofrom mb k0 have"... = «N G¬ s + «G¬ s * (wp body (λs. «N G¬ s * (1-k)) s + wp body (λs. k) s)" by(simp add:maximalD) txt‹By sub-additivity of the loop body:› alsofrom k0 nz1k have"... ≤«N G¬ s + «G¬ s * (wp body (λs. «N G¬ s * (1-k) + k) s)" by(auto intro!:add_left_mono mult_left_mono sub_addD[OF sab] sound_intros) also have"... = «N G¬ s + «G¬ s * (wp body (λs. «N G¬ s + «G¬ s * k) s)" by(simp add:negate_embed algebra_simps) txt‹By monotonicity of the loop body, and that @{term k} is a lower bound:› alsofrom k0 hloop le_funD[OF X] have"... ≤«N G¬ s + «G¬ s * (wp body (λs. «N G¬ s + «G¬ s * wp do G ⟶ body od (λs. 1) s) s)" by(iprover intro:add_left_mono mult_left_mono le_funI embed_ge_0
le_funD[OF mono_transD, OF healthy_monoD, OF hb]
sound_sum standard_sound sound_intros swp) txt‹Unrolling the loop once and simplifying:› also { have"∧s. «N G¬ s + «G¬ s * wp body (wp do G ⟶ body od (λs. 1)) s = «N G¬ s + «G¬ s * («N G¬ s + «G¬ s * wp body (wp do G ⟶ body od (λs. 1)) s)" by(simp only:distrib_left mult.assoc[symmetric] embed_bool_idem embed_bool_cancel) alsohave"∧s. ... s = «N G¬ s + «G¬ s * wp do G ⟶ body od (λs. 1) s" by(simp add:fun_cong[OF wp_loop_unfold[symmetric, where P="λs. 1", simplified, OF hb]]) finallyhave X: "∧s. «N G¬ s + «G¬ s * wp body (wp do G ⟶ body od (λs. 1)) s = «N G¬ s + «G¬ s * wp do G ⟶ body od (λs. 1) s" . have"«N G¬ s + «G¬ s * (wp body (λs. «N G¬ s + «G¬ s * wp do G ⟶ body od (λs. 1) s) s) = «N G¬ s + «G¬ s * (wp body (λs. «N G¬ s + «G¬ s * wp body (wp do G ⟶ body od (λs. 1)) s) s)" by(simp only:X)
} txt‹Lastly, by folding two loop iterations:› also have"«N G¬ s + «G¬ s * (wp body (λs. «N G¬ s + «G¬ s * wp body (wp do G ⟶ body od (λs. 1)) s) s) = wp do G ⟶ body od (λs. 1) s" by(simp add:wp_loop_unfold[OF _ hb, where P="λs. 1", simplified, symmetric]
fun_cong[OF wp_loop_unfold[OF _ hb, where P="λs. 1", simplified, symmetric]]) finallyshow"p * (1-k) + k ≤ wp do G ⟶ body od (λs. 1) s" . qed
txt‹If the previous bound lay in $[0,1)$, the new bound is strictly greater. This is where
we appeal to the fact that @{term p} is nonzero.› from nzp have inc: "∧k. 0 ≤ k ==> k < 1 ==> k < p * (1 - k) + k" by(auto intro:mult_pos_pos)
txt‹The result follows by contradiction.› show ?thesis proof(rule ccontr) txt‹If the loop does not terminate everywhere, then there must exist some state
from which the probability of termination is strictly less than one.› assume"¬ ?thesis" hence"¬ (∀s. 1 ≤ wp do G ⟶ body od (λs. 1) s)"by(auto) thenobtain s where point: "¬ 1 ≤ wp do G ⟶ body od (λs. 1) s"by(auto)
let ?k = "Inf (range (wp do G ⟶ body od (λs. 1)))"
from hloop have Inflb: "∧s. ?k ≤ wp do G ⟶ body od (λs. 1) s" by(intro cInf_lower bdd_belowI, auto) alsofrom point have"wp do G ⟶ body od (λs. 1) s < 1"by(auto) txt‹Thus the least (infimum) probabilty of termination is strictly less than one.› finallyhave k1: "?k < 1" . hence"?k ≤ 1"by(auto) moreoverfrom hloop have k0: "0 ≤ ?k" by(intro cInf_greatest, auto) txt‹The infimum is, naturally, a lower bound.› moreoverfrom Inflb have"(λs. ?k) ⊨!!! wp do G ⟶ body od (λs. 1)"by(auto) ultimately txt‹We can therefore use the previous result to find a new bound, \ldots› have"∧s. p * (1 - ?k) + ?k ≤ wp do G ⟶ body od (λs. 1) s" by(blast intro:le_funD[OF new_bound]) txt‹\ldots which is lower than the infimum, by minimality, \ldots› hence"p * (1 - ?k) + ?k ≤ ?k" by(blast intro:cInf_greatest) txt‹\ldots yet also strictly greater than it.› moreoverfrom k0 k1 have"?k < p * (1 - ?k) + ?k"by(rule inc) txt‹We thus have a contradiction.› ultimatelyshow False by(simp) qed qed
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