(** * SearchTree: Binary search trees *) (** Binary search trees are an efficient data structure for lookup tables, that is, mappings from keys to values. The [total_map] type from Maps.v is an _inefficient_ implementation: if you add N items to your total_map, then looking them up takes N comparisons in the worst case, and N/2 comparisons in the average case. In contrast, if your [key] type is a total order -- that is, if it has a less-than comparison that's transitive and antisymmetric [ a ~(b if x =? a then v else lookup V default x al | nil => default end. Theorem lookup_empty (V: Type) (default: V): forall x, lookup V default x (empty V) = default. Proof. reflexivity. Qed. End SectionExample1. (** It sure is tedious to repeat the [V] and [default] parameters in every definition and every theorem. The [Section] feature allows us to declare them as parameters to every definition and theorem in the entire section: *) Module SectionExample2. Section MAPS. Variable V : Type. Variable default: V. Definition mymap := list (nat*V). Definition empty : mymap := nil. Fixpoint lookup (x: nat) (m: mymap) : V := match m with | (a,v)::al => if x =? a then v else lookup x al | nil => default end. Theorem lookup_empty: forall x, lookup x empty = default. Proof. reflexivity. Qed. End MAPS. End SectionExample2. (** At the close of the section, this produces exactly the same result: the functions that "need" to be parametrized by [V] or [default] are given extra parameters. We can test this claim, as follows: *) Goal SectionExample1.empty = SectionExample2.empty. Proof. reflexivity. Qed. Goal SectionExample1.lookup = SectionExample2.lookup. Proof. unfold SectionExample1.lookup, SectionExample2.lookup. try reflexivity. (* doesn't do anything. *) (** Well, not exactly the same; but certainly equivalent. Functions [f] and [g] are "extensionally equal" if, for every argument [x], [f x = g x]. The Axiom of Extensionality says that if two functions are "extensionally equal" then they are _equal_. The [extensionality] tactic is just a convenient way of applying the axiom of extensionality. *) extensionality V; extensionality default; extensionality x. extensionality m; simpl. induction m as [| [? ?] ]; auto. destruct (x=?n); auto. Qed. (* ################################################################# *) (** * Program for Binary Search Trees *) Section TREES. Variable V : Type. Variable default: V. Definition key := nat. Inductive tree : Type := | E : tree | T: tree -> key -> V -> tree -> tree. Definition empty_tree : tree := E. Fixpoint lookup (x: key) (t : tree) : V := match t with | E => default | T tl k v tr => if x T E x v E | T a y v' b => if x base | T a k v b => elements' a ((k,v) :: elements' b base) end. Definition elements (s: tree) : list (key * V) := elements' s nil. (* ################################################################# *) (** * Search tree examples *) Section EXAMPLES. Variables v2 v4 v5 : V. Eval compute in insert 5 v5 (insert 2 v2 (insert 4 v5 empty_tree)). (* = T (T E 2 v2 E) 4 v5 (T E 5 v5 E) *) Eval compute in lookup 5 (T (T E 2 v2 E) 4 v5 (T E 5 v5 E)). (* = v5 *) Eval compute in lookup 3 (T (T E 2 v2 E) 4 v5 (T E 5 v5 E)). (* = default *) Eval compute in elements (T (T E 2 v2 E) 4 v5 (T E 5 v5 E)). (* = [(2, v2); (4, v5); (5, v5)] *) End EXAMPLES. (* ################################################################# *) (** * What should we prove about search trees? *) (** Search trees are meant to be an implementation of maps. That is, they have an [insert] function that corresponds to the [update] function of a map, and a [lookup] function that corresponds to applying the map to an argument. To prove the correctness of a search-tree algorithm, we can prove: - Any search tree corresponds to some map, using a function or relation that we demonstrate. - The lookup function gives the same result as applying the map - The insert function returns a corresponding map. - Maps have the properties we actually wanted. It would do no good to prove that searchtrees correspond to some abstract type X, if X didn't have useful properties! What properties do we want searchtrees to have? If I insert the binding [(k,v)] into a searchtree [t], then look up [k], I should get [v]. If I look up [k'] in [insert (k,v) t], where [k'<>k], then I should get the same result as [lookup k t]. There are several more properties. Fortunately, all these properties are already proved about [total_map] in the [Maps] module: *) Check t_update_eq. (* : forall (A : Type) (m : total_map A) (x : id) (v : A), t_update m x v x = v *) Check t_update_neq. (* : forall (X : Type) (v : X) (x1 x2 : id) (m : total_map X), x1 <> x2 -> t_update m x1 v x2 = m x2 *) Check t_update_shadow. (* : forall (A : Type) (m : total_map A) (v1 v2 : A) (x : id), t_update (t_update m x v1) x v2 = t_update m x v2 *) Check t_update_same. (* : forall (X : Type) (x : id) (m : total_map X), t_update m x (m x) = m *) Check t_update_permute. (* forall (X : Type) (v1 v2 : X) (x1 x2 : id) (m : total_map X), x2 <> x1 -> t_update (t_update m x2 v2) x1 v1 = t_update (t_update m x1 v1) x2 v2 *) Check t_apply_empty. (* : forall (A : Type) (x : id) (v : A), t_empty v x = v *) (** So, if we like those properties that [total_map] is proved to have, and we can prove that searchtrees behave like maps, then we don't have to reprove each individual property about searchtrees. More generally: a job worth doing is worth doing well. It does no good to prove the "correctness" of a program, if you prove that it satisfies a wrong or useless specification. *) (* ################################################################# *) (** * Efficiency of search trees *) (** We use binary search trees because they are efficient. That is, if there are [N] elements in a (reasonably well balanced) BST, each insertion or lookup takes about logN time. What could go wrong? 1. The search tree might not be balanced. In that case, each insertion or lookup will take as much as linear time. - SOLUTION: use an algorithm, such as "red-black trees", that ensures the trees stay balanced. We'll do that in Chapter [RedBlack]. 2. Our keys are natural numbers, and Coq's [nat] type takes linear time _per comparison_. That is, computing (j total_map V -> Prop]. The idea is that [Abs t m] says that tree [t] is a representation of map [m]; or that map [m] is an abstraction of tree [t]. How should we define this abstraction relation? The empty tree is easy: [Abs E (fun x => default)]. Now, what about this tree?: *) Definition example_tree (v2 v4 v5 : V) := T (T E 2 v2 E) 4 v4 (T E 5 v5 E). (** **** Exercise: 2 stars (example_map) *) (* Fill in the definition of example_map with a total_map that you think example_tree should correspond to. Use [t_update] and [(t_empty default)]. *) Definition example_map (v2 v4 v5: V) : total_map V (* REPLACE THIS LINE WITH ":= _your_definition_ ." *). Admitted. (** [] *) (** To build the [Abs] relation, we'll use these two auxiliary functions that construct maps: *) Definition combine {A} (pivot: key) (m1 m2: total_map A) : total_map A := fun x => match x with Id x' => if x' = pivot]. *) Inductive Abs: tree -> total_map V -> Prop := | Abs_E: Abs E (t_empty default) | Abs_T: forall a b l k v r, Abs l a -> Abs r b -> Abs (T l k v r) (t_update (combine k a b) (Id k) v). (** **** Exercise: 3 stars (check_example_map) *) (** Prove that your [example_map] is the right one. If it isn't, go back and fix your definition of [example_map]. You will probably need the [bdestruct] tactic, and [omega]. *) Lemma check_example_map: forall v2 v4 v5, Abs (example_tree v2 v4 v5) (example_map v2 v4 v5). Proof. intros. unfold example_tree. evar (m: total_map V). replace (example_map v2 v4 v5) with m; subst m. repeat constructor. extensionality x. destruct x as [x]. (* HINT: First, [unfold example_map, t_update, combine, t_empty, beq_id.] Then, repeat the following procedure: If you see something like [if 4 =? x then ... else ...], use the tactic [bdestruct (4 =? x)]. If the arithmetic facts above the line can't all be true, use [omega]. If you're too lazy to check for yourself whether they are true, use [bdestruct (4 =? x); try omega]. *) (* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted. (** [] *) (** You can ignore this lemma, unless it fails. *) Lemma check_too_clever: forall v2 v4 v5: V, True. Proof. intros. evar (m: total_map V). assert (Abs (example_tree v2 v4 v5) m). repeat constructor. (change m with (example_map v2 v4 v5) in H || auto); (* auto; *) fail "Did you use copy-and-paste, from your check_example_map proof, into your example_map definition? If so, very clever. Please try it again with an example_map definition that you make up from first principles. Or, to skip that, uncomment the (* auto; *) above.". Qed. (* ================================================================= *) (** ** Relating the operations *) (** An implementation (such as Search Trees) of an abstract type (such as Maps) is _proved correct_ if each operation of the implementation (such as [empty_tree, lookup, insert]) is _related_ to the appropriate operation of the abstract type (such as [t_empty], apply, [t_update]) by an abstraction relation [Abs]. So now, we do each of those proofs. *) Theorem empty_tree_relate: Abs empty_tree (t_empty default). Proof. constructor. Qed. (** **** Exercise: 3 stars (lookup_relate) *) Theorem lookup_relate: forall k t cts , Abs t cts -> lookup k t = cts (Id k). Proof. (* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted. (** [] *) (** **** Exercise: 4 stars (insert_relate) *) Theorem insert_relate: forall k v t cts, Abs t cts -> Abs (insert k v t) (t_update cts (Id k) v). Proof. (* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted. (** [] *) (* ################################################################# *) (** * Correctness proof of the elements function. *) (** How should we specify what [elements] is supposed to do? Well, [elements t] returns a list of pairs [(k1,v1);(k2;v2);...;(kn,vn)] that ought to correspond to the total_map, [t_update ... (t_update (t_update (t_empty default) (Id k1) v1) (Id k2) v2) ... (Id kn) vn]. We can formalize this quite easily. *) Fixpoint list2map (el: list (key*V)) : total_map V := match el with | nil => t_empty default | (i,v)::el' => t_update (list2map el') (Id i) v end. (* EX 3 (elements_relate_informal) *) Theorem elements_relate: forall t cts, Abs t cts -> list2map (elements t) = cts. Proof. (** Don't prove this yet. Instead, explain in your own words, with examples, why this must be true. It's OK if your explanation is not a formal proof; it's even OK if your explanation is subtly wrong! Just make it convincing. *) (* FILL IN YOUR EXPLANATION HERE *) Abort. (** [] *) (** Instead of doing a _formal_ proof that [elements_relate] is true, prove that it's false! That is, as long as type [V] contains at least two distinct values. *) (* EX 4 (not_elements_relate) *) Theorem not_elements_relate: forall v, v <> default -> ~ (forall t cts, Abs t cts -> list2map (elements t) = cts). Proof. intros. intro. pose (bogus := T (T E 3 v E) 2 v E). pose (m := t_update (t_empty default) (Id 2) v). pose (m' := t_update (combine 2 (t_update (combine 3 (t_empty default) (t_empty default)) (Id 3) v) (t_empty default)) (Id 2) v). assert (Paradox: list2map (elements bogus) = m /\ list2map (elements bogus) <> m). split. (** To prove the first subgoal, prove that [m=m'] (by [extensionality]) and then use [H]. To prove the second subgoal, do an [intro] so that you can assume [update_list (t_empty default) (elements bogus) = m], then show that [update_list (t_empty default) (elements bogus) (Id 3) <> m (Id 3)]. That's a contradiction. To prove the third subgoal, just destruct [Paradox] and use the contradiction. In all 3 goals, when you need to unfold local definitions such as [bogus] you can use [unfold bogus] or [subst bogus]. *) (* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted. (** [] *) (** What went wrong? Clearly, [elements_relate] is true; you just explained why. And clearly, it's not true, because [not_elements_relate] is provable in Coq. The problem is that the tree [(T (T E 3 v E) 2 v E)] is bogus: it's not a well-formed binary search tree, because there's a 3 in the left subtree of the 2 node, and 3 is not less than 2. If you wrote a good answer to the [elements_relate_informal] exercise, (that is, an answer that is only subtly wrong), then the subtlety is that you assumed that the search tree is well formed. That's a reasonable assumption; but we will have to prove that all the trees we operate on will be well formed. *) (* ################################################################# *) (** * Representation invariants *) (** A [tree] has the [SearchTree] property if, at any node with key [k], all the keys in the left subtree are less than [k], and all the keys in the right subtree are greater than [k]. It's not completely obvious how to formalize that! Here's one way: it's correct, but not very practical. *) Fixpoint forall_nodes (t: tree) (P: tree->key->V->tree->Prop) : Prop := match t with | E => True | T l k v r => P l k v r /\ forall_nodes l P /\ forall_nodes r P end. Definition SearchTreeX (t: tree) := forall_nodes t (fun l k v r => forall_nodes l (fun _ j _ _ => j j>k)). Lemma example_SearchTree_good: forall v2 v4 v5, SearchTreeX (example_tree v2 v4 v5). Proof. intros. hnf. simpl. repeat split; auto. Qed. Lemma example_SearchTree_bad: forall v, ~SearchTreeX (T (T E 3 v E) 2 v E). Proof. intros. intro. hnf in H; simpl in H. do 3 destruct H. omega. Qed. Theorem elements_relate_second_attempt: forall t cts, SearchTreeX t -> Abs t cts -> list2map (elements t) = cts. Proof. (** This is probably provable. But the [SearchTreeX] property is quite unwieldy, with its two Fixpoints nested inside a Fixpoint. Instead of using [SearchTreeX], let's reformulate the searchtree property as an inductive proposition without any nested induction. *) Abort. Inductive SearchTree' : key -> tree -> key -> Prop := | ST_E : forall lo hi, lo <= hi -> SearchTree' lo E hi | ST_T: forall lo l k v r hi, SearchTree' lo l k -> SearchTree' (S k) r hi -> SearchTree' lo (T l k v r) hi. Inductive SearchTree: tree -> Prop := | ST_intro: forall t hi, SearchTree' 0 t hi -> SearchTree t. Lemma SearchTree'_le: forall lo t hi, @SearchTree' lo t hi -> lo <= hi. Proof. induction 1; omega. Qed. (** Before we prove that [elements] is correct, let's consider a simpler version. *) Fixpoint slow_elements (s: tree) : list (key * V) := match s with | E => nil | T a k v b => slow_elements a ++ [(k,v)] ++ slow_elements b end. (** This one is easier to understand than the [elements] function, because it doesn't carry the [base] list around in its recursion. Unfortunately, its running time is quadratic, because at each of the [T] nodes it does a linear-time list-concatentation. The original [elements] function takes linear time overall; that's much more efficient. To prove correctness of [elements], it's actually easier to first prove that it's equivalent to [slow_elements], then prove the correctness of [slow_elements]. We don't care that [slow_elements] is quadratic, because we're never going to really run it; it's just there to support the proof. *) (** **** Exercise: 3 stars, optional (elements_slow_elements) *) Theorem elements_slow_elements: elements = slow_elements. Proof. extensionality s. unfold elements. assert (forall base, elements' s base = slow_elements s ++ base). (* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted. (** [] *) (** **** Exercise: 3 stars, optional (slow_elements_range) *) Lemma slow_elements_range: forall k v lo t hi, SearchTree' lo t hi -> In (k,v) (slow_elements t) -> lo <= k < hi. Proof. (* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted. (** [] *) (* ================================================================= *) (** ** Auxiliary lemmas about [In] and [list2map] *) Lemma In_decidable: forall (al: list (key*V)) (i: key), (exists v, In (i,v) al) \/ (~exists v, In (i,v) al). Proof. intros. induction al as [ | [k v]]. right; intros [w H]; inv H. destruct IHal as [[w H] | H]. left; exists w; right; auto. bdestruct (k =? i). subst k. left; eauto. exists v; left; auto. right. intros [w H1]. destruct H1. inv H1. omega. apply H; eauto. Qed. Lemma list2map_app_left: forall (al bl: list (key*V)) (i: key) v, In (i,v) al -> list2map (al++bl) (Id i) = list2map al (Id i). Proof. intros. revert H; induction al as [| [j w] al]; intro; simpl; auto. inv H. destruct H. inv H. unfold t_update, beq_id. bdestruct (i=?i); [ | omega]. auto. unfold t_update, beq_id. bdestruct (j=?i); auto. Qed. Lemma list2map_app_right: forall (al bl: list (key*V)) (i: key), ~(exists v, In (i,v) al) -> list2map (al++bl) (Id i) = list2map bl (Id i). Proof. intros. revert H; induction al as [| [j w] al]; intro; simpl; auto. unfold t_update, beq_id. bdestruct (j=?i). subst j. contradiction H. exists w; left; auto. apply IHal. contradict H. destruct H as [u ?]. exists u; right; auto. Qed. Lemma list2map_not_in_default: forall (al: list (key*V)) (i: key), ~(exists v, In (i,v) al) -> list2map al (Id i) = default. Proof. intros. induction al as [| [j w] al]. reflexivity. simpl. unfold t_update, beq_id. bdestruct (j=?i). subst. contradiction H. exists w; left; auto. apply IHal. intros [v ?]. apply H. exists v; right; auto. Qed. (* EX 3? (elements_relate) *) Theorem elements_relate: forall t cts, SearchTree t -> Abs t cts -> list2map (elements t) = cts. Proof. rewrite elements_slow_elements. intros until 1. inv H. revert cts; induction H0; intros. * (* ST_E case *) inv H0. reflexivity. * (* ST_T case *) inv H. specialize (IHSearchTree'1 _ H5). clear H5. specialize (IHSearchTree'2 _ H6). clear H6. unfold slow_elements; fold slow_elements. subst. extensionality i. destruct i as [i]. destruct (In_decidable (slow_elements l) i) as [[w H] | Hleft]. rewrite list2map_app_left with (v:=w); auto. pose proof (slow_elements_range _ _ _ _ _ H0_ H). unfold combine, t_update, beq_id. bdestruct (k=?i); [ omega | ]. bdestruct (i j) -> ~ (i < j) -> i=j. Proof. intros. try omega. (* Oops! [omega] cannot solve this one. The problem is that [i] and [j] have type [key] instead of type [nat]. The solution is easy enough: *) unfold key in *. omega. (** So, if you get stuck on an [omega] that ought to work, try unfolding the types from [key] to [nat] *) Qed. (** **** Exercise: 3 stars (insert_SearchTree) *) Theorem insert_SearchTree: forall k v t, SearchTree t -> SearchTree (insert k v t). Proof. clear default. (* This [clear] is to avoid a nasty interaction between Admitted and Section/Variable *) (* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted. (** [] *) (* ################################################################# *) (** * We got lucky. *) (** Recall the statement of [lookup_relate]: *) Check lookup_relate. (* forall (k : key) (t : tree) (cts : total_map V), Abs t cts -> lookup k t = cts (Id k) *) (** In general, to prove that a function satisfies the abstraction relation, one also needs to use the representation invariant. That was certainly the case with [elements_relate]: *) Check elements_relate. (* : forall (t : tree) (cts : total_map V), SearchTree t -> Abs t cts -> elements_property t cts *) (** To put that another way, the general form of [lookup_relate] should be: *) Lemma lookup_relate': forall (k : key) (t : tree) (cts : total_map V), SearchTree t -> Abs t cts -> lookup k t = cts (Id k). (** That is certainly provable, since it's a weaker statement than what we proved: *) Proof. intros. apply lookup_relate. apply H0. Qed. Theorem insert_relate': forall k v t cts, SearchTree t -> Abs t cts -> Abs (insert k v t) (t_update cts (Id k) v). Proof. intros. apply insert_relate; auto. Qed. (** The question is, why did we not need the representation invariant in the proof of [lookup_relate]? The answer is that our particular Abs relation is much more clever than necessary: *) Print Abs. (* Inductive Abs : tree -> total_map V -> Prop := Abs_E : Abs E (t_empty default) | Abs_T : forall (a b: total_map V) (l: tree) (k: key) (v: V) (r: tree), Abs l a -> Abs r b -> Abs (T l k v r) (t_update (combine k a b) (Id k) v) *) (** Because the [combine] function is chosen very carefully, it turns out that this abstraction relation even works on bogus trees! *) Remark abstraction_of_bogus_tree: forall v2 v3, Abs (T (T E 3 v3 E) 2 v2 E) (t_update (t_empty default) (Id 2) v2). Proof. intros. evar (m: total_map V). replace (t_update (t_empty default) (Id 2) v2) with m; subst m. repeat constructor. extensionality x; destruct x as [x]. unfold t_update, combine, t_empty, beq_id. bdestruct (2 =? x). auto. bdestruct (x = 2 in the left-hand subtree. For that reason, [Abs] matches the _actual_ behavior of [lookup], even on bogus trees. But that's a really strong condition! We should not have to care about the behavior of [lookup] (and [insert]) on bogus trees. We should not need to prove anything about it, either. Sure, it's convenient in this case that the abstraction relation is able to cope with ill-formed trees. But in general, when proving correctness of abstract-data-type (ADT) implementations, it may be a lot of extra effort to make the abstraction relation as heavy-duty as that. It's often much easier for the abstraction relation to assume that the representation is well formed. Thus, the general statement of our correctness theorems will be more like [lookup_relate'] than like [lookup_relate]. *) (* ################################################################# *) (** * Every well-formed tree does actually relate to an abstraction *) (** We're not quite done yet. We would like to know that _every tree that satisfies the representation invariant, means something_. So as a general sanity check, we need the following theorem: *) (** **** Exercise: 2 stars (can_relate) *) Lemma can_relate: forall t, SearchTree t -> exists cts, Abs t cts. Proof. (* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted. (** [] *) (** Now, because we happen to have a super-strong abstraction relation, that even works on bogus trees, we can prove a super-strong can_relate function: *) (** **** Exercise: 2 stars (unrealistically_strong_can_relate) *) Lemma unrealistically_strong_can_relate: forall t, exists cts, Abs t cts. Proof. (* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted. (** [] *) (* ################################################################# *) (** * It wasn't really luck, actually *) (** In the previous section, I said, "we got lucky that the abstraction relation that I happened to choose had this super-strong property." But actually, the first time I tried to prove correctness of search trees, I did _not_ get lucky. I chose a different abstraction relation: *) Definition AbsX (t: tree) (m: total_map V) : Prop := list2map (elements t) = m. (** It's easy to prove that [elements] respects this abstraction relation: *) Theorem elements_relateX: forall t cts, SearchTree t -> AbsX t cts -> list2map (elements t) = cts. Proof. intros. apply H0. Qed. (** But it's not so easy to prove that [lookup] and [insert] respect this relation. For example, the following claim is not true. *) Theorem naive_lookup_relateX: forall k t cts , AbsX t cts -> lookup k t = cts (Id k). Abort. (* Not true *) (** In fact, [naive_lookup_relateX] is provably false, as long as the type [V] contains at least two different values. *) Theorem not_naive_lookup_relateX: forall v, default <> v -> ~ (forall k t cts , AbsX t cts -> lookup k t = cts (Id k)). Proof. unfold AbsX. intros v H. intros H0. pose (bogus := T (T E 3 v E) 2 v E). pose (m := t_update (t_update (t_empty default) (Id 2) v) (Id 3) v). assert (list2map (elements bogus) = m). reflexivity. assert (~ lookup 3 bogus = m (Id 3)). { unfold bogus, m, t_update, t_empty. simpl. apply H. } (** Right here you see how it is proved. [bogus] is our old friend, the bogus tree that does not satisfy the [SearchTree] property. [m] is the [total_map] that corresponds to the elements of [bogus]. The [lookup] function returns [default] at key [3], but the map [m] returns [v] at key [3]. And yet, assumption [H0] claims that they should return the same thing. *) apply H2. apply H0. apply H1. Qed. (** **** Exercise: 4 stars, optional (lookup_relateX) *) Theorem lookup_relateX: forall k t cts , SearchTree t -> AbsX t cts -> lookup k t = cts (Id k). Proof. intros. unfold AbsX in H0. subst cts. inv H. remember 0 as lo in H0. clear - H0. rewrite elements_slow_elements. (** To prove this, you'll need to use this collection of facts: [In_decidable], [list2map_app_left], [list2map_app_right], [list2map_not_in_default], [slow_elements_range]. The point is, it's not very pretty. *) (* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted. (** [] *) (* ================================================================= *) (** ** Coherence with [elements] instead of [lookup] *) (** The first definition of the abstraction relation, [Abs], is "coherent" with the [lookup] operation, but not very coherent with the [elements] operation. That is, [Abs] treats all trees, including ill-formed ones, much the way [lookup] does, so it was easy to prove [lookup_relate]. But it was harder to prove [elements_relate]. The alternate abstraction relation, [AbsX], is coherent with [elements], but not very coherent with [lookup]. So proving [elements_relateX] is trivial, but proving [lookup_relate] is difficult. This kind of thing comes up frequently. The important thing to remember is that you often have choices in formulating the abstraction relation, and the choice you make will affect the simplicity and elegance of your proofs. If you find things getting too difficult, step back and reconsider your abstraction relation. *) End TREES. (* ################################################################# *) (** * Summary: Abstract Data Types *) (** An _abstract data type_ has a concrete representation that is hidden from the client, and a set of _interface functions_ (or "operations") that the client can call upon to perform manipulations on the concrete representation. But not every element of the concrete type may be meaningful; some may be bogus. We define a _representation invariant_, a predicate that characterizes the meaningful concrete values. Then we prove that each interface function, when given inputs that satisfy the representation invariant, will always produce outputs that satisfy the representation invariant. That is, _the operations preserve the representation invariant_. An ADT implementation (such as Trees) satisfies a _specification_ (such as Maps) when we can define an _abstraction relation_ between the concrete values and the abstract values, such that each operation takes _related_ inputs to _related_ outputs. We are permitted to assume that the inputs satisfy the representation invariant. *)