module Data.Bool whereThe booleans🔗
open import Data.Bool.Base publicPattern matching on only the first argument might seem like a somewhat impractical choice due to its asymmetry - however, it shortens a lot of proofs since we get a lot of judgemental equalities for free. For example, see the following statements:
and-associative : (x y z : Bool) → and x (and y z) ≡ and (and x y) z
and-associative false y z = refl
and-associative true y z = refl
or-associative : (x y z : Bool) → or x (or y z) ≡ or (or x y) z
or-associative false y z = refl
or-associative true y z = refl
and-commutative : (x y : Bool) → and x y ≡ and y x
and-commutative false false = refl
and-commutative false true = refl
and-commutative true false = refl
and-commutative true true = refl
or-commutative : (x y : Bool) → or x y ≡ or y x
or-commutative false false = refl
or-commutative false true = refl
or-commutative true false = refl
or-commutative true true = refl
and-truer : (x : Bool) → and x true ≡ x
and-truer false = refl
and-truer true = refl
and-falser : (x : Bool) → and x false ≡ false
and-falser false = refl
and-falser true = refl
and-truel : (x : Bool) → and true x ≡ x
and-truel x = refl
or-falser : (x : Bool) → or x false ≡ x
or-falser false = refl
or-falser true = refl
or-truer : (x : Bool) → or x true ≡ true
or-truer false = refl
or-truer true = refl
or-falsel : (x : Bool) → or false x ≡ x
or-falsel x = refl
and-absorbs-orr : (x y : Bool) → and x (or x y) ≡ x
and-absorbs-orr false y = refl
and-absorbs-orr true y = refl
or-absorbs-andr : (x y : Bool) → or x (and x y) ≡ x
or-absorbs-andr false y = refl
or-absorbs-andr true y = refl
and-distrib-orl : (x y z : Bool) → and x (or y z) ≡ or (and x y) (and x z)
and-distrib-orl false y z = refl
and-distrib-orl true y z = refl
or-distrib-andl : (x y z : Bool) → or x (and y z) ≡ and (or x y) (or x z)
or-distrib-andl false y z = refl
or-distrib-andl true y z = refl
and-idempotent : (x : Bool) → and x x ≡ x
and-idempotent false = refl
and-idempotent true = refl
or-idempotent : (x : Bool) → or x x ≡ x
or-idempotent false = refl
or-idempotent true = refl
and-distrib-orr : (x y z : Bool) → and (or x y) z ≡ or (and x z) (and y z)
and-distrib-orr true y z =
sym (or-absorbs-andr z y) ∙ ap (or z) (and-commutative z y)
and-distrib-orr false y z = refl
or-distrib-andr : (x y z : Bool) → or (and x y) z ≡ and (or x z) (or y z)
or-distrib-andr true y z = refl
or-distrib-andr false y z =
sym (and-absorbs-orr z y) ∙ ap (and z) (or-commutative z y)and-reflect-true-l : ∀ {x y} → and x y ≡ true → x ≡ true
and-reflect-true-l {x = true} p = refl
and-reflect-true-l {x = false} p = p
and-reflect-true-r : ∀ {x y} → and x y ≡ true → y ≡ true
and-reflect-true-r {x = true} {y = true} p = refl
and-reflect-true-r {x = false} {y = true} p = refl
and-reflect-true-r {x = true} {y = false} p = p
and-reflect-true-r {x = false} {y = false} p = p
or-reflect-true : ∀ {x y} → or x y ≡ true → x ≡ true ⊎ y ≡ true
or-reflect-true {x = true} {y = y} p = inl refl
or-reflect-true {x = false} {y = true} p = inr refl
or-reflect-true {x = false} {y = false} p = absurd (true≠false (sym p))
or-reflect-false-l : ∀ {x y} → or x y ≡ false → x ≡ false
or-reflect-false-l {x = true} p = absurd (true≠false p)
or-reflect-false-l {x = false} p = refl
or-reflect-false-r : ∀ {x y} → or x y ≡ false → y ≡ false
or-reflect-false-r {x = true} {y = true} p = absurd (true≠false p)
or-reflect-false-r {x = true} {y = false} p = refl
or-reflect-false-r {x = false} {y = true} p = absurd (true≠false p)
or-reflect-false-r {x = false} {y = false} p = refl
and-reflect-false : ∀ {x y} → and x y ≡ false → x ≡ false ⊎ y ≡ false
and-reflect-false {x = true} {y = y} p = inr p
and-reflect-false {x = false} {y = y} p = inl reflAll the properties above hold both in classical and constructive mathematics, even in minimal logic that fails to validate both the law of the excluded middle as well as the law of noncontradiction. However, the boolean operations satisfy both of these laws:
not-involutive : (x : Bool) → not (not x) ≡ x
not-involutive false i = false
not-involutive true i = true
not-and≡or-not : (x y : Bool) → not (and x y) ≡ or (not x) (not y)
not-and≡or-not false y = refl
not-and≡or-not true y = refl
not-or≡and-not : (x y : Bool) → not (or x y) ≡ and (not x) (not y)
not-or≡and-not false y = refl
not-or≡and-not true y = refl
or-complementl : (x : Bool) → or (not x) x ≡ true
or-complementl false = refl
or-complementl true = refl
and-complementl : (x : Bool) → and (not x) x ≡ false
and-complementl false = refl
and-complementl true = reflFurthermore, note that not has
no fixed points.
not-no-fixed : ∀ {x} → x ≡ not x → ⊥
not-no-fixed {x = true} p = absurd (true≠false p)
not-no-fixed {x = false} p = absurd (true≠false (sym p))Exclusive disjunction (usually known as XOR) also yields additional structure - in particular, it can be viewed as an addition operator in a ring whose multiplication is defined by conjunction:
xor : Bool → Bool → Bool
xor false y = y
xor true y = not y
xor-associative : (x y z : Bool) → xor x (xor y z) ≡ xor (xor x y) z
xor-associative false y z = refl
xor-associative true false z = refl
xor-associative true true z = not-involutive z
xor-commutative : (x y : Bool) → xor x y ≡ xor y x
xor-commutative false false = refl
xor-commutative false true = refl
xor-commutative true false = refl
xor-commutative true true = refl
xor-falser : (x : Bool) → xor x false ≡ x
xor-falser false = refl
xor-falser true = refl
xor-truer : (x : Bool) → xor x true ≡ not x
xor-truer false = refl
xor-truer true = refl
xor-inverse-self : (x : Bool) → xor x x ≡ false
xor-inverse-self false = refl
xor-inverse-self true = refl
and-distrib-xorr : (x y z : Bool) → and (xor x y) z ≡ xor (and x z) (and y z)
and-distrib-xorr false y z = refl
and-distrib-xorr true y false = and-falser (not y) ∙ sym (and-falser y)
and-distrib-xorr true y true = (and-truer (not y)) ∙ ap not (sym (and-truer y))Material implication between booleans also interacts nicely with many of the other operations:
imp : Bool → Bool → Bool
imp false y = true
imp true y = y
imp-truer : (x : Bool) → imp x true ≡ true
imp-truer false = refl
imp-truer true = reflFurthermore, material implication is equivalent to the classical definition.
imp-not-or : ∀ x y → or (not x) y ≡ imp x y
imp-not-or false y = refl
imp-not-or true y = reflThe “not” equivalence🔗
The construction of not as an
equivalence factors through showing that not is an
isomorphism. In particular, not is
its own inverse, so we need a proof that it’s involutive, as is proven
in not-involutive. With this, we
can get a proof that it’s an equivalence:
not-is-equiv : is-equiv not
not-is-equiv = is-involutive→is-equiv not-involutive
not≃ : Bool ≃ Bool
not≃ = not , not-is-equivnot-inj : ∀ {x y} → not x ≡ not y → x ≡ y
not-inj {x = true} {y = true} p = refl
not-inj {x = true} {y = false} p = sym p
not-inj {x = false} {y = true} p = sym p
not-inj {x = false} {y = false} p = reflAut(Bool)🔗
We characterise the type Bool ≡ Bool. There are exactly
two paths, and we can decide which path we’re looking at by seeing how
it acts on the element true.
First, two small lemmas: we can tell whether we’re looking at the identity equivalence or the “not” equivalence by seeing how it acts on the constructors.
private
idLemma : (p : Bool ≃ Bool)
→ p .fst true ≡ true
→ p .fst false ≡ false
→ p ≡ (_ , id-equiv)
idLemma p p1 p2 = Σ-path (funext lemma) (is-equiv-is-prop _ _ _) where
lemma : (x : Bool) → _
lemma false = p2
lemma true = p1If it quacks like the identity equivalence, then it must be.
Otherwise we’re looking at the not
equivalence.
notLemma : (p : Bool ≃ Bool)
→ p .fst true ≡ false
→ p .fst false ≡ true
→ p ≡ not≃
notLemma p p1 p2 = Σ-path (funext lemma) (is-equiv-is-prop _ _ _) where
lemma : (x : Bool) → _
lemma false = p2
lemma true = p1With these two lemmas, we can proceed to classify the automorphisms
of Bool. For this, we’ll need
another lemma: If a function Bool → Bool doesn’t
map f x ≡ x, then it maps f x ≡ not x.
Bool-aut≡2 : (Bool ≡ Bool) ≡ Lift _ Bool
Bool-aut≡2 = Iso→Path the-iso where
lemma : (f : Bool → Bool) {x : Bool} → ¬ f x ≡ x → f x ≡ not x
lemma f {false} x = caseᵈ (f false ≡ true) of λ where
(yes p) → p
(no ¬p) → absurd (¬p (x≠false→x≡true _ x))
lemma f {true} x = caseᵈ (f true ≡ false) of λ where
(yes p) → p
(no ¬p) → absurd (¬p (x≠true→x≡false _ x))This lemma is slightly annoying to prove, but it’s not too
complicated. It’s essentially two case splits: first on the boolean, and
second on whether we’re looking at f x ≡ not x. If we are,
then it’s fine (those are the yes p = p cases) - otherwise
that contradicts what we’ve been told.
the-iso : Iso (Bool ≡ Bool) (Lift _ Bool)
fst the-iso path = caseᵈ (transport path true ≡ true) of λ where
(yes path) → lift false
(no ¬path) → lift trueNow we classify the isomorphism by looking at what it does to true. We arbitrarily map refl to false and not to true.
the-iso .snd .is-iso.from (lift false) = refl
the-iso .snd .is-iso.from (lift true) = ua not≃The inverse is determined by the same rule, but backwards. That’s why
it’s an inverse! Everything computes in a way that lines up to this
function being a right inverse on the nose.
the-iso .snd .is-iso.rinv (lift false) = refl
the-iso .snd .is-iso.rinv (lift true) = reflThe left inverse is a lot more complicated to prove. We examine how
the path acts on both true and false. There
are four cases:
the-iso .snd .is-iso.linv path with transport path true ≡? true
| transport path false ≡? false
... | yes true→true | yes false→false =
refl ≡⟨ sym (Path≃Equiv .snd .linv _) ⟩
ua (path→equiv refl) ≡⟨ ap ua path→equiv-refl ⟩
ua (_ , id-equiv) ≡⟨ ap ua (sym (idLemma _ true→true false→false)) ⟩
ua (path→equiv path) ≡⟨ Path≃Equiv .snd .linv _ ⟩
path ∎In the case where the path quacks like reflexivity, we use the univalence
axiom to show that we must be looking at the reflexivity path. For
this, we use idLemma to show that
path→equiv path must be the identity equivalence.
... | yes true→true | no false→true' =
let
false→true = lemma (transport path) false→true'
fibres = is-contr→is-prop (path→equiv path .snd .is-eqv true)
(true , true→true) (false , false→true)
in absurd (true≠false (ap fst fibres))The second case is when both booleans map to true. This is a contradiction - transport
along a path is an equivalence, and equivalences have contractible
fibres; Since we have two fibres over true, that means we must have
true ≡ false.
... | no true→false' | yes false→false =
let
true→false = lemma (transport path) true→false'
fibres = is-contr→is-prop (path→equiv path .snd .is-eqv false)
(true , true→false) (false , false→false)
in absurd (true≠false (ap fst fibres))The other case is analogous.
... | no true→false' | no false→true' =
ua not≃
≡⟨ ap ua (sym (notLemma _
(lemma (transport path) true→false')
(lemma (transport path) false→true')))
⟩
ua (path→equiv path) ≡⟨ Path≃Equiv .snd .linv _ ⟩
path ∎The last case is when the path quacks like ua (not, _) -
in that case, we use the notLemma
to show it must be ua (not, _), and the univalence
axiom finishes the job.