Experimenting with cong in the Idris REPL - proof

TL;DR: I'd like an example or two of using cong in the Idris REPL to help me understand it better.
The generic equality type is conceptually defined like so:
data (=) : a -> b -> Type where
Refl : x = x
When I first encountered this, I was very confused by the syntax. (I kept thinking of = as an operator rather than a type.) But playing around with it in the REPL helped me to understand. For example, we can declare types to represent false equalities:
λ> 2 + 2 = 5
4 = 5 : Type
λ> 2 = "wombat"
2 = "wombat" : Type
However, the only constructor for the = is Refl, and we can only use it when the two arguments are equal.
λΠ> the (4 = 4) Refl
Refl : 4 = 4
λΠ> the (4 = 5) Refl
... type mismatch
So now I'm trying to understand cong by experimenting with it in the REPL.
The function cong proves that if two values are equal, applying a
function to them produces an equal result. I found the definition.
cong : {f : t -> u} -> (a = b) -> f a = f b
cong Refl = Refl
So, for example, if I define...
λ> :let twoEqTwo = the (2 = 2) Refl
defined
...then I expected to be able to show that adding 1 to both sides results in another equality.
λΠ> :let ty = (S 2 = S 2)
defined
λΠ> the ty (cong twoEqTwo)
...type mismatch
Can anyone show me an example or two of using cong in the REPL?

The 2s are of the wrong type. They have defaulted to the type Integer in twoEqTwo, because they have no other constraints. See, an unconstrained 2:
idris> 2
2 : Integer
Yet, in ty, you say S 2. The S forces the whole thing to work in Nat:
idris> S 2
3 : Nat
Make twoEqTwo work in Nat, too:
idris> :let twoEqTwo = the (the Nat 2 = 2) Refl
idris> the (S 2 = S 2) twoEqTwo
Refl : 3 = 3
Note that type inference can sort this out itself if you let it see the entire expression:
idris> the (S 2 = S 2) (cong (the (2 = 2) Refl))
Refl : 3 = 3

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OCaml : recursive function dealing with parity between list elements and an int

This function should take two arguments a list and an int. if an element of the list and the number “a” parity is equal then they’d have to be summed, else the two numbers should be subtracted.
The calculation should be done in this order :
At the beginning, the residual value r is the value of a,
Each element e of lst (taken in the order given by the list) affects the residual value: if e and r are of the same parity (both odd or both even) then the new r’ is equal to the sum of r + e, if not then it should be equal to the subtraction of r - e,
The last r is the result expected.
To put this into an example:
par [4;7;3;6] 5
should return -1, it would work as follows :
5 and 4 have a different parity so we subtract -> 5 - 4 = 1
1 and 7 are both odd, so we add them together -> 1 + 7 = 8
8 and 3 have a different parity -> 8 - 3 = 5
Finally, 5 and 6 have different parity -> 5 - 6 = -1
I have thought of something like this below :
let rec par lst a =
match lst with
| [] -> 0
| h::t -> if (h mod 2 == 0 && a mod 2 == 0) || (h mod 2 == 1 && a mod 2 == 1) then a + h
| h::t -> if (h mod 2 == 0 && a mod 2 == 1) || (h mod 2 == 1 && a mod 2 == 0) then a - h :: par t a ;;
EDIT1 : Here is the error I get from the compiler :
Line 4, characters 83-88: Error: This expression has type int but an
expression was expected of type unit because it is in the result of a
conditional with no else branch
The idea is to build this function using no more than the following predefined functions List.hd, List.tl et List.length.
What is disturbing in my proposition above and how to remediate it? Anyone can help me resolve this, please?
EDIT 2:
I was able to do what is needed with if...then... else syntax (not the best I know for OCaml) but I personally have more difficulties sometimes understanding the pattern matching. Anyhow here's what I got :
let rec par lst a = (* Sorry it might hurt some sensible eyes *)
if List.length lst = 0 then a
else
let r = if (List.hd lst + a) mod 2 == 0 then (a + (List.hd lst))
else (a - (List.hd lst)) in
par (List.tl lst) r ;;
val par : int list -> int -> int = <fun>
Suggestions and help to put it into a pattern-matching syntax are welcomed.
Your code doesn't compile. Did you try compiling it? Did you read the errors and warnings produced by the compiler? Could you please add them to your question?
A few comments about your code:
| h::t -> if ... then ... should be | h::t when ... -> ...;
(h mod 2 == 0 && a mod 2 == 0) || (h mod 2 == 1 && a mod 2 == 1) can be simplified to (h - a) mod 2 == 0;
The compiler likes to know that the matching was exhaustive; in particular, you don't need to repeat the test in the third line of the matching (the third line will only be read if the test was false in the second line);
You are missing the recursive call in the second line of the matching;
In the third line of the matching, you are returning a list rather than a number (the compiler should have explicitly told you about that type mismatch!! did you not read the compiler error message?);
In the first line of the matching, in case the list is empty, you return 0. Are you sure that 0 is the value you want to return, when you've reached the end of the list? What about the residual value that you have calculated?
Once you have fixed this version of your code as a recursive function, I recommend trying to write a code solving the same problem using List.fold_left, rather than List.hd and List.tl as you are suggesting.
When I first wrote my answer, I included a fixed version of your code, but I think I'd be doing you a disservice by handing out the solution rather than letting you figure it out.

Proving if n = m and m = o, then n + m = m + o in Idris?

I am trying to improve my Idris skill by looking at some of the exercises Software Foundations (originally for Coq, but I am hoping the translation to Idris not too bad). I am having trouble with the "Exercise: 1 star (plus_id_exercise)" which reads:
Remove "Admitted." and fill in the proof.
Theorem plus_id_exercise : ∀ n m o : nat,
n = m → m = o → n + m = m + o.
Proof.
(* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted.
I have translated to the following problem in Idris:
plusIdExercise : (n : Nat) ->
(m : Nat) ->
(o : Nat) ->
(n == m) = True ->
(m == o) = True ->
(n + m == m + o) = True
I am trying to perform a case by case analysis and I am having a lot of issues. The first case:
plusIdExercise Z Z Z n_eq_m n_eq_o = Refl
seems to work, but then I want to say for instance:
plusIdExercise (S n) Z Z n_eq_m n_eq_o = absurd
But this doesn't work and gives:
When checking right hand side of plusIdExercise with expected type
S n + 0 == 0 + 0 = True
Type mismatch between
t -> a (Type of absurd)
and
False = True (Expected type)
Specifically:
Type mismatch between
\uv => t -> uv
and
(=) FalseUnification failure
I am trying to say this case can never happen because n == m, but Z (= m) is never the successor of any number (n). Is there anything I can do to fix this? Am I approaching this correctly? I am somewhat confused.
I would argue that the translation is not entirely correct. The lemma stated in Coq does not use boolean equality on natural numbers, it uses the so-called propositional equality. In Coq you can ask the system to give you more information about things:
Coq < About "=".
eq : forall A : Type, A -> A -> Prop
The above means = (it is syntactic sugar for eq type) takes two arguments of some type A and produces a proposition, not a boolean value.
That means that a direct translation would be the following snippet
plusIdExercise : (n = m) -> (m = o) -> (n + m = m + o)
plusIdExercise Refl Refl = Refl
And when you pattern-match on values of the equality type, Idris essentially rewrites terms according to the corresponding equation (it's roughly equivalent to Coq's rewrite tactic).
By the way, you might find the Software Foundations in Idris project useful.

The type signature for `isprime' lacks an accompanying binding

I have this code:
esprimo :: Int->Bool
esPrimo x = if length (div x x) == 2 then True else False
But I pulled the error is above
In addition to what sibi said, I think what you are trying to do is this:
isPrime :: Int -> Bool
isPrime x = if length [d | d <- [1..x], x `mod` d == 0] == 2 then True else False
this is basically the direct translation of the mathematical concept of beeing prime into Haskell.
As you don't need the if as it checks the same == already returns a bit more readable might be:
isPrime :: Int -> Bool
isPrime x = length divisors == 2
where divisors = [d | d <- [1..x], x `isMultipleOf` d]
isMultipleOf m n = m `mod` n == 0
Please note that this is of course not the most performant prime-test.
The exact reason for your error is because of the different cases you have used in the type signature and the type definition:
esprimo :: Int -> Bool -- p should be capital here to work.
esPrimo x = if length (div x x) == 2 then True else False
Haskell is case sensitive, so esprimo and esPrimo are different. That being said there is other type error in your code: the type of div is div :: Integral a => a -> a -> a, so it returns a and you are applying length function on it. But length function only accepts list i.e [a] and not a which will produce you type error.

How to create a Prouhet–Thue–Morse sequence in Haskell?

I'm a noob in Haskell, but some experience with ActionScript 3.0 Object Orientated. Thus working on a major programming transition. I've read the basic knowledge about Haskel, like arithmetics. And I can write simple functions.
As a practical assignment I have to generate the Thue-Morse sequence called tms1 by computer in Haskell. So it should be like this:
>tms1 0
0
>tms1 1
1
>tms1 2
10
>tms1 3
1001
>tms1 4
10010110
and so on... According to wikipedia I should use the formula.
t0 = 0
t2n = tn
t2n + 1 = 1 − tn
I have no idea how I can implement this formula in Haskell. Can you guide me to create one?
This is what I got so far:
module ThueMorse where
tms1 :: Int -> Int
tms1 0 = 0
tms1 1 = 1
tms1 2 = 10
tms1 3 = 1001
tms1 x = tms1 ((x-1)) --if x = 4 the output will be 1001, i don't know how to make this in a recursion function
I did some research on the internet and found this code.
Source:
http://pastebin.com/Humyf6Kp
Code:
module ThueMorse where
tms1 :: [Int]
tms1 = buildtms1 [0] 1
where buildtms1 x n
|(n `rem` 2 == 0) = buildtms1 (x++[(x !! (n `div` 2))]) (n+1)
|(n `rem` 2 == 1) = buildtms1 (x++[1- (x !! ((n-1) `div` 2))]) (n+1)
custinv [] = []
custinv x = (1-head x):(custinv (tail x))
tms3 :: [Int]
tms3 = buildtms3 [0] 1
where buildtms3 x n = buildtms3 (x++(custinv x)) (n*2)
intToBinary :: Int -> [Bool]
intToBinary n | (n==0) = []
| (n `rem` 2 ==0) = intToBinary (n `div` 2) ++ [False]
| (n `rem` 2 ==1) = intToBinary (n `div` 2) ++ [True]
amountTrue :: [Bool] -> Int
amountTrue [] = 0
amountTrue (x:xs) | (x==True) = 1+amountTrue(xs)
| (x==False) = amountTrue(xs)
tms4 :: [Int]
tms4= buildtms4 0
where buildtms4 n
|(amountTrue (intToBinary n) `rem` 2 ==0) = 0:(buildtms4 (n+1))
|(amountTrue (intToBinary n) `rem` 2 ==1) = 1:(buildtms4 (n+1))
But this code doesn't give the desired result. Any help is well appreciated.
I would suggest using a list of booleans for your code; then you don't need to explicitly convert the numbers. I use the sequence defined like this:
0
01
0110
01101001
0110100110010110
01101001100101101001011001101001
...
Notice that the leading zeros are quite important!
A recursive definition is now easy:
morse = [False] : map step morse where step a = a ++ map not a
This works because we never access an element that is not yet defined. Printing the list is left as an excercise to the reader.
Here is another definition, using the fact that one can get the next step by replacing 1 with 10 and 0 with 01:
morse = [False] : map (concatMap step) morse where step x = [x,not x]
Edit
Here are easier definitions by sdcvvc using the function iterate. iterate f x returns a list of repeated applications of f to x, starting with no application:
iterate f x = [x,f x,f (f x),f (f (f x)),...]
And here are the definitions:
morse = iterate (\a -> a ++ map not a) [False]
morse = iterate (>>= \x -> [x,not x]) [False]
Your definition of the sequence seems to be as a sequence of bit sequences:
0 1 10 1001 10010110 ... etc.
t0 t1 t2 t3 t4
but the wikipedia page defines it as a single bit sequence:
0 1 1 0 1 ... etc
t0 t1 t2 t3 t4
This is the formulation that the definitions in Wikipedia refer to. With this knowledge, the definition of the recurrence relation that you mentioned is easier to understand:
t0 = 0
t2n = tn
t2n + 1 = 1 − tn
In English, this can be stated as:
The zeroth bit is zero.
For an even, non-zero index, the bit is the same as the bit at half the index.
For an odd index, the bit is 1 minus the bit at half the (index minus one).
The tricky part is going from subscripts 2n and 2n+1 to odd and even, and understanding what n means in each case. Once that is done, it is straightforward to write a function that computes the *n*th bit of the sequence:
lookupMorse :: Int -> Int
lookupMorse 0 = 0;
lookupMorse n | even n = lookupMorse (div n 2)
| otherwise = 1 - lookupMorse (div (n-1) 2)
If you want the whole sequence, map lookupMorse over the non-negative integers:
morse :: [Int]
morse = map lookupMorse [0..]
This is the infinite Thue-Morse sequence. To show it, take a few of them, turn them into strings, and concatenate the resulting sequence:
>concatMap show $ take 10 morse
"0110100110"
Finally, if you want to use the "sequence of bit sequences" definition, you need to first drop some bits from the sequence, and then take some. The number to drop is the same as the number to take, except for the zero-index case:
lookupMorseAlternate :: Int -> [Int]
lookupMorseAlternate 0 = take 1 morse
lookupMorseAlternate n = take len $ drop len morse
where
len = 2 ^ (n-1)
This gives rise to the alternative sequence definition:
morseAlternate :: [[Int]]
morseAlternate = map lookupMorseAlternate [0..]
which you can use like this:
>concatMap show $ lookupMorseAlternate 4
"10010110"
>map (concatMap show) $ take 5 morseAlternate
["0", "1", "10", "1001", "10010110"]
Easy like this:
invertList :: [Integer] -> [Integer]
invertList [] = []
invertList (h:t)
|h == 1 = 0:invertList t
|h == 0 = 1:invertList t
|otherwise = error "Wrong Parameters: Should be 0 or 1"
thueMorse :: Integer -> [Integer]
thueMorse 1 = [0]
thueMorse n = thueMorse (n - 1) ++ invertList (thueMorse (n - 1))

OCaml: Currying without defined values

I have two functions f and g and I am trying to return f(g(x)) but I do not know the value of x and I am not really sure how to go about this.
A more concrete example: if I have functions f = x + 1 and g = x * 2 and I am trying to return f(g(x)) I should get a function equal to (x*2) + 1
It looks like you have it right, f(g(x)) should work fine. I'm not sure why you have a return keyword there (it's not a keyword in ocaml). Here is a correct version,
let compose f g x = f (g x)
The type definition for this is,
val compose : ('b -> 'c) -> ('a -> 'b) -> 'a -> 'c = <fun>
Each, 'a,'b,'c are abstract types; we don't care what they are, they just need to be consistent in the definition (so, the domain of g must be in the range of f).
let x_plus_x_plus_1 = compose (fun x -> x + 1) (fun x -> x * 2)