W types #
Given α : Type and β : α → Type, the W type determined by this data, WType β, is the
inductively defined type of trees where the nodes are labeled by elements of α and the children of
a node labeled a are indexed by elements of β a.
This file is currently a stub, awaiting a full development of the theory. Currently, the main result
is that if α is an encodable fintype and β a is encodable for every a : α, then WType β is
encodable. This can be used to show the encodability of other inductive types, such as those that
are commonly used to formalize syntax, e.g. terms and expressions in a given language. The strategy
is illustrated in the example found in the file prop_encodable in the archive/examples folder of
mathlib.
Implementation details #
While the name WType is somewhat verbose, it is preferable to putting a single character
identifier W in the root namespace.
Given β : α → Type*, WType β is the type of finitely branching trees where nodes are labeled by
elements of α and the children of a node labeled a are indexed by elements of β a.
Instances For
Equations
- instInhabitedWTypeUnitEmpty = { default := WType.mk () Empty.elim }
The canonical map to the corresponding sigma type, returning the label of a node as an
element a of α, and the children of the node as a function β a → WType β.
Equations
- WType.toSigma x = match x with | WType.mk a f => { fst := a, snd := f }
Instances For
The canonical map from the sigma type into a WType. Given a node a : α, and
its children as a function β a → WType β, return the corresponding tree.
Equations
- WType.ofSigma x = match x with | { fst := a, snd := f } => WType.mk a f
Instances For
The canonical bijection with the sigma type, showing that WType is a fixed point of
the polynomial functor X ↦ Σ a : α, β a → X.
Equations
- WType.equivSigma β = { toFun := WType.toSigma, invFun := WType.ofSigma, left_inv := ⋯, right_inv := ⋯ }
Instances For
The canonical map from WType β into any type γ given a map (Σ a : α, β a → γ) → γ.
Equations
- WType.elim γ fγ (WType.mk a f) = fγ { fst := a, snd := fun (b : β a) => WType.elim γ fγ (f b) }
Instances For
The depth of a finitely branching tree.
Equations
- WType.depth (WType.mk a f) = (Finset.sup Finset.univ fun (n : β a) => WType.depth (f n)) + 1