#| Copyright (C) 1994 by Computational Logic, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This script is hereby placed in the public domain, and therefore unlimited editing and redistribution is permitted. NO WARRANTY Computational Logic, Inc. PROVIDES ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. THE EVENT SCRIPT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SCRIPT IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE SCRIPT PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION. IN NO EVENT WILL Computational Logic, Inc. BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES, ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST MONIES, OR OTHER SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS SCRIPT (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY THIRD PARTIES), EVEN IF YOU HAVE ADVISED US OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY OTHER PARTY. |# ;; A solution to the Gilbreath card trick challenge. ;; Matt Kaufmann, 10/92. ;; The proof splits into two halves. The lemma main-1 handles the ;; case in which we do not make the final adjustment of rotating one ;; card. The lemma main-2 handles the other case. We glue these ;; together in the final theorem, main. (boot-strap nqthm) (defn length (x) (if (listp x) (add1 (length (cdr x))) 0)) ;; The following definition takes an arbitrary `oracle', which says ;; whether the next card in the shuffle comes from the left pile or ;; the right pile. See below for the definition of shuffle-top, ;; which makes the `move one card' adjustment when necessary. (defn shuffle (left right oracle) (if (nlistp left) right (if (nlistp right) left (if (car oracle) (cons (car left) (shuffle (cdr left) right (cdr oracle))) (cons (car right) (shuffle left (cdr right) (cdr oracle)))))) ((lessp (plus (length left) (length right))))) ;; To be really arbitrary, we postulate a color function that takes ;; two values (which might as well be booleans), using the ;; conservative CONSTRAIN principle to make this postulation. (constrain color-intro (rewrite) (or (truep (color x)) (falsep (color x))) ((color numberp))) (defn same-color (x y) (iff (color x) (color y))) (defn altp (pile) ;; predicate asserting that the colors in the pile of cards alternate (if (listp pile) (if (listp (cdr pile)) (if (same-color (car pile) (cadr pile)) f (altp (cdr pile))) t) t)) (defn last (x) (if (and (listp x) (listp (cdr x))) (last (cdr x)) (car x))) (defn butlast (x) (if (and (listp x) (listp (cdr x))) (cons (car x) (butlast (cdr x))) nil)) (defn shuffle-top (left right oracle) (let ((shuf (shuffle left right oracle))) (if (not (same-color (last left) (last right))) shuf (cons (last shuf) (butlast shuf))))) (defn even-length-p-rec (x) (if (listp x) (not (even-length-p-rec (cdr x))) t)) (prove-lemma even-length-p-rec-rewrite (rewrite) (implies (and (listp x) (altp x)) (equal (even-length-p-rec x) (not (same-color (car x) (last x)))))) (prove-lemma even-length-p-rec-append (rewrite) (equal (even-length-p-rec (append x y)) (iff (even-length-p-rec x) (even-length-p-rec y)))) ;; A conditional rewrite rule with hypothesis ;; (and (listp x) (listp y)) would probably suffice for most of the ;; proof, but I believe that this version is needed somewhere late in ;; the proof. (prove-lemma altp-append (rewrite) (equal (altp (append x y)) (and (altp x) (altp y) (implies (and (listp x) (listp y)) (not (same-color (last x) (car y))))))) ;; Probably the following lemma isn't needed till the end, but let's ;; make sure that we can prove it. Once we know this to be true, ;; we'll use it implicitly by adding in the hypothesis ;; (not (same-color (car left) (car right))) to main-1 (and similarly ;; for main-2). (prove-lemma last-same-color-iff-first-same-color (rewrite) (implies (and (listp left) (listp right) (altp (append left right)) (even-length-p-rec (append left right))) (iff (same-color (last left) (last right)) (same-color (car left) (car right)))) ((use (even-length-p-rec-rewrite (x left)) (even-length-p-rec-rewrite (x right))) (disable even-length-p-rec-rewrite))) ;; Here is the induction scheme we use for main-1, and in fact also ;; for main-2 (actually main-2-lemma). (defn main-1-induction (left right oracle) (if (or (nlistp left) (nlistp right)) t (if (car oracle) (if (cadr oracle) (main-1-induction (cddr left) right (cddr oracle)) (main-1-induction (cdr left) (cdr right) (cddr oracle))) (if (cadr oracle) (main-1-induction (cdr left) (cdr right) (cddr oracle)) (main-1-induction left (cddr right) (cddr oracle))))) ((lessp (plus (length left) (length right))))) (defn alt2-p (x) ;; recognizes when successive (disjoint) pairs of cards from the ;; pile each have one card of each color (if (listp x) (if (listp (cdr x)) (and (not (same-color (car x) (cadr x))) (alt2-p (cddr x))) f) t)) (prove-lemma altp-implies-alt2-p (rewrite) (implies (altp x) (equal (alt2-p x) (even-length-p-rec x))) ((induct (alt2-p x)))) (prove-lemma last-append (rewrite) (implies (listp y) (equal (last (append x y)) (last y)))) ;; Now we may prove a version of the first half. (prove-lemma main-1 () (implies (and (listp left) (listp right) (even-length-p-rec (append left right)) (altp left) (altp right) (not (same-color (car left) (car right))) (not (same-color (last left) (last right)))) (alt2-p (shuffle left right oracle))) ((induct (main-1-induction left right oracle)))) ;; For the other half, we modify the notion of alt2-p (calling the ;; result by the weird name alt3-p), except that we expect an odd ;; number of cards. Our strategy is to first prove that in the second ;; case, the CDR of the shuffle has this alt3-p property ;; (main-2-lemma). Then we can show that when we move the final card ;; of the shuffle to the top, the result is an alt2-p. The lemma ;; alt3-p-to-alt2-p below lets us do that little adjustment, once we ;; know (by the lemma shuffle-preserves-reds-equal-blacks) that the ;; shuffle has the property that the numbers of red and black cards in ;; it are the same. (defn alt3-p (x) ;; just like alt2-p, except there should be an odd number of elements (if (listp x) (if (listp (cdr x)) (and (not (same-color (car x) (cadr x))) (alt3-p (cddr x))) t) f)) ;; The following lemma is analogous to one proved for main-1; then the ;; proof of main-2-lemma goes through. (prove-lemma altp-implies-alt3-p (rewrite) (implies (altp x) (equal (alt3-p x) (not (even-length-p-rec x)))) ((induct (alt3-p x)))) (prove-lemma main-2-lemma () (implies (and (listp left) (listp right) (even-length-p-rec (append left right)) (altp left) (altp right) (same-color (car left) (car right)) (same-color (last left) (last right))) (alt3-p (cdr (shuffle left right oracle)))) ((induct (main-1-induction left right oracle)))) (defn count-color (color x) ;; the number of cards in the pile x with the indicated color (if (listp x) (if (equal color (color (car x))) (add1 (count-color color (cdr x))) (count-color color (cdr x))) 0)) (defn reds-equal-blacks (x) (equal (count-color t x) (count-color f x))) (prove-lemma alt-implies-reds-equal-blacks () (implies (altp x) (if (even-length-p-rec x) (equal (count-color t x) (count-color f x)) (if (color (car x)) (equal (count-color t x) (add1 (count-color f x))) (equal (add1 (count-color t x)) (count-color f x))))) ((induct (alt2-p x)))) (prove-lemma count-color-shuffle (rewrite) (equal (count-color color (shuffle x y oracle)) (plus (count-color color x) (count-color color y)))) (prove-lemma shuffle-preserves-reds-equal-blacks (rewrite) (implies (and (altp (append x y)) (even-length-p-rec (append x y))) (reds-equal-blacks (shuffle x y oracle))) ((use (alt-implies-reds-equal-blacks) (alt-implies-reds-equal-blacks (x y))) (disable alt-implies-reds-equal-blacks))) (prove-lemma alt3-p-to-alt2-p () (implies (and (reds-equal-blacks (cons a x)) (alt3-p x)) (alt2-p (cons (last x) (butlast (cons a x))))) ((induct (alt3-p x)))) (prove-lemma shuffle-cdr (rewrite) (implies (and (listp x) (listp y)) (and (listp (shuffle x y oracle)) (listp (cdr (shuffle x y oracle)))))) (prove-lemma main-2 () (implies (and (listp left) (listp right) (even-length-p-rec (append left right)) (altp left) (altp right) (altp (append left right)) (same-color (car left) (car right)) (same-color (last left) (last right))) (alt2-p (shuffle-top left right oracle))) ((disable-theory t) (enable-theory ground-zero) (enable shuffle-top shuffle-cdr shuffle-preserves-reds-equal-blacks even-length-p-rec-append) (expand (last (shuffle (cons x z) (cons v w) oracle))) (use (main-2-lemma) (alt3-p-to-alt2-p (x (cdr (shuffle left right oracle))) (a (car (shuffle left right oracle))))))) ;; The following three events are there simply to show that our ;; definition of ``even length'' is honest. (defn even-length-p (x) (equal (remainder (length x) 2) 0)) (prove-lemma remainder-2-add1 (rewrite) (equal (equal (remainder (add1 x) 2) 0) (not (equal (remainder x 2) 0))) ((expand (difference x 2) (difference (sub1 x) 1) (remainder x 2) (remainder (add1 x) 2)))) (prove-lemma even-length-p-is-even-length-p-rec (rewrite) (equal (even-length-p x) (even-length-p-rec x))) (prove-lemma main (rewrite) (implies (and (listp left) (listp right) (even-length-p (append left right)) (altp (append left right))) (alt2-p (shuffle-top left right oracle))) ((use (main-1) (main-2)) (disable-theory t) (enable-theory ground-zero) (enable even-length-p-is-even-length-p-rec last-append shuffle-top even-length-p-rec-rewrite altp-append last-same-color-iff-first-same-color)))