<sect1 id="tac_absurd">
<title>absurd <term></title>
+ <titleabbrev>absurd</titleabbrev>
<para><userinput>absurd P</userinput></para>
<para>
<variablelist>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_apply">
<title>apply <term></title>
+ <titleabbrev>apply</titleabbrev>
<para><userinput>apply t</userinput></para>
<para>
<variablelist>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_assumption">
<title>assumption</title>
- <para><userinput>assumption</userinput></para>
+ <titleabbrev>assumption</titleabbrev>
+ <para><userinput>assumption </userinput></para>
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_auto">
<title>auto [depth=<int>] [width=<int>] [paramodulation] [full]</title>
+ <titleabbrev>auto</titleabbrev>
<para><userinput>auto depth=d width=w paramodulation full</userinput></para>
<para>
<variablelist>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_clear">
<title>clear <id></title>
+ <titleabbrev>clear</titleabbrev>
<para><userinput>clear H</userinput></para>
<para>
<variablelist>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_clearbody">
<title>clearbody <id></title>
+ <titleabbrev>clearbody</titleabbrev>
<para><userinput>clearbody H</userinput></para>
<para>
<variablelist>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_change">
<title>change <pattern> with <term></title>
+ <titleabbrev>change</titleabbrev>
<para><userinput>change patt with t</userinput></para>
<para>
<variablelist>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_constructor">
<title>constructor <int></title>
+ <titleabbrev>constructor</titleabbrev>
<para><userinput>constructor n</userinput></para>
<para>
<variablelist>
<term>Pre-conditions:</term>
<listitem>
<para>the conclusion of the current sequent must be
- an inductive type or the application of an inductive type.</para>
+ an inductive type or the application of an inductive type with
+ at least <command>n</command> constructors.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_contradiction">
<title>contradiction</title>
- <para><userinput>contradiction</userinput></para>
+ <titleabbrev>contradiction</titleabbrev>
+ <para><userinput>contradiction </userinput></para>
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_cut">
<title>cut <term> [as <id>]</title>
+ <titleabbrev>cut</titleabbrev>
<para><userinput>cut P as H</userinput></para>
<para>
<variablelist>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_decompose">
<title>decompose [<ident list>] <ident> [<intros_spec>]</title>
+ <titleabbrev>decompose</titleabbrev>
<para><userinput>decompose ???</userinput></para>
<para>
<variablelist>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_discriminate">
<title>discriminate <term></title>
+ <titleabbrev>discriminate</titleabbrev>
<para><userinput>discriminate p</userinput></para>
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>Pre-conditions:</term>
<listitem>
- <para><command>p</command> must have type <command>K<subscript>1</subscript> t<subscript>1</subscript> ... t<subscript>n</subscript> = K'<subscript>1</subscript> t'<subscript>1</subscript> ... t'<subscript>m</subscript></command> where <command>K</command> and <command>K'</command> must be different constructors of the same inductive type and each argument list can be empty if
+ <para><command>p</command> must have type <command>K t<subscript>1</subscript> ... t<subscript>n</subscript> = K' t'<subscript>1</subscript> ... t'<subscript>m</subscript></command> where <command>K</command> and <command>K'</command> must be different constructors of the same inductive type and each argument list can be empty if
its constructor takes no arguments.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_elim">
<title>elim <term> [using <term>] [<intros_spec>]</title>
+ <titleabbrev>elim</titleabbrev>
<para><userinput>elim t using th hyps</userinput></para>
<para>
<variablelist>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_elimType">
<title>elimType <term> [using <term>]</title>
+ <titleabbrev>elimType</titleabbrev>
<para><userinput>elimType T using th</userinput></para>
<para>
<variablelist>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_exact">
<title>exact <term></title>
+ <titleabbrev>exact</titleabbrev>
<para><userinput>exact p</userinput></para>
<para>
<variablelist>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_exists">
<title>exists</title>
- <para><userinput>exists</userinput></para>
+ <titleabbrev>exists</titleabbrev>
+ <para><userinput>exists </userinput></para>
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>Pre-conditions:</term>
<listitem>
<para>the conclusion of the current sequent must be
- an inductive type or the application of an inductive type.</para>
+ an inductive type or the application of an inductive type
+ with at least one constructor.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_fail">
- <title>fail</title>
+ <title>fail </title>
+ <titleabbrev>failt</titleabbrev>
<para><userinput>fail</userinput></para>
<para>
<variablelist>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_fold">
<title>fold <reduction_kind> <term> <pattern></title>
+ <titleabbrev>fold</titleabbrev>
<para><userinput>fold red t patt</userinput></para>
<para>
<variablelist>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_fourier">
<title>fourier</title>
- <para><userinput>fourier</userinput></para>
+ <titleabbrev>fourier</titleabbrev>
+ <para><userinput>fourier </userinput></para>
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_fwd">
<title>fwd <ident> [<ident list>]</title>
+ <titleabbrev>fwd</titleabbrev>
<para><userinput>fwd ...TODO</userinput></para>
<para>
<variablelist>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_generalize">
<title>generalize <pattern> [as <id>]</title>
- <para>The tactic <command>generalize</command> </para>
+ <titleabbrev>generalize</titleabbrev>
+ <para><userinput>generalize patt as H</userinput></para>
+ <para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Pre-conditions:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>all the terms matched by <command>patt</command> must be
+ convertible and close in the context of the current sequent.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Action:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>it closes the current sequent by applying a stronger
+ lemma that is proved using the new generated sequent.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>New sequents to prove:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>it opens a new sequent where the current sequent conclusion
+ <command>G</command> is generalized to
+ <command>∀x.G{x/t}</command> where <command>{x/t}</command>
+ is a notation for the replacement with <command>x</command> of all
+ the occurrences of the term <command>t</command> matched by
+ <command>patt</command>. If <command>patt</command> matches no
+ subterm then <command>t</command> is defined as the
+ <command>wanted</command> part of the pattern.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_id">
<title>id</title>
- <para>The tactic <command>id</command> </para>
+ <titleabbrev>id</titleabbrev>
+ <para><userinput>absurd P</userinput></para>
+ <para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Pre-conditions:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>none.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Action:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>this identity tactic does nothing without failing.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>New sequents to prove:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>none.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_injection">
<title>injection <term></title>
- <para>The tactic <command>injection</command> </para>
+ <titleabbrev>injection</titleabbrev>
+ <para><userinput>injection p</userinput></para>
+ <para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Pre-conditions:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para><command>p</command> must have type <command>K t<subscript>1</subscript> ... t<subscript>n</subscript> = K t'<subscript>1</subscript> ... t'<subscript>n</subscript></command> where both argument lists are empty if
+<command>K</command> takes no arguments.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Action:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>it derives new hypotheses by injectivity of
+ <command>K</command>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>New sequents to prove:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>the new sequent to prove is equal to the current sequent
+ with the additional hypotheses
+ <command>t<subscript>1</subscript>=t'<subscript>1</subscript></command> ... <command>t<subscript>n</subscript>=t'<subscript>n</subscript></command>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_intro">
<title>intro [<ident>]</title>
- <para>The tactic <command>intro</command> </para>
+ <titleabbrev>intro</titleabbrev>
+ <para><userinput>intro H</userinput></para>
+ <para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Pre-conditions:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>the conclusion of the sequent to prove must be an implication
+ or a universal quantification.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Action:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>it applies the right introduction rule for implication,
+ closing the current sequent.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>New sequents to prove:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>it opens a new sequent to prove adding to the hypothesis
+ the antecedent of the implication and setting the conclusion
+ to the consequent of the implicaiton. The name of the new
+ hypothesis is <command>H</command> if provided; otherwise it
+ is automatically generated.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_intros">
<title>intros <intros_spec></title>
- <para>The tactic <command>intros</command> </para>
+ <titleabbrev>intros</titleabbrev>
+ <para><userinput>intros hyps</userinput></para>
+ <para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Pre-conditions:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>If <command>hyps</command> specifies a number of hypotheses
+ to introduce, then the conclusion of the current sequent must
+ be formed by at least that number of imbricated implications
+ or universal quantifications.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Action:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>it applies several times the right introduction rule for
+ implication, closing the current sequent.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>New sequents to prove:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>it opens a new sequent to prove adding a number of new
+ hypotheses equal to the number of new hypotheses requested.
+ If the user does not request a precise number of new hypotheses,
+ it adds as many hypotheses as possible.
+ The name of each new hypothesis is either popped from the
+ user provided list of names, or it is automatically generated when
+ the list is (or becomes) empty.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_inversion">
- <title>intros <term></title>
- <para>The tactic <command>intros</command> </para>
+ <title>inversion <term></title>
+ <titleabbrev>inversion</titleabbrev>
+ <para><userinput>inversion t</userinput></para>
+ <para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Pre-conditions:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>the type of the term <command>t</command> must be an inductive
+ type or the application of an inductive type.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Action:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>it proceeds by cases on <command>t</command> paying attention
+ to the constraints imposed by the actual "right arguments"
+ of the inductive type.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>New sequents to prove:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>it opens one new sequent to prove for each case in the
+ definition of the type of <command>t</command>. With respect to
+ a simple elimination, each new sequent has additional hypotheses
+ that states the equalities of the "right parameters"
+ of the inductive type with terms originally present in the
+ sequent to prove.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_lapply">
<title>lapply [depth=<int>] <term> [to <term list] [using <ident>]</title>
- <para>The tactic <command>lapply</command> </para>
+ <titleabbrev>lapply</titleabbrev>
+ <para><userinput>lapply ???</userinput></para>
+ <para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Pre-conditions:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>TODO.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Action:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>TODO.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>New sequents to prove:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>TODO.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_left">
<title>left</title>
- <para>The tactic <command>left</command> </para>
+ <titleabbrev>left</titleabbrev>
+ <para><userinput>left </userinput></para>
+ <para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Pre-conditions:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>the conclusion of the current sequent must be
+ an inductive type or the application of an inductive type
+ with at least one constructor.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Action:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>equivalent to <command>constructor 1</command>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>New sequents to prove:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>it opens a new sequent for each premise of the first
+ constructor of the inductive type that is the conclusion of the
+ current sequent. For more details, see the <command>constructor</command> tactic.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_letin">
<title>letin <ident> ≝ <term></title>
- <para>The tactic <command>letin</command> </para>
+ <titleabbrev>letin</titleabbrev>
+ <para><userinput>letin x ≝ t</userinput></para>
+ <para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Pre-conditions:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>none.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Action:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>it adds to the context of the current sequent to prove a new
+ definition <command>x ≝ t</command>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>New sequents to prove:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>none.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_normalize">
<title>normalize <pattern></title>
- <para>The tactic <command>normalize</command> </para>
+ <titleabbrev>normalize</titleabbrev>
+ <para><userinput>normalize patt</userinput></para>
+ <para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Pre-conditions:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>none.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Action:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>it replaces all the terms matched by <command>patt</command>
+ with their βδιζ-normal form.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>New sequents to prove:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>none.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_paramodulation">
<title>paramodulation <pattern></title>
- <para>The tactic <command>paramodulation</command> </para>
+ <titleabbrev>paramodulation</titleabbrev>
+ <para><userinput>paramodulation patt</userinput></para>
+ <para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Pre-conditions:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>TODO.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Action:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>TODO.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>New sequents to prove:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>TODO.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_reduce">
<title>reduce <pattern></title>
- <para>The tactic <command>reduce</command> </para>
+ <titleabbrev>reduce</titleabbrev>
+ <para><userinput>reduce patt</userinput></para>
+ <para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Pre-conditions:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>none.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Action:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>it replaces all the terms matched by <command>patt</command>
+ with their βδιζ-normal form.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>New sequents to prove:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>none.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_reflexivity">
<title>reflexivity</title>
- <para>The tactic <command>reflexivity</command> </para>
+ <titleabbrev>reflexivity</titleabbrev>
+ <para><userinput>reflexivity </userinput></para>
+ <para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Pre-conditions:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>the conclusion of the current sequent must be
+ <command>t=t</command> for some term <command>t</command></para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Action:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>it closes the current sequent by reflexivity
+ of equality.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>New sequents to prove:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>none.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_replace">
<title>replace <pattern> with <term></title>
- <para>The tactic <command>replace</command> </para>
+ <titleabbrev>change</titleabbrev>
+ <para><userinput>change patt with t</userinput></para>
+ <para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Pre-conditions:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>none.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Action:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>it replaces the subterms of the current sequent matched by
+ <command>patt</command> with the new term <command>t</command>.
+ For each subterm matched by the pattern, <command>t</command> is
+ disambiguated in the context of the subterm.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>New sequents to prove:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>for each matched term <command>t'</command> it opens
+ a new sequent to prove whose conclusion is
+ <command>t'=t</command>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_rewrite">
<title>rewrite {<|>} <term> <pattern></title>
- <para>The tactic <command>rewrite</command> </para>
+ <titleabbrev>rewrite</titleabbrev>
+ <para><userinput>rewrite dir p patt</userinput></para>
+ <para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Pre-conditions:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para><command>p</command> must be the proof of an equality,
+ possibly under some hypotheses.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Action:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>it looks in every term matched by <command>patt</command>
+ for all the occurrences of the
+ left hand side of the equality that <command>p</command> proves
+ (resp. the right hand side if <command>dir</command> is
+ <command><</command>). Every occurence found is replaced with
+ the opposite side of the equality.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>New sequents to prove:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>it opens one new sequent for each hypothesis of the
+ equality proved by <command>p</command> that is not closed
+ by unification.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_right">
<title>right</title>
- <para>The tactic <command>right</command> </para>
+ <titleabbrev>right</titleabbrev>
+ <para><userinput>right </userinput></para>
+ <para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Pre-conditions:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>the conclusion of the current sequent must be
+ an inductive type or the application of an inductive type with
+ at least two constructors.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Action:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>equivalent to <command>constructor 2</command>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>New sequents to prove:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>it opens a new sequent for each premise of the second
+ constructor of the inductive type that is the conclusion of the
+ current sequent. For more details, see the <command>constructor</command> tactic.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_ring">
<title>ring</title>
- <para>The tactic <command>ring</command> </para>
+ <titleabbrev>ring</titleabbrev>
+ <para><userinput>ring </userinput></para>
+ <para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Pre-conditions:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>the conclusion of the current sequent must be an
+ equality over Coq's real numbers that can be proved using
+ the ring properties of the real numbers only.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Action:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>it closes the current sequent veryfying the equality by
+ means of computation (i.e. this is a reflexive tactic, implemented
+ exploiting the "two level reasoning" technique).</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>New sequents to prove:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>none.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_simplify">
<title>simplify <pattern></title>
- <para>The tactic <command>simplify</command> </para>
+ <titleabbrev>simplify</titleabbrev>
+ <para><userinput>simplify patt</userinput></para>
+ <para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Pre-conditions:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>none.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Action:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>it replaces all the terms matched by <command>patt</command>
+ with other convertible terms that are supposed to be simpler.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>New sequents to prove:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>none.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_split">
<title>split</title>
- <para>The tactic <command>split</command> </para>
+ <titleabbrev>split</titleabbrev>
+ <para><userinput>split </userinput></para>
+ <para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Pre-conditions:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>the conclusion of the current sequent must be
+ an inductive type or the application of an inductive type with
+ at least one constructor.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Action:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>equivalent to <command>constructor 1</command>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>New sequents to prove:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>it opens a new sequent for each premise of the first
+ constructor of the inductive type that is the conclusion of the
+ current sequent. For more details, see the <command>constructor</command> tactic.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_symmetry">
<title>symmetry</title>
+ <titleabbrev>symmetry</titleabbrev>
<para>The tactic <command>symmetry</command> </para>
+ <para><userinput>symmetry </userinput></para>
+ <para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Pre-conditions:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>the conclusion of the current proof must be an equality.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Action:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>it swaps the two sides of the equalityusing the symmetric
+ property.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>New sequents to prove:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>none.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_transitivity">
<title>transitivity <term></title>
- <para>The tactic <command>transitivity</command> </para>
+ <titleabbrev>transitivity</titleabbrev>
+ <para><userinput>transitivity t</userinput></para>
+ <para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Pre-conditions:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>the conclusion of the current proof must be an equality.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Action:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>it closes the current sequent by transitivity of the equality.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>New sequents to prove:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>it opens two new sequents <command>l=t</command> and
+ <command>t=r</command> where <command>l</command> and <command>r</command> are the left and right hand side of the equality in the conclusion of
+the current sequent to prove.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_unfold">
<title>unfold [<term>] <pattern></title>
- <para>The tactic <command>unfold</command> </para>
+ <titleabbrev>unfold</titleabbrev>
+ <para><userinput>unfold t patt</userinput></para>
+ <para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Pre-conditions:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>none.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Action:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>it finds all the occurrences of <command>t</command>
+ (possibly applied to arguments) in the subterms matched by
+ <command>patt</command>. Then it δ-expands each occurrence,
+ also performing β-reduction of the obtained term. If
+ <command>t</command> is omitted it defaults to each
+ subterm matched by <command>patt</command>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>New sequents to prove:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>none.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tac_whd">
<title>whd <pattern></title>
- <para>The tactic <command>whd</command> </para>
+ <titleabbrev>whd</titleabbrev>
+ <para><userinput>whd patt</userinput></para>
+ <para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Pre-conditions:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>none.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Action:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>it replaces all the terms matched by <command>patt</command>
+ with their βδιζ-weak-head normal form.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>New sequents to prove:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>none.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
</sect1>
</chapter>