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#![deny(missing_docs)] //! A linear solver designed to be easy to use with Rust enums. //! //! This is a library for automated theorem proving. //! //! Linear solving means that some facts can be replaced with others. //! This technique can also be used to make theorem proving more efficient. //! //! If you are looking for a solver that does not remove facts, //! see [monotonic_solver](https://github.com/advancedresearch/monotonic_solver) //! //! *Notice! This solver does not support multiple histories. //! It assumes that when facts are simplified, //! they prove the same set of facts without the simplifaction.* //! //! A linear solver can be used to: //! //! - Prove some things in linear logic //! - Prove some things in classical logic more efficiently //! - Prove some things about where resources are "consumed" //! - Constraint solving //! - Implement some constraint solving programming language //! //! This project was heavily inspired by //! [CHR (Constraint Handling Rules)](https://dtai.cs.kuleuven.be/CHR/) //! //! ### Example: Walk //! //! ```rust //! /* //! //! In this example, we reduce a walk (left, right, up, down): //! //! l, l, u, l, r, d, d, r //! ---------------------- //! l, u //! //! */ //! //! extern crate linear_solver; //! //! use linear_solver::{solve_minimum, Inference}; //! use linear_solver::Inference::*; //! //! use std::collections::HashSet; //! //! use self::Expr::*; //! //! #[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Debug, Hash)] //! pub enum Expr { //! Left, //! Right, //! Up, //! Down, //! } //! //! pub fn infer(cache: &HashSet<Expr>, _facts: &[Expr]) -> Option<Inference<Expr>> { //! // Put simplification rules first to find simplest set of facts. //! if cache.contains(&Left) && cache.contains(&Right) { //! return Some(ManyTrue {from: vec![Left, Right]}); //! } //! if cache.contains(&Up) && cache.contains(&Down) { //! return Some(ManyTrue {from: vec![Up, Down]}); //! } //! None //! } //! //! fn main() { //! let start = vec![ //! Left, //! Left, //! Up, //! Left, //! Right, //! Down, //! Down, //! Right, //! ]; //! //! let res = solve_minimum(start, infer); //! for i in 0..res.len() { //! println!("{:?}", res[i]); //! } //! } //! ``` //! //! ### Example: Less or Equal //! //! ```rust //! /* //! //! In this example, we prove the following: //! //! X <= Y //! Y <= Z //! Z <= X //! ------ //! Y = Z //! Y = X //! //! */ //! //! extern crate linear_solver; //! //! use linear_solver::{solve_minimum, Inference}; //! use linear_solver::Inference::*; //! //! use std::collections::HashSet; //! //! use self::Expr::*; //! //! #[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Debug, Hash)] //! pub enum Expr { //! Var(&'static str), //! Le(Box<Expr>, Box<Expr>), //! Eq(Box<Expr>, Box<Expr>), //! } //! //! pub fn infer(cache: &HashSet<Expr>, facts: &[Expr]) -> Option<Inference<Expr>> { //! // Put simplification rules first to find simplest set of facts. //! for ea in facts { //! if let Le(ref a, ref b) = *ea { //! if a == b { //! // (X <= X) <=> true //! return Some(OneTrue {from: ea.clone()}); //! } //! //! for eb in facts { //! if let Le(ref c, ref d) = *eb { //! if a == d && b == c { //! // (X <= Y) ∧ (Y <= X) <=> (X = Y) //! return Some(Inference::replace( //! vec![ea.clone(), eb.clone()], //! Eq(a.clone(), b.clone()), //! cache //! )) //! } //! } //! } //! } //! //! if let Eq(ref a, ref b) = *ea { //! for eb in facts { //! if let Le(ref c, ref d) = *eb { //! if c == b { //! // (X = Y) ∧ (Y <= Z) <=> (X = Y) ∧ (X <= Z) //! return Some(Inference::replace_one( //! eb.clone(), //! Le(a.clone(), d.clone()), //! cache //! )); //! } else if d == b { //! // (X = Y) ∧ (Z <= Y) <=> (X = Y) ∧ (Z <= X) //! return Some(Inference::replace_one( //! eb.clone(), //! Le(c.clone(), a.clone()), //! cache //! )); //! } //! } //! //! if let Eq(ref c, ref d) = *eb { //! if b == c { //! // (X = Y) ∧ (Y = Z) <=> (X = Y) ∧ (X = Z) //! return Some(Inference::replace_one( //! eb.clone(), //! Eq(a.clone(), d.clone()), //! cache //! )); //! } //! } //! } //! } //! } //! //! // Put propagation rules last to find simplest set of facts. //! for ea in facts { //! if let Le(ref a, ref b) = *ea { //! for eb in facts { //! if let Le(ref c, ref d) = *eb { //! if b == c { //! // (X <= Y) ∧ (Y <= Z) => (X <= Z) //! let new_expr = Le(a.clone(), d.clone()); //! if !cache.contains(&new_expr) {return Some(Propagate(new_expr))}; //! } //! } //! } //! } //! } //! None //! } //! //! pub fn var(name: &'static str) -> Box<Expr> {Box::new(Var(name))} //! //! fn main() { //! let start = vec![ //! Le(var("X"), var("Y")), // X <= Y //! Le(var("Y"), var("Z")), // Y <= Z //! Le(var("Z"), var("X")), // Z <= X //! ]; //! //! let res = solve_minimum(start, infer); //! for i in 0..res.len() { //! println!("{:?}", res[i]); //! } //! } //! ``` //! //! ### Linear logic //! //! When some facts are simplified, e.g.: //! //! ```text //! X, Y <=> Z //! ``` //! //! You need two new copies of `X` and `Y` to infer another `Z`. //! This is because the solver does not remove all copies. //! //! When doing classical theorem proving with a linear solver, //! it is common to check that every fact is unique in the input, //! and that the `cache` is checked before adding new facts. //! This ensures that the solver does not add redundant facts. //! //! However, when doing linear theorem proving, //! one can generate redundant facts `Z` for every `X` and `Y`. //! //! ### Meaning of goals //! //! Since a linear solver can both introduce new facts //! and remove them, it means that termination in the sense of proving a //! goal does not make sense, since the goal can be removed later. //! //! Instead, a goal is considered proved when it belongs to the same "cycle". //! This is the repeated list of sets of facts that follows from //! using a deterministic solver with rules that stops expanding. //! //! The minimum set of facts in the cycle is considered the implicit goal, //! because all the other facts in the cycle can be inferred from //! this set of facts. //! //! Notice that this a minimum set of facts in a cycle is different //! from a minimum set of axioms. A minimum set of axioms is a set of facts //! that proves a minimum set of facts with even fewer facts. //! With other words, the minimum set of axioms starts outside the cycle. //! When it moves inside the cycle, it is identical to some minimum set of facts. //! //! Both the minimum set of facts and the minimum set of axioms can be used //! to identify an equivalence between two sets of facts. //! //! ### Intuition of `false` and `true` //! //! The intuition of `false` can be thought of as: //! //! - Some fact which everything can be proven from //! - Some fact which every contradiction can be simplified to //! - A language that contains a contradiction for every truth value //! //! The minimum set of facts in a such language, //! when a cycle contains `false`, is `false`. //! //! The intuition of `true` can be thought of as: //! //! - Some fact which every initial fact can be proven from. //! - Some fact that contradicts `false` //! //! This means that the initial facts implies `true` and //! since it contradicts `false`, if there exists a contradiction //! in the initial facts, then they can prove `false`. //! //! Therefore a proof from initial facts is `true` //! if it's minimum set of facts does not equals `false`. //! extern crate bloom; use std::collections::HashSet; use std::hash::Hash; use bloom::{ASMS, BloomFilter}; /// Tells the solver how to treat inference. pub enum Inference<T> { /// Consumes `from` while producing nothing. OneTrue { /// Fact to remove from context. from: T, }, /// Consumes all `from` while producing nothing. ManyTrue { /// Facts to remove from context to be replaced by nothing. from: Vec<T> }, /// Consumes `from` and replaces it with `to`. Simplify { /// Facts to remove from context. from: Vec<T>, /// Fact to replace removed facts. to: T }, /// Consumes `from` and replaces it with `to`. SimplifyOne { /// Fact to remove from context. from: T, /// Fact to replace removed fact. to: T, }, /// Consumes all `from` while producing multiple facts `to`. SimplifyMany { /// Facts to remove from context to be replaced by new ones. from: Vec<T>, /// Multiple facts to be added to context. to: Vec<T> }, /// Add new fact. Propagate(T), } impl<T: Eq + Hash> Inference<T> { /// Replace `from` with `to`, checking the cache. /// /// Returns `OneTrue` if `to` already exists, /// and `SimplifyOne` if `to` does not exist. pub fn replace_one(from: T, to: T, cache: &HashSet<T>) -> Self { if cache.contains(&to) { Inference::OneTrue {from} } else { Inference::SimplifyOne {from, to} } } /// Replace `from` with `to`, checking the cache. /// /// Returns `ManyTrue` if `to` already exists, /// and `Simplify` if `to` does not exist. pub fn replace(from: Vec<T>, to: T, cache: &HashSet<T>) -> Self { if cache.contains(&to) { Inference::ManyTrue {from} } else { Inference::Simplify {from, to} } } /// Replace `from` with `to`, checking the cache. /// /// Returns modified `SimplifyMany` where existing terms are removed. pub fn replace_many(from: Vec<T>, mut to: Vec<T>, cache: &HashSet<T>) -> Self { for i in (0..to.len()).rev() { if cache.contains(&to[i]) { to.swap_remove(i); } } Inference::SimplifyMany {from, to} } } enum State<T> { // Infer new facts. Solving, // Go to a state where the least amount of facts were present. SearchMinimum(Vec<T>), } /// Solves the starting condition using the `infer` function for inference. /// /// Assumes that `infer` is deterministic and leading to a cycle for every input. /// Finds the minimum set of facts in the cycle. pub fn solve_minimum<T: Clone + PartialEq + Eq + Hash>( mut facts: Vec<T>, infer: fn(cache: &HashSet<T>, &[T]) -> Option<Inference<T>> ) -> Vec<T> { fn remove_from<T: Eq + Hash>(from: &[T], cache: &mut HashSet<T>, facts: &mut Vec<T>) { for new_fact in from { let mut unique = false; let mut i = 0; loop { if i >= facts.len() {break}; if new_fact == &facts[i] { if unique { unique = false; break; } // Since using swap remove, // should check the same index twice. facts.swap_remove(i); unique = true; } else { i += 1; } } if unique { cache.remove(&new_fact); } } } // Replace existing fact with new one to stabilize order. fn replace<T: Eq + Hash + Clone>(from: &T, to: &T, cache: &mut HashSet<T>, facts: &mut Vec<T>) { let mut unique = false; for i in 0..facts.len() { if from == &facts[i] { if unique { unique = false; break; } facts[i] = to.clone(); unique = true; } } if unique { cache.remove(&from); } } let mut cache = HashSet::new(); for s in &facts { cache.insert(s.clone()); } // Bloom filter of previous sets of facts. // Used to detect whether a given set of facts has already been inferred. // Set to a value such that a false positive never happens in practice. let false_positive_rate = 0.00000001; let expected_num_items = 1000000000; let mut filter = BloomFilter::with_rate(false_positive_rate,expected_num_items); let mut state = State::Solving; loop { match state { State::Solving => { if filter.contains(&facts) { state = State::SearchMinimum(facts.clone()); filter = BloomFilter::with_rate(false_positive_rate,expected_num_items); } } State::SearchMinimum(ref fa) if filter.contains(&facts) => { // Completed cycle, minimum set of facts is found. if fa.len() < facts.len() { facts = fa.clone(); } break; } State::SearchMinimum(ref fa) if facts.len() < fa.len() => { // Found less amounts of facts in cycle. state = State::SearchMinimum(facts.clone()); } _ => {} } filter.insert(&facts); if let Some(x) = infer(&cache, &facts) { match x { Inference::ManyTrue {from} => { remove_from(&from, &mut cache, &mut facts); } Inference::OneTrue {from} => { remove_from(&[from], &mut cache, &mut facts); } Inference::Simplify {from, to} => { remove_from(&from, &mut cache, &mut facts); facts.push(to.clone()); cache.insert(to); } Inference::SimplifyOne {from, to} => { replace(&from, &to, &mut cache, &mut facts); cache.insert(to); } Inference::SimplifyMany {from, to} => { remove_from(&from, &mut cache, &mut facts); for fact in &to { cache.insert(fact.clone()); } facts.extend(to.into_iter()); } Inference::Propagate(x) => { facts.push(x.clone()); cache.insert(x); } } } else {break} } facts } #[cfg(test)] mod tests { #[test] fn it_works() { } }