Copyright | (c) Levent Erkok |
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License | BSD3 |
Maintainer | erkokl@gmail.com |
Stability | experimental |
Safe Haskell | None |
Language | Haskell2010 |
Proof of correctness of an imperative integer square-root algorithm, using
weakest preconditions. The algorithm computes the floor of the square-root
of a given non-negative integer by keeping a running some of all odd numbers
starting from 1. Recall that 1+3+5+...+(2n+1) = (n+1)^2
, thus we can
stop the counting when we exceed the input number.
Program state
The state for the division program, parameterized over a base type a
.
Instances
Functor SqrtS Source # | |
Foldable SqrtS Source # | |
Defined in Documentation.SBV.Examples.WeakestPreconditions.IntSqrt fold :: Monoid m => SqrtS m -> m # foldMap :: Monoid m => (a -> m) -> SqrtS a -> m # foldMap' :: Monoid m => (a -> m) -> SqrtS a -> m # foldr :: (a -> b -> b) -> b -> SqrtS a -> b # foldr' :: (a -> b -> b) -> b -> SqrtS a -> b # foldl :: (b -> a -> b) -> b -> SqrtS a -> b # foldl' :: (b -> a -> b) -> b -> SqrtS a -> b # foldr1 :: (a -> a -> a) -> SqrtS a -> a # foldl1 :: (a -> a -> a) -> SqrtS a -> a # elem :: Eq a => a -> SqrtS a -> Bool # maximum :: Ord a => SqrtS a -> a # minimum :: Ord a => SqrtS a -> a # | |
Traversable SqrtS Source # | |
SymVal a => Fresh IO (SqrtS (SBV a)) Source # |
|
Show a => Show (SqrtS a) Source # | |
(SymVal a, Show a) => Show (SqrtS (SBV a)) Source # | Show instance for |
Generic (SqrtS a) Source # | |
Mergeable a => Mergeable (SqrtS a) Source # | |
type Rep (SqrtS a) Source # | |
Defined in Documentation.SBV.Examples.WeakestPreconditions.IntSqrt type Rep (SqrtS a) = D1 ('MetaData "SqrtS" "Documentation.SBV.Examples.WeakestPreconditions.IntSqrt" "sbv-8.9-ATrzvBVsNws6CzdQ7iCv1r" 'False) (C1 ('MetaCons "SqrtS" 'PrefixI 'True) ((S1 ('MetaSel ('Just "x") 'NoSourceUnpackedness 'NoSourceStrictness 'DecidedLazy) (Rec0 a) :*: S1 ('MetaSel ('Just "sqrt") 'NoSourceUnpackedness 'NoSourceStrictness 'DecidedLazy) (Rec0 a)) :*: (S1 ('MetaSel ('Just "i") 'NoSourceUnpackedness 'NoSourceStrictness 'DecidedLazy) (Rec0 a) :*: S1 ('MetaSel ('Just "j") 'NoSourceUnpackedness 'NoSourceStrictness 'DecidedLazy) (Rec0 a)))) |
The algorithm
algorithm :: Invariant S -> Maybe (Measure S) -> Stmt S Source #
The imperative square-root algorithm, assuming non-negative x
sqrt = 0 -- set sqrt to 0 i = 1 -- set i to 1, sum of j's so far j = 1 -- set j to be the first odd number i while i <= x -- while the sum hasn't exceeded x yet sqrt = sqrt + 1 -- increase the sqrt j = j + 2 -- next odd number i = i + j -- running sum of j's
Note that we need to explicitly annotate each loop with its invariant and the termination measure. For convenience, we take those two as parameters for simplicity.
Precondition for our program: x
must be non-negative. Note that there is an explicit
call to abort
in our program to protect against this case, so if we do not have this
precondition, all programs will fail.
Postcondition for our program: The sqrt
squared must be less than or equal to x
, and
sqrt+1
squared must strictly exceed x
.
imperativeSqrt :: Invariant S -> Maybe (Measure S) -> Program S Source #
A program is the algorithm, together with its pre- and post-conditions.
Correctness
invariant :: Invariant S Source #
The invariant is that at each iteration of the loop sqrt
remains below or equal
to the actual square-root, and i
tracks the square of the next value. We also
have that j
is the sqrt
'th odd value. Coming up with this invariant is not for
the faint of heart, for details I would strongly recommend looking at Manna's seminal
Mathematical Theory of Computation book (chapter 3). The j .> 0
part is needed
to establish the termination.
The measure. In each iteration i
strictly increases, thus reducing the differential x - i
correctness :: IO () Source #
Check that the program terminates and the post condition holds. We have:
>>>
correctness
Total correctness is established. Q.E.D.