Hi Larry and Florian,

the sort constraints for open, dist, and norm are changed in

http://isabelle.in.tum.de/repos/isabelle/file/e89cfc004f18/src/HOL/Real_Vector_Spaces.thy#l1218

These constraints were introduced by Brian Huffman in 2d91b2416de8 while he was reworking the type class hierarchy for topological spaces in 2009. I do not know his reasons for this, but I guess that they are meant to save type annotations.

Best,
Andreas


On 19/11/15 10:10, Florian Haftmann wrote:
Hi Larry,

Andreas’s message reminds me that axioms of type classes are still not
picked up:

class dist_norm = dist + norm + minus +
   assumes dist_norm: "dist x y = norm (x - y)”

This item has the status of a theorem. However, the query

        dist "norm(_-_)”

doesn’t find it. Surely it should?

my mail from this summer still applies:

There is nothing wrong with type classes here:

class involutory =
   fixes f :: "'a ⇒ 'a"
   assumes involutory: "f (f x) = x"
begin

lemma involutory3:
   "f (f (f x)) = f x"
   by (fact involutory)

end

find_theorems "f"

It seems to be a constraint issue:

find_theorems "_ = norm (_ - _)"
        ~> 'a::real_normed_vector is inferred
find_theorems "_ = norm ((_::'a::dist_norm) - _)"
        ~> typing error

Maybe some naughty tweaking of sort constraints or an unforseen
behaviour of coercions, but these are mere guesses.  I do not understand
these parts of the type class hierarchy.

I do not know why and how the default constraints of »dist« are changed,
but this is the basic cause for the behaviour you experience.

Cheers,
        Florian



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