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Properties of the models relation for setoid algebras

We prove some closure and invariance properties of the relation . In particular, we prove the following facts (which are needed, for example, in the proof the Birkhoff HSP Theorem).


{-# OPTIONS --without-K --exact-split --safe #-}

open import Overture using (𝓞 ; 𝓥 ; Signature)

module Setoid.Varieties.Properties {𝑆 : Signature 𝓞 𝓥} where

-- Imports from Agda and the Agda Standard Library -------------------------------------------
open import Agda.Primitive   using () renaming ( Set to Type )
open import Data.Product     using ( _,_ )
open import Function         using ( _∘_ ; Func ; _$_ )
open import Level            using ( Level )
open import Relation.Binary  using ( Setoid )
open import Relation.Unary   using ( Pred ; _∈_ )

import Relation.Binary.Reasoning.Setoid as SetoidReasoning

-- Imports from the Agda Universal Algebra Library ---------------------------------------------
open  import Overture                       using  ( ∣_∣ ; ∥_∥ )
open  import Setoid.Functions               using  ( InvIsInverseʳ ; SurjInv )
open  import Base.Terms            {𝑆 = 𝑆}  using  ( Term ;  )
open  import Setoid.Algebras       {𝑆 = 𝑆}
      using  ( Algebra ; Lift-Algˡ ; ov ; 𝕌[_] ; 𝔻[_] ;  )
open  import Setoid.Homomorphisms  {𝑆 = 𝑆}
      using  ( hom ; _≅_ ; mkiso ; Lift-≅ˡ ; ≅-sym ; _IsHomImageOf_ )
open  import Setoid.Terms          {𝑆 = 𝑆}
      using  ( 𝑻 ; module Environment ; comm-hom-term ; interp-prod ; term-agreement )
open  import Setoid.Subalgebras    {𝑆 = 𝑆}  using  ( _≤_ ; SubalgebrasOfClass )
open  import Setoid.Varieties.SoundAndComplete {𝑆 = 𝑆}
      using ( _⊧_ ; _⊨_ ; _⊫_ ; Eq ; _≈̇_ ; lhs ; rhs ; _⊢_▹_≈_ )

private variable α ρᵃ β ρᵇ χ  : Level

open Func     using ( cong ) renaming ( to to _⟨$⟩_ )
open Algebra  using ( Domain )

Algebraic invariance of ⊧

The binary relation ⊧ would be practically useless if it were not an algebraic invariant (i.e., invariant under isomorphism).


module _ {X : Type χ}{𝑨 : Algebra α ρᵃ}(𝑩 : Algebra β ρᵇ)(p q : Term X) where
 open Environment 𝑨      using () renaming ( ⟦_⟧   to ⟦_⟧₁ )
 open Environment 𝑩      using () renaming ( ⟦_⟧   to ⟦_⟧₂ )
 open Setoid (Domain 𝑨)  using () renaming ( _≈_   to _≈₁_ )
 open Setoid (Domain 𝑩)  using ( _≈_ ; sym ; trans )
 open SetoidReasoning (Domain 𝑩)

 ⊧-I-invar : 𝑨  (p ≈̇ q)    𝑨  𝑩    𝑩  (p ≈̇ q)
 ⊧-I-invar Apq (mkiso fh gh f∼g g∼f) ρ = trans i $ trans ii $ trans iii $ trans iv v
  where
  -- TODO: refactor this proof using new relational reasoning syntax/style
  private f = _⟨$⟩_  fh  ; g = _⟨$⟩_  gh 

  i :  p ⟧₂ ⟨$⟩ ρ   p ⟧₂ ⟨$⟩ (f  (g  ρ))
  i = sym $ cong  p ⟧₂ (f∼g  ρ)

  ii :  p ⟧₂ ⟨$⟩ (f  (g  ρ))  f ( p ⟧₁ ⟨$⟩ (g  ρ))
  ii = sym $ comm-hom-term fh p (g  ρ)

  iii : f ( p ⟧₁ ⟨$⟩ (g  ρ))  f ( q ⟧₁ ⟨$⟩ (g  ρ))
  iii = cong  fh  $ Apq (g  ρ)

  iv : f ( q ⟧₁ ⟨$⟩ (g  ρ))   q ⟧₂ ⟨$⟩ (f  (g  ρ))
  iv = comm-hom-term fh q (g  ρ)

  v :  q ⟧₂ ⟨$⟩ (f  (g  ρ))   q ⟧₂ ⟨$⟩ ρ
  v = cong  q ⟧₂ (f∼g  ρ)

As the proof makes clear, we show 𝑩 ⊧ p ≈ q by showing that 𝑩 ⟦ p ⟧ ≡ 𝑩 ⟦ q ⟧ holds extensionally, that is, ∀ x, 𝑩 ⟦ p ⟧ x ≡ 𝑩 ⟦q ⟧ x.

Lift-invariance of ⊧

The ⊧ relation is also invariant under the algebraic lift and lower operations.


module _ {X : Type χ}{𝑨 : Algebra α ρᵃ} where

 ⊧-Lift-invar : (p q : Term X)  𝑨  (p ≈̇ q)  Lift-Algˡ 𝑨 β  (p ≈̇ q)
 ⊧-Lift-invar p q Apq = ⊧-I-invar (Lift-Algˡ 𝑨 _) p q Apq Lift-≅ˡ

 ⊧-lower-invar : (p q : Term X)  Lift-Algˡ 𝑨 β  (p ≈̇ q)    𝑨  (p ≈̇ q)
 ⊧-lower-invar p q lApq = ⊧-I-invar 𝑨 p q lApq (≅-sym Lift-≅ˡ)

Homomorphic invariance of ⊧

Identities modeled by an algebra 𝑨 are also modeled by every homomorphic image of 𝑨, which fact can be formalized as follows.


module _ {X : Type χ}{𝑨 : Algebra α ρᵃ}{𝑩 : Algebra β ρᵇ}{p q : Term X} where

 ⊧-H-invar : 𝑨  (p ≈̇ q)  𝑩 IsHomImageOf 𝑨  𝑩  (p ≈̇ q)
 ⊧-H-invar Apq (φh , φE) ρ =
  begin
        p    ⟨$⟩               ρ    ≈˘⟨  cong  p  _  InvIsInverseʳ φE)  
        p    ⟨$⟩ (φ   φ⁻¹    ρ)   ≈˘⟨  comm-hom-term φh p (φ⁻¹  ρ)        
   φ(   p ⟧ᴬ  ⟨$⟩ (     φ⁻¹    ρ))  ≈⟨   cong  φh  (Apq (φ⁻¹  ρ))         
   φ(   q ⟧ᴬ  ⟨$⟩ (     φ⁻¹    ρ))  ≈⟨   comm-hom-term φh q (φ⁻¹  ρ)        
        q    ⟨$⟩ (φ   φ⁻¹    ρ)   ≈⟨   cong  q  _  InvIsInverseʳ φE)  
        q    ⟨$⟩               ρ    
  where
  φ⁻¹ : 𝕌[ 𝑩 ]  𝕌[ 𝑨 ]
  φ⁻¹ = SurjInv  φh  φE
  private φ = (_⟨$⟩_  φh )
  open Environment 𝑨  using () renaming ( ⟦_⟧ to ⟦_⟧ᴬ)
  open Environment 𝑩  using ( ⟦_⟧ )
  open SetoidReasoning 𝔻[ 𝑩 ]

Subalgebraic invariance of ⊧

Identities modeled by an algebra 𝑨 are also modeled by every subalgebra of 𝑨, which fact can be formalized as follows.


module _ {X : Type χ}{p q : Term X}{𝑨 : Algebra α ρᵃ}{𝑩 : Algebra β ρᵇ} where
 open Environment 𝑨      using () renaming ( ⟦_⟧ to ⟦_⟧₁ )
 open Environment 𝑩      using () renaming ( ⟦_⟧ to ⟦_⟧₂ )
 open Setoid (Domain 𝑨)  using ( _≈_ )
 open Setoid (Domain 𝑩)  using () renaming ( _≈_ to _≈₂_ )
 open SetoidReasoning (Domain 𝑨)

 ⊧-S-invar : 𝑨  (p ≈̇ q)   𝑩  𝑨    𝑩  (p ≈̇ q)
 ⊧-S-invar Apq B≤A b = goal
  where
  hh : hom 𝑩 𝑨
  hh =  B≤A 
  h = _⟨$⟩_  hh 
  ξ :  b  h ( p ⟧₂ ⟨$⟩ b)  h ( q ⟧₂ ⟨$⟩ b)
  ξ b = begin
         h ( p ⟧₂ ⟨$⟩ b)    ≈⟨ comm-hom-term hh p b 
          p ⟧₁ ⟨$⟩ (h  b)  ≈⟨ Apq (h  b) 
          q ⟧₁ ⟨$⟩ (h  b)  ≈˘⟨ comm-hom-term hh q b 
         h ( q ⟧₂ ⟨$⟩ b)    

  goal :  p ⟧₂ ⟨$⟩ b ≈₂  q ⟧₂ ⟨$⟩ b
  goal =  B≤A  (ξ b)

Next, identities modeled by a class of algebras is also modeled by all subalgebras of the class. In other terms, every term equation (p ≈̇ q) that is satisfied by all 𝑨 ∈ 𝒦 is also satisfied by every subalgebra of a member of 𝒦.


module _ {X : Type χ}{p q : Term X} where

 ⊧-S-class-invar :  {𝒦 : Pred (Algebra α ρᵃ) }
                   (𝒦  (p ≈̇ q))  ((𝑩 , _) : SubalgebrasOfClass 𝒦 {β}{ρᵇ})
                   𝑩  (p ≈̇ q)
 ⊧-S-class-invar Kpq (𝑩 , 𝑨 , kA , B≤A) = ⊧-S-invar{p = p}{q} (Kpq 𝑨 kA) B≤A

Product invariance of ⊧

An identity satisfied by all algebras in an indexed collection is also satisfied by the product of algebras in that collection.


module _ {X : Type χ}{p q : Term X}{I : Type }(𝒜 : I  Algebra α ρᵃ) where

 ⊧-P-invar : (∀ i  𝒜 i  (p ≈̇ q))   𝒜  (p ≈̇ q)
 ⊧-P-invar 𝒜pq a = goal
  where
  open Algebra ( 𝒜)      using () renaming ( Domain to ⨅A )
  open Environment ( 𝒜)  using () renaming ( ⟦_⟧ to ⟦_⟧₁ )
  open Environment        using ( ⟦_⟧ )
  open Setoid ⨅A          using ( _≈_ )
  open SetoidReasoning ⨅A

  ξ :  i  ( 𝒜 i  p) ⟨$⟩  x  (a x) i))   i  ( 𝒜 i  q) ⟨$⟩  x  (a x) i))
  ξ = λ i  𝒜pq i  x  (a x) i)
  goal :  p ⟧₁ ⟨$⟩ a   q ⟧₁ ⟨$⟩ a
  goal = begin
           p ⟧₁ ⟨$⟩ a                             ≈⟨ interp-prod 𝒜 p a 
           i  ( 𝒜 i  p) ⟨$⟩  x  (a x) i))  ≈⟨ ξ 
           i  ( 𝒜 i  q) ⟨$⟩  x  (a x) i))  ≈˘⟨ interp-prod 𝒜 q a 
           q ⟧₁ ⟨$⟩ a                             

An identity satisfied by all algebras in a class is also satisfied by the product of algebras in the class.


 ⊧-P-class-invar :  (𝒦 : Pred (Algebra α ρᵃ)(ov α))
                   𝒦  (p ≈̇ q)  (∀ i  𝒜 i  𝒦)   𝒜  (p ≈̇ q)

 ⊧-P-class-invar 𝒦 σ K𝒜 = ⊧-P-invar  i ρ  σ (𝒜 i) (K𝒜 i) ρ)

Another fact that will turn out to be useful is that a product of a collection of algebras models (p ≈̇ q) if the lift of each algebra in the collection models (p ≈̇ q).


 ⊧-P-lift-invar : (∀ i  Lift-Algˡ (𝒜 i) β  (p ≈̇ q))     𝒜  (p ≈̇ q)
 ⊧-P-lift-invar α = ⊧-P-invar Aipq
  where
  Aipq :  i  (𝒜 i)  (p ≈̇ q)
  Aipq i = ⊧-lower-invar{𝑨 = (𝒜 i)} p q (α i)

Homomorphic invariance of ⊧

If an algebra 𝑨 models an identity (p ≈̇ q), then the pair (p , q) belongs to the kernel of every homomorphism φ : hom (𝑻 X) 𝑨 from the term algebra to 𝑨; that is, every homomorphism from 𝑻 X to 𝑨 maps p and q to the same element of 𝑨.


module _ {X : Type χ}{p q : Term X}{𝑨 : Algebra α ρᵃ}(φh : hom (𝑻 X) 𝑨) where
 open Setoid (Domain 𝑨) using ( _≈_ )
 private φ = _⟨$⟩_  φh 

 ⊧-H-ker : 𝑨  (p ≈̇ q)  φ p  φ q
 ⊧-H-ker β =
  begin
   φ p                 ≈⟨ cong  φh  (term-agreement p)
   φ ( p  ⟨$⟩ )     ≈⟨ comm-hom-term φh p  
    p ⟧₂ ⟨$⟩ (φ  )  ≈⟨ β (φ  ) 
    q ⟧₂ ⟨$⟩ (φ  )  ≈˘⟨ comm-hom-term φh q  
   φ ( q  ⟨$⟩ )     ≈˘⟨ cong  φh  (term-agreement q)
   φ q                 

  where
  open SetoidReasoning (Domain 𝑨)
  open Environment 𝑨      using () renaming ( ⟦_⟧ to ⟦_⟧₂ )
  open Environment (𝑻 X)  using ( ⟦_⟧ )

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