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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ITP.2022.4

Use and Abuse of Instance Parameters in the Lean Mathematical Library

Authors: Anne Baanen

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 237, 13th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP 2022)

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The Lean mathematical library mathlib features extensive use of the typeclass pattern for organising mathematical structures, based on Lean’s mechanism of instance parameters. Related mechanisms for typeclasses are available in other provers including Agda, Coq and Isabelle with varying degrees of adoption. This paper analyses representative examples of design patterns involving instance parameters in the current Lean 3 version of mathlib, focussing on complications arising at scale and how the mathlib community deals with them.

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Anne Baanen. Use and Abuse of Instance Parameters in the Lean Mathematical Library. In 13th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP 2022). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 237, pp. 4:1-4:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2022)

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@InProceedings{baanen:LIPIcs.ITP.2022.4,
  author =	{Baanen, Anne},
  title =	{{Use and Abuse of Instance Parameters in the Lean Mathematical Library}},
  booktitle =	{13th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP 2022)},
  pages =	{4:1--4:20},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-252-5},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2022},
  volume =	{237},
  editor =	{Andronick, June and de Moura, Leonardo},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops-dev.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITP.2022.4},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-167131},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ITP.2022.4},
  annote =	{Keywords: formalization of mathematics, dependent type theory, typeclasses, algebraic hierarchy, Lean prover}
}

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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ITP.2021.5

A Formalization of Dedekind Domains and Class Groups of Global Fields

Authors: Anne Baanen, Sander R. Dahmen, Ashvni Narayanan, and Filippo A. E. Nuccio Mortarino Majno di Capriglio

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 193, 12th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP 2021)

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Dedekind domains and their class groups are notions in commutative algebra that are essential in algebraic number theory. We formalized these structures and several fundamental properties, including number theoretic finiteness results for class groups, in the Lean prover as part of the mathlib mathematical library. This paper describes the formalization process, noting the idioms we found useful in our development and mathlib’s decentralized collaboration processes involved in this project.

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Anne Baanen, Sander R. Dahmen, Ashvni Narayanan, and Filippo A. E. Nuccio Mortarino Majno di Capriglio. A Formalization of Dedekind Domains and Class Groups of Global Fields. In 12th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP 2021). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 193, pp. 5:1-5:19, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2021)

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@InProceedings{baanen_et_al:LIPIcs.ITP.2021.5,
  author =	{Baanen, Anne and Dahmen, Sander R. and Narayanan, Ashvni and Nuccio Mortarino Majno di Capriglio, Filippo A. E.},
  title =	{{A Formalization of Dedekind Domains and Class Groups of Global Fields}},
  booktitle =	{12th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP 2021)},
  pages =	{5:1--5:19},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-188-7},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2021},
  volume =	{193},
  editor =	{Cohen, Liron and Kaliszyk, Cezary},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops-dev.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITP.2021.5},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-139004},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ITP.2021.5},
  annote =	{Keywords: formal math, algebraic number theory, commutative algebra, Lean, mathlib}
}

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