Theory Omega_Words_Fun

theory Omega_Words_Fun
imports Infinite_Set
(*
    Author:     Stefan Merz
    Author:     Salomon Sickert
    Author:     Julian Brunner
    Author:     Peter Lammich
*)

section ‹$\omega$-words›

theory Omega_Words_Fun

imports Infinite_Set
begin

text ‹Note: This theory is based on Stefan Merz's work.›

text ‹
  Automata recognize languages, which are sets of words. For the
  theory of $\omega$-automata, we are mostly interested in
  $\omega$-words, but it is sometimes useful to reason about
  finite words, too. We are modeling finite words as lists; this
  lets us benefit from the existing library. Other formalizations
  could be investigated, such as representing words as functions
  whose domains are initial intervals of the natural numbers.
›


subsection ‹Type declaration and elementary operations›

text ‹
  We represent $\omega$-words as functions from the natural numbers
  to the alphabet type. Other possible formalizations include
  a coinductive definition or a uniform encoding of finite and
  infinite words, as studied by M\"uller et al.
›

type_synonym
  'a word = "nat ⇒ 'a"

text ‹
  We can prefix a finite word to an $\omega$-word, and a way
  to obtain an $\omega$-word from a finite, non-empty word is by
  $\omega$-iteration.
›

definition
  conc :: "['a list, 'a word] ⇒ 'a word"  (infixr "⌢" 65)
  where "w ⌢ x == λn. if n < length w then w!n else x (n - length w)"

definition
  iter :: "'a list ⇒ 'a word"  ("(_ω)" [1000])
  where "iter w == if w = [] then undefined else (λn. w!(n mod (length w)))"

lemma conc_empty[simp]: "[] ⌢ w = w"
  unfolding conc_def by auto

lemma conc_fst[simp]: "n < length w ⟹ (w ⌢ x) n = w!n"
  by (simp add: conc_def)

lemma conc_snd[simp]: "¬(n < length w) ⟹ (w ⌢ x) n = x (n - length w)"
  by (simp add: conc_def)

lemma iter_nth [simp]: "0 < length w ⟹ wω n = w!(n mod (length w))"
  by (simp add: iter_def)

lemma conc_conc[simp]: "u ⌢ v ⌢ w = (u @ v) ⌢ w" (is "?lhs = ?rhs")
proof
  fix n
  have u: "n < length u ⟹ ?lhs n = ?rhs n"
    by (simp add: conc_def nth_append)
  have v: "⟦ ¬(n < length u); n < length u + length v ⟧ ⟹ ?lhs n = ?rhs n"
    by (simp add: conc_def nth_append, arith)
  have w: "¬(n < length u + length v) ⟹ ?lhs n = ?rhs n"
    by (simp add: conc_def nth_append, arith)
  from u v w show "?lhs n = ?rhs n" by blast
qed

lemma range_conc[simp]: "range (w1 ⌢ w2) = set w1 ∪ range w2"
proof (intro equalityI subsetI)
  fix a
  assume "a ∈ range (w1 ⌢ w2)"
  then obtain i where 1: "a = (w1 ⌢ w2) i" by auto
  then show "a ∈ set w1 ∪ range w2"
    unfolding 1 by (cases "i < length w1") simp_all
next
  fix a
  assume a: "a ∈ set w1 ∪ range w2"
  then show "a ∈ range (w1 ⌢ w2)"
  proof
    assume "a ∈ set w1"
    then obtain i where 1: "i < length w1" "a = w1 ! i"
      using in_set_conv_nth by metis
    show ?thesis
    proof
      show "a = (w1 ⌢ w2) i" using 1 by auto
      show "i ∈ UNIV" by rule
    qed
  next
    assume "a ∈ range w2"
    then obtain i where 1: "a = w2 i" by auto
    show ?thesis
    proof
      show "a = (w1 ⌢ w2) (length w1 + i)" using 1 by simp
      show "length w1 + i ∈ UNIV" by rule
    qed
  qed
qed


lemma iter_unroll: "0 < length w ⟹ wω = w ⌢ wω"
  by (rule ext) (simp add: conc_def mod_geq)


subsection ‹Subsequence, Prefix, and Suffix›

definition suffix :: "[nat, 'a word] ⇒ 'a word"
  where "suffix k x ≡ λn. x (k+n)"

definition subsequence :: "'a word ⇒ nat ⇒ nat ⇒ 'a list"  ("_ [_ → _]" 900)
  where "subsequence w i j ≡ map w [i..<j]"

abbreviation prefix :: "nat ⇒ 'a word ⇒ 'a list"
  where "prefix n w ≡ subsequence w 0 n"

lemma suffix_nth [simp]: "(suffix k x) n = x (k+n)"
  by (simp add: suffix_def)

lemma suffix_0 [simp]: "suffix 0 x = x"
  by (simp add: suffix_def)

lemma suffix_suffix [simp]: "suffix m (suffix k x) = suffix (k+m) x"
  by (rule ext) (simp add: suffix_def add.assoc)

lemma subsequence_append: "prefix (i + j) w = prefix i w @ (w [i → i + j])"
  unfolding map_append[symmetric] upt_add_eq_append[OF le0] subsequence_def ..

lemma subsequence_drop[simp]: "drop i (w [j → k]) = w [j + i → k]"
  by (simp add: subsequence_def drop_map)

lemma subsequence_empty[simp]: "w [i → j] = [] ⟷ j ≤ i"
  by (auto simp add: subsequence_def)

lemma subsequence_length[simp]: "length (subsequence w i j) = j - i"
  by (simp add: subsequence_def)

lemma subsequence_nth[simp]: "k < j - i ⟹ (w [i → j]) ! k = w (i + k)"
  unfolding subsequence_def
  by auto

lemma subseq_to_zero[simp]: "w[i→0] = []"
  by simp

lemma subseq_to_smaller[simp]: "i≥j ⟹ w[i→j] = []"
  by simp

lemma subseq_to_Suc[simp]: "i≤j ⟹ w [i → Suc j] = w [ i → j ] @ [w j]"
  by (auto simp: subsequence_def)

lemma subsequence_singleton[simp]: "w [i → Suc i] = [w i]"
  by (auto simp: subsequence_def)


lemma subsequence_prefix_suffix: "prefix (j - i) (suffix i w) = w [i → j]"
proof (cases "i ≤ j")
  case True
  have "w [i → j] = map w (map (λn. n + i) [0..<j - i])"
    unfolding map_add_upt subsequence_def
    using le_add_diff_inverse2[OF True] by force
  also
  have "… = map (λn. w (n + i)) [0..<j - i]"
    unfolding map_map comp_def by blast
  finally
  show ?thesis
    unfolding subsequence_def suffix_def add.commute[of i] by simp
next
  case False
  then show ?thesis
    by (simp add: subsequence_def)
qed

lemma prefix_suffix: "x = prefix n x ⌢ (suffix n x)"
  by (rule ext) (simp add: subsequence_def conc_def)

declare prefix_suffix[symmetric, simp]


lemma word_split: obtains v1 v2 where "v = v1 ⌢ v2" "length v1 = k"
proof
  show "v = prefix k v ⌢ suffix k v"
    by (rule prefix_suffix)
  show "length (prefix k v) = k"
    by simp
qed


lemma set_subsequence[simp]: "set (w[i→j]) = w`{i..<j}"
  unfolding subsequence_def by auto

lemma subsequence_take[simp]: "take i (w [j → k]) = w [j → min (j + i) k]"
  by (simp add: subsequence_def take_map min_def)

lemma subsequence_shift[simp]: "(suffix i w) [j → k] = w [i + j → i + k]"
  by (metis add_diff_cancel_left subsequence_prefix_suffix suffix_suffix)

lemma suffix_subseq_join[simp]: "i ≤ j ⟹ v [i → j] ⌢ suffix j v = suffix i v"
  by (metis (no_types, lifting) Nat.add_0_right le_add_diff_inverse prefix_suffix
    subsequence_shift suffix_suffix)

lemma prefix_conc_fst[simp]:
  assumes "j ≤ length w"
  shows "prefix j (w ⌢ w') = take j w"
proof -
  have "∀i < j. (prefix j (w ⌢ w')) ! i = (take j w) ! i"
    using assms by (simp add: conc_fst subsequence_def)
  thus ?thesis
    by (simp add: assms list_eq_iff_nth_eq min.absorb2)
qed

lemma prefix_conc_snd[simp]:
  assumes "n ≥ length u"
  shows "prefix n (u ⌢ v) = u @ prefix (n - length u) v"
proof (intro nth_equalityI allI impI)
  show "length (prefix n (u ⌢ v)) = length (u @ prefix (n - length u) v)"
    using assms by simp
  fix i
  assume "i < length (prefix n (u ⌢ v))"
  then show "prefix n (u ⌢ v) ! i = (u @ prefix (n - length u) v) ! i"
    by (cases "i < length u") (auto simp: nth_append)
qed

lemma prefix_conc_length[simp]: "prefix (length w) (w ⌢ w') = w"
  by simp

lemma suffix_conc_fst[simp]:
  assumes "n ≤ length u"
  shows "suffix n (u ⌢ v) = drop n u ⌢ v"
proof
  show "suffix n (u ⌢ v) i = (drop n u ⌢ v) i" for i
    using assms by (cases "n + i < length u") (auto simp: algebra_simps)
qed

lemma suffix_conc_snd[simp]:
  assumes "n ≥ length u"
  shows "suffix n (u ⌢ v) = suffix (n - length u) v"
proof
  show "suffix n (u ⌢ v) i = suffix (n - length u) v i" for i
    using assms by simp
qed

lemma suffix_conc_length[simp]: "suffix (length w) (w ⌢ w') = w'"
  unfolding conc_def by force

lemma concat_eq[iff]:
  assumes "length v1 = length v2"
  shows "v1 ⌢ u1 = v2 ⌢ u2 ⟷ v1 = v2 ∧ u1 = u2"
  (is "?lhs ⟷ ?rhs")
proof
  assume ?lhs
  then have 1: "(v1 ⌢ u1) i = (v2 ⌢ u2) i" for i by auto
  show ?rhs
  proof (intro conjI ext nth_equalityI allI impI)
    show "length v1 = length v2" by (rule assms(1))
  next
    fix i
    assume 2: "i < length v1"
    have 3: "i < length v2" using assms(1) 2 by simp
    show "v1 ! i = v2 ! i" using 1[of i] 2 3 by simp
  next
    show "u1 i = u2 i" for i
      using 1[of "length v1 + i"] assms(1) by simp
  qed
next
  assume ?rhs
  then show ?lhs by simp
qed

lemma same_concat_eq[iff]: "u ⌢ v = u ⌢ w ⟷ v = w"
  by simp

lemma comp_concat[simp]: "f ∘ u ⌢ v = map f u ⌢ (f ∘ v)"
proof
  fix i
  show "(f ∘ u ⌢ v) i = (map f u ⌢ (f ∘ v)) i"
    by (cases "i < length u") simp_all
qed


subsection ‹Prepending›

primrec build :: "'a ⇒ 'a word ⇒ 'a word"  (infixr "##" 65)
  where "(a ## w) 0 = a" | "(a ## w) (Suc i) = w i"

lemma build_eq[iff]: "a1 ## w1 = a2 ## w2 ⟷ a1 = a2 ∧ w1 = w2"
proof
  assume 1: "a1 ## w1 = a2 ## w2"
  have 2: "(a1 ## w1) i = (a2 ## w2) i" for i
    using 1 by auto
  show "a1 = a2 ∧ w1 = w2"
  proof (intro conjI ext)
    show "a1 = a2"
      using 2[of "0"] by simp
    show "w1 i = w2 i" for i
      using 2[of "Suc i"] by simp
  qed
next
  assume 1: "a1 = a2 ∧ w1 = w2"
  show "a1 ## w1 = a2 ## w2" using 1 by simp
qed

lemma build_cons[simp]: "(a # u) ⌢ v = a ## u ⌢ v"
proof
  fix i
  show "((a # u) ⌢ v) i = (a ## u ⌢ v) i"
  proof (cases i)
    case 0
    show ?thesis unfolding 0 by simp
  next
    case (Suc j)
    show ?thesis unfolding Suc by (cases "j < length u", simp+)
  qed
qed

lemma build_append[simp]: "(w @ a # u) ⌢ v = w ⌢ a ## u ⌢ v"
  unfolding conc_conc[symmetric] by simp

lemma build_first[simp]: "w 0 ## suffix (Suc 0) w = w"
proof
  show "(w 0 ## suffix (Suc 0) w) i = w i" for i
    by (cases i) simp_all
qed

lemma build_split[intro]: "w = w 0 ## suffix 1 w"
  by simp

lemma build_range[simp]: "range (a ## w) = insert a (range w)"
proof safe
  show "(a ## w) i ∉ range w ⟹ (a ## w) i = a" for i
    by (cases i) auto
  show "a ∈ range (a ## w)"
  proof (rule range_eqI)
    show "a = (a ## w) 0" by simp
  qed
  show "w i ∈ range (a ## w)" for i
  proof (rule range_eqI)
    show "w i = (a ## w) (Suc i)" by simp
  qed
qed

lemma suffix_singleton_suffix[simp]: "w i ## suffix (Suc i) w = suffix i w"
  using suffix_subseq_join[of i "Suc i" w]
  by simp

text ‹Find the first occurrence of a letter from a given set›
lemma word_first_split_set:
  assumes "A ∩ range w ≠ {}"
  obtains u a v where "w = u ⌢ [a] ⌢ v" "A ∩ set u = {}" "a ∈ A"
proof -
  def i  "LEAST i. w i ∈ A"
  show ?thesis
  proof
    show "w = prefix i w ⌢ [w i] ⌢ suffix (Suc i) w"
      by simp
    show "A ∩ set (prefix i w) = {}"
      apply safe
      subgoal premises prems for a
      proof -
        from prems obtain k where 3: "k < i" "w k = a"
          by auto
        have 4: "w k ∉ A"
          using not_less_Least 3(1) unfolding i_def .
        show ?thesis
          using prems(1) 3(2) 4 by auto
      qed
      done
    show "w i ∈ A"
      using LeastI assms(1) unfolding i_def by fast
  qed
qed


subsection ‹The limit set of an $\omega$-word›

text ‹
  The limit set (also called infinity set) of an $\omega$-word
  is the set of letters that appear infinitely often in the word.
  This set plays an important role in defining acceptance conditions
  of $\omega$-automata.
›

definition limit :: "'a word ⇒ 'a set"
  where "limit x ≡ {a . ∃n . x n = a}"

lemma limit_iff_frequent: "a ∈ limit x ⟷ (∃n . x n = a)"
  by (simp add: limit_def)

text ‹
  The following is a different way to define the limit,
  using the reverse image, making the laws about reverse
  image applicable to the limit set.
  (Might want to change the definition above?)
›

lemma limit_vimage: "(a ∈ limit x) = infinite (x -` {a})"
  by (simp add: limit_def Inf_many_def vimage_def)

lemma two_in_limit_iff:
  "({a, b} ⊆ limit x) =
    ((∃n. x n =a ) ∧ (∀n. x n = a ⟶ (∃m>n. x m = b)) ∧ (∀m. x m = b ⟶ (∃n>m. x n = a)))"
  (is "?lhs = (?r1 ∧ ?r2 ∧ ?r3)")
proof
  assume lhs: "?lhs"
  hence 1: "?r1" by (auto simp: limit_def elim: INFM_EX)
  from lhs have "∀n. ∃m>n. x m = b" by (auto simp: limit_def INFM_nat)
  hence 2: "?r2" by simp
  from lhs have "∀m. ∃n>m. x n = a" by (auto simp: limit_def INFM_nat)
  hence 3: "?r3" by simp
  from 1 2 3 show "?r1 ∧ ?r2 ∧ ?r3" by simp
next
  assume "?r1 ∧ ?r2 ∧ ?r3"
  hence 1: "?r1" and 2: "?r2" and 3: "?r3" by simp+
  have infa: "∀m. ∃n≥m. x n = a"
  proof
    fix m
    show "∃n≥m. x n = a" (is "?A m")
    proof (induct m)
      from 1 show "?A 0" by simp
    next
      fix m
      assume ih: "?A m"
      then obtain n where n: "n ≥ m" "x n = a" by auto
      with 2 obtain k where k: "k>n" "x k = b" by auto
      with 3 obtain l where l: "l>k" "x l = a" by auto
      from n k l have "l ≥ Suc m" by auto
      with l show "?A (Suc m)" by auto
    qed
  qed
  hence infa': "∃n. x n = a" by (simp add: INFM_nat_le)
  have "∀n. ∃m>n. x m = b"
  proof
    fix n
    from infa obtain k where k1: "k≥n" and k2: "x k = a" by auto
    from 2 k2 obtain l where l1: "l>k" and l2: "x l = b" by auto
    from k1 l1 have "l > n" by auto
    with l2 show "∃m>n. x m = b" by auto
  qed
  hence "∃m. x m = b" by (simp add: INFM_nat)
  with infa' show "?lhs" by (auto simp: limit_def)
qed

text ‹
  For $\omega$-words over a finite alphabet, the limit set is
  non-empty. Moreover, from some position onward, any such word
  contains only letters from its limit set.
›

lemma limit_nonempty:
  assumes fin: "finite (range x)"
  shows "∃a. a ∈ limit x"
proof -
  from fin obtain a where "a ∈ range x ∧ infinite (x -` {a})"
    by (rule inf_img_fin_domE) auto
  hence "a ∈ limit x"
    by (auto simp add: limit_vimage)
  thus ?thesis ..
qed

lemmas limit_nonemptyE = limit_nonempty[THEN exE]

lemma limit_inter_INF:
  assumes hyp: "limit w ∩ S ≠ {}"
  shows "∃ n. w n ∈ S"
proof -
  from hyp obtain x where "∃ n. w n = x" and "x ∈ S"
    by (auto simp add: limit_def)
  thus ?thesis
    by (auto elim: INFM_mono)
qed

text ‹
  The reverse implication is true only if $S$ is finite.
›

lemma INF_limit_inter:
  assumes hyp: "∃ n. w n ∈  S"
    and fin: "finite (S ∩ range w)"
  shows  "∃a. a ∈ limit w ∩ S"
proof (rule ccontr)
  assume contra: "¬(∃a. a ∈ limit w ∩ S)"
  hence "∀a∈S. finite {n. w n = a}"
    by (auto simp add: limit_def Inf_many_def)
  with fin have "finite (UN a:S ∩ range w. {n. w n = a})"
    by auto
  moreover
  have "(UN a:S ∩ range w. {n. w n = a}) = {n. w n ∈ S}"
    by auto
  moreover
  note hyp
  ultimately show "False"
    by (simp add: Inf_many_def)
qed

lemma fin_ex_inf_eq_limit: "finite A ⟹ (∃i. w i ∈ A) ⟷ limit w ∩ A ≠ {}"
  by (metis INF_limit_inter equals0D finite_Int limit_inter_INF)

lemma limit_in_range_suffix: "limit x ⊆ range (suffix k x)"
proof
  fix a
  assume "a ∈ limit x"
  then obtain l where
    kl: "k < l" and xl: "x l = a"
    by (auto simp add: limit_def INFM_nat)
  from kl obtain m where "l = k+m"
    by (auto simp add:  less_iff_Suc_add)
  with xl show "a ∈ range (suffix k x)"
    by auto
qed

lemma limit_in_range: "limit r ⊆ range r"
  using limit_in_range_suffix[of r 0] by simp

lemmas limit_in_range_suffixD = limit_in_range_suffix[THEN subsetD]

lemma limit_subset: "limit f ⊆ f ` {n..}"
  using limit_in_range_suffix[of f n] unfolding suffix_def by auto

theorem limit_is_suffix:
  assumes fin: "finite (range x)"
  shows "∃k. limit x = range (suffix k x)"
proof -
  have "∃k. range (suffix k x) ⊆ limit x"
  proof -
     "The set of letters that are not in the limit is certainly finite."
    from fin have "finite (range x - limit x)"
      by simp
     "Moreover, any such letter occurs only finitely often"
    moreover
    have "∀a ∈ range x - limit x. finite (x -` {a})"
      by (auto simp add: limit_vimage)
     "Thus, there are only finitely many occurrences of such letters."
    ultimately have "finite (UN a : range x - limit x. x -` {a})"
      by (blast intro: finite_UN_I)
     "Therefore these occurrences are within some initial interval."
    then obtain k where "(UN a : range x - limit x. x -` {a}) ⊆ {..<k}"
      by (blast dest: finite_nat_bounded)
     "This is just the bound we are looking for."
    hence "∀m. k ≤ m ⟶ x m ∈ limit x"
      by (auto simp add: limit_vimage)
    hence "range (suffix k x) ⊆ limit x"
      by auto
    thus ?thesis ..
  qed
  then obtain k where "range (suffix k x) ⊆ limit x" ..
  with limit_in_range_suffix
  have "limit x = range (suffix k x)"
    by (rule subset_antisym)
  thus ?thesis ..
qed

lemmas limit_is_suffixE = limit_is_suffix[THEN exE]


text ‹
  The limit set enjoys some simple algebraic laws with respect
  to concatenation, suffixes, iteration, and renaming.
›

theorem limit_conc [simp]: "limit (w ⌢ x) = limit x"
proof (auto)
  fix a assume a: "a ∈ limit (w ⌢ x)"
  have "∀m. ∃n. m<n ∧ x n = a"
  proof
    fix m
    from a obtain n where "m + length w < n ∧ (w ⌢ x) n = a"
      by (auto simp add: limit_def Inf_many_def infinite_nat_iff_unbounded)
    hence "m < n - length w ∧ x (n - length w) = a"
      by (auto simp add: conc_def)
    thus "∃n. m<n ∧ x n = a" ..
  qed
  hence "infinite {n . x n = a}"
    by (simp add: infinite_nat_iff_unbounded)
  thus "a ∈ limit x"
    by (simp add: limit_def Inf_many_def)
next
  fix a assume a: "a ∈ limit x"
  have "∀m. length w < m ⟶ (∃n. m<n ∧ (w ⌢ x) n = a)"
  proof (clarify)
    fix m
    assume m: "length w < m"
    with a obtain n where "m - length w < n ∧ x n = a"
      by (auto simp add: limit_def Inf_many_def infinite_nat_iff_unbounded)
    with m have "m < n + length w ∧ (w ⌢ x) (n + length w) = a"
      by (simp add: conc_def, arith)
    thus "∃n. m<n ∧ (w ⌢ x) n = a" ..
  qed
  hence "infinite {n . (w ⌢ x) n = a}"
    by (simp add: unbounded_k_infinite)
  thus "a ∈ limit (w ⌢ x)"
    by (simp add: limit_def Inf_many_def)
qed

theorem limit_suffix [simp]: "limit (suffix n x) = limit x"
proof -
  have "x = (prefix n x) ⌢ (suffix n x)"
    by (simp add: prefix_suffix)
  hence "limit x = limit (prefix n x ⌢ suffix n x)"
    by simp
  also have "… = limit (suffix n x)"
    by (rule limit_conc)
  finally show ?thesis
    by (rule sym)
qed

theorem limit_iter [simp]:
  assumes nempty: "0 < length w"
  shows "limit wω = set w"
proof
  have "limit wω ⊆ range wω"
    by (auto simp add: limit_def dest: INFM_EX)
  also from nempty have "… ⊆ set w"
    by auto
  finally show "limit wω ⊆ set w" .
next
  {
    fix a assume a: "a ∈ set w"
    then obtain k where k: "k < length w ∧ w!k = a"
      by (auto simp add: set_conv_nth)
     "the following bound is terrible, but it simplifies the proof"
    from nempty k have "∀m. wω ((Suc m)*(length w) + k) = a"
      by (simp add: mod_add_left_eq)
    moreover
     "why is the following so hard to prove??"
    have "∀m. m < (Suc m)*(length w) + k"
    proof
      fix m
      from nempty have "1 ≤ length w" by arith
      hence "m*1 ≤ m*length w" by simp
      hence "m ≤ m*length w" by simp
      with nempty have "m < length w + (m*length w) + k" by arith
      thus "m < (Suc m)*(length w) + k" by simp
    qed
    moreover note nempty
    ultimately have "a ∈ limit wω"
      by (auto simp add: limit_iff_frequent INFM_nat)
  }
  then show "set w ⊆ limit wω" by auto
qed

lemma limit_o [simp]:
  assumes a: "a ∈ limit w"
  shows "f a ∈ limit (f ∘ w)"
proof -
  from a
  have "∃n. w n = a"
    by (simp add: limit_iff_frequent)
  hence "∃n. f (w n) = f a"
    by (rule INFM_mono, simp)
  thus "f a ∈ limit (f ∘ w)"
    by (simp add: limit_iff_frequent)
qed

text ‹
  The converse relation is not true in general: $f(a)$ can be in the
  limit of $f \circ w$ even though $a$ is not in the limit of $w$.
  However, ‹limit› commutes with renaming if the function is
  injective. More generally, if $f(a)$ is the image of only finitely
  many elements, some of these must be in the limit of $w$.
›

lemma limit_o_inv:
  assumes fin: "finite (f -` {x})"
    and x: "x ∈ limit (f ∘ w)"
  shows "∃a ∈ (f -` {x}). a ∈ limit w"
proof (rule ccontr)
  assume contra: "¬ ?thesis"
   "hence, every element in the pre-image occurs only finitely often"
  then have "∀a ∈ (f -` {x}). finite {n. w n = a}"
    by (simp add: limit_def Inf_many_def)
   "so there are only finitely many occurrences of any such element"
  with fin have "finite (⋃ a ∈ (f -` {x}). {n. w n = a})"
    by auto
   ‹these are precisely those positions where $x$ occurs in $f \circ w$›
  moreover
  have "(⋃ a ∈ (f -` {x}). {n. w n = a}) = {n. f(w n) = x}"
    by auto
  ultimately
   "so $x$ can occur only finitely often in the translated word"
  have "finite {n. f(w n) = x}"
    by simp
   ‹\ldots\ which yields a contradiction›
  with x show "False"
    by (simp add: limit_def Inf_many_def)
qed

theorem limit_inj [simp]:
  assumes inj: "inj f"
  shows "limit (f ∘ w) = f ` (limit w)"
proof
  show "f ` limit w ⊆ limit (f ∘ w)"
    by auto
  show "limit (f ∘ w) ⊆ f ` limit w"
  proof
    fix x
    assume x: "x ∈ limit (f ∘ w)"
    from inj have "finite (f -` {x})"
      by (blast intro: finite_vimageI)
    with x obtain a where a: "a ∈ (f -` {x}) ∧ a ∈ limit w"
      by (blast dest: limit_o_inv)
    thus "x ∈ f ` (limit w)"
      by auto
  qed
qed

lemma limit_inter_empty:
  assumes fin: "finite (range w)"
  assumes hyp: "limit w ∩ S = {}"
  shows "∀n. w n ∉ S"
proof -
  from fin obtain k where k_def: "limit w = range (suffix k w)"
    using limit_is_suffix by blast
  have "w (k + k') ∉ S" for k'
    using hyp unfolding k_def suffix_def image_def by blast
  thus ?thesis
    unfolding MOST_nat_le using le_Suc_ex by blast
qed

text ‹If the limit is the suffix of the sequence's range,
  we may increase the suffix index arbitrarily›
lemma limit_range_suffix_incr:
  assumes "limit r = range (suffix i r)"
  assumes "j≥i"
  shows "limit r = range (suffix j r)"
    (is "?lhs = ?rhs")
proof -
  have "?lhs = range (suffix i r)"
    using assms by simp
  moreover
  have "… ⊇ ?rhs" using ‹j≥i›
    by (metis (mono_tags, lifting) assms(2)
        image_subsetI le_Suc_ex range_eqI suffix_def suffix_suffix)
  moreover
  have "… ⊇ ?lhs" by (rule limit_in_range_suffix)
  ultimately
  show "?lhs = ?rhs"
    by (metis antisym_conv limit_in_range_suffix)
qed

text ‹For two finite sequences, we can find a common suffix index such
  that the limits can be represented as these suffixes' ranges.›
lemma common_range_limit:
  assumes "finite (range x)"
    and "finite (range y)"
  obtains i where "limit x = range (suffix i x)"
    and "limit y = range (suffix i y)"
proof -
  obtain i j where 1: "limit x = range (suffix i x)"
    and 2: "limit y = range (suffix j y)"
    using assms limit_is_suffix by metis
  have "limit x = range (suffix (max i j) x)"
    and "limit y = range (suffix (max i j) y)"
    using limit_range_suffix_incr[OF 1] limit_range_suffix_incr[OF 2]
    by auto
  thus ?thesis
    using that by metis
qed


subsection ‹Index sequences and piecewise definitions›

text ‹
  A word can be defined piecewise: given a sequence of words $w_0, w_1, \ldots$
  and a strictly increasing sequence of integers $i_0, i_1, \ldots$ where $i_0=0$,
  a single word is obtained by concatenating subwords of the $w_n$ as given by
  the integers: the resulting word is
  \[
    (w_0)_{i_0} \ldots (w_0)_{i_1-1} (w_1)_{i_1} \ldots (w_1)_{i_2-1} \ldots
  \]
  We prepare the field by proving some trivial facts about such sequences of
  indexes.
›

definition idx_sequence :: "nat word ⇒ bool"
  where "idx_sequence idx ≡ (idx 0 = 0) ∧ (∀n. idx n < idx (Suc n))"

lemma idx_sequence_less:
  assumes iseq: "idx_sequence idx"
  shows "idx n < idx (Suc(n+k))"
proof (induct k)
  from iseq show "idx n < idx (Suc (n + 0))"
    by (simp add: idx_sequence_def)
next
  fix k
  assume ih: "idx n < idx (Suc(n+k))"
  from iseq have "idx (Suc(n+k)) < idx (Suc(n + Suc k))"
    by (simp add: idx_sequence_def)
  with ih show "idx n < idx (Suc(n + Suc k))"
    by (rule less_trans)
qed

lemma idx_sequence_inj:
  assumes iseq: "idx_sequence idx"
    and eq: "idx m = idx n"
  shows "m = n"
proof (rule nat_less_cases)
  assume "n<m"
  then obtain k where "m = Suc(n+k)"
    by (auto simp add: less_iff_Suc_add)
  with iseq have "idx n < idx m"
    by (simp add: idx_sequence_less)
  with eq show ?thesis
    by simp
next
  assume "m<n"
  then obtain k where "n = Suc(m+k)"
    by (auto simp add: less_iff_Suc_add)
  with iseq have "idx m < idx n"
    by (simp add: idx_sequence_less)
  with eq show ?thesis
    by simp
qed (simp)

lemma idx_sequence_mono:
  assumes iseq: "idx_sequence idx"
    and m: "m ≤ n"
  shows "idx m ≤ idx n"
proof (cases "m=n")
  case True
  thus ?thesis by simp
next
  case False
  with m have "m < n" by simp
  then obtain k where "n = Suc(m+k)"
    by (auto simp add: less_iff_Suc_add)
  with iseq have "idx m < idx n"
    by (simp add: idx_sequence_less)
  thus ?thesis by simp
qed

text ‹
  Given an index sequence, every natural number is contained in the
  interval defined by two adjacent indexes, and in fact this interval
  is determined uniquely.
›

lemma idx_sequence_idx:
  assumes "idx_sequence idx"
  shows "idx k ∈ {idx k ..< idx (Suc k)}"
using assms by (auto simp add: idx_sequence_def)

lemma idx_sequence_interval:
  assumes iseq: "idx_sequence idx"
  shows "∃k. n ∈ {idx k ..< idx (Suc k) }"
    (is "?P n" is "∃k. ?in n k")
proof (induct n)
  from iseq have "0 = idx 0"
    by (simp add: idx_sequence_def)
  moreover
  from iseq have "idx 0 ∈ {idx 0 ..< idx (Suc 0) }"
    by (rule idx_sequence_idx)
  ultimately
  show "?P 0" by auto
next
  fix n
  assume "?P n"
  then obtain k where k: "?in n k" ..
  show "?P (Suc n)"
  proof (cases "Suc n < idx (Suc k)")
    case True
    with k have "?in (Suc n) k"
      by simp
    thus ?thesis ..
  next
    case False
    with k have "Suc n = idx (Suc k)"
      by auto
    with iseq have "?in (Suc n) (Suc k)"
      by (simp add: idx_sequence_def)
    thus ?thesis ..
  qed
qed

lemma idx_sequence_interval_unique:
  assumes iseq: "idx_sequence idx"
    and k: "n ∈ {idx k ..< idx (Suc k)}"
    and m: "n ∈ {idx m ..< idx (Suc m)}"
  shows "k = m"
proof (rule nat_less_cases)
  assume "k < m"
  hence "Suc k ≤ m" by simp
  with iseq have "idx (Suc k) ≤ idx m"
    by (rule idx_sequence_mono)
  with m have "idx (Suc k) ≤ n"
    by auto
  with k have "False"
    by simp
  thus ?thesis ..
next
  assume "m < k"
  hence "Suc m ≤ k" by simp
  with iseq have "idx (Suc m) ≤ idx k"
    by (rule idx_sequence_mono)
  with k have "idx (Suc m) ≤ n"
    by auto
  with m have "False"
    by simp
  thus ?thesis ..
qed (simp)

lemma idx_sequence_unique_interval:
  assumes iseq: "idx_sequence idx"
  shows "∃! k. n ∈ {idx k ..< idx (Suc k) }"
proof (rule ex_ex1I)
  from iseq show "∃k. n ∈ {idx k ..< idx (Suc k)}"
    by (rule idx_sequence_interval)
next
  fix k y
  assume "n ∈ {idx k..<idx (Suc k)}" and "n ∈ {idx y..<idx (Suc y)}"
  with iseq show "k = y" by (auto elim: idx_sequence_interval_unique)
qed

text ‹
  Now we can define the piecewise construction of a word using
  an index sequence.
›

definition merge :: "'a word word ⇒ nat word ⇒ 'a word"
  where "merge ws idx ≡ λn. let i = THE i. n ∈ {idx i ..< idx (Suc i) } in ws i n"

lemma merge:
  assumes idx: "idx_sequence idx"
    and n: "n ∈ {idx i ..< idx (Suc i)}"
  shows "merge ws idx n = ws i n"
proof -
  from n have "(THE k. n ∈ {idx k ..< idx (Suc k) }) = i"
    by (rule the_equality[OF _ sym[OF idx_sequence_interval_unique[OF idx n]]]) simp
  thus ?thesis
    by (simp add: merge_def Let_def)
qed

lemma merge0:
  assumes idx: "idx_sequence idx"
  shows "merge ws idx 0 = ws 0 0"
proof (rule merge[OF idx])
  from idx have "idx 0 < idx (Suc 0)"
    unfolding idx_sequence_def by blast
  with idx show "0 ∈ {idx 0 ..< idx (Suc 0)}"
    by (simp add: idx_sequence_def)
qed

lemma merge_Suc:
  assumes idx: "idx_sequence idx"
    and n: "n ∈ {idx i ..< idx (Suc i)}"
  shows "merge ws idx (Suc n) = (if Suc n = idx (Suc i) then ws (Suc i) else ws i) (Suc n)"
proof auto
  assume eq: "Suc n = idx (Suc i)"
  from idx have "idx (Suc i) < idx (Suc(Suc i))"
    unfolding idx_sequence_def by blast
  with eq idx show "merge ws idx (idx (Suc i)) = ws (Suc i) (idx (Suc i))"
    by (simp add: merge)
next
  assume neq: "Suc n ≠ idx (Suc i)"
  with n have "Suc n ∈ {idx i ..< idx (Suc i) }"
    by auto
  with idx show "merge ws idx (Suc n) = ws i (Suc n)"
    by (rule merge)
qed

end