[isabelle-dev] Default simprules for division in fields

[Thomas Sewell]

This makes me realise that I may have been misunderstanding field_simps. 
I've been using it as a replacement after ring_simps disappeared a while 
ago. It always struck me as odd, since I'm nearly always in a word type, 
which is a ring but not a field.

Is it just a coincidence that field_simps usually does what I want?

Cheers,
     Thomas.

On 05/04/14 03:09, Tobias Nipkow wrote:
> I set up field_simps to yield a decision procedure for field equality, provided
> all denominators can be proved to be 0. Hence I am sceptical if adding new rules
> to it is a good idea. Florian, can you give an example where previously
> field_simps was too weak but with the two additional rules it works?
>
> Tobias
>
> On 04/04/2014 17:37, Lawrence Paulson wrote:
>> A very good idea, which reduces the impact of the change on existing proofs. I am trying it out now.
>>
>> Seeing no objections, I am quite likely to push this change later today.
>>
>> Larry
>>
>> On 4 Apr 2014, at 15:08, Florian Haftmann <florian.haftmann at informatik.tu-muenchen.de> wrote:
>>
>>>> lemma divide_minus_left [simp]: "(-a) / b = - (a / b)"
>>>> lemma divide_minus_right [simp]: "a / - b = - (a / b)”
>>>>
>>>> It would be a mistake to reorient the simprules, but I am suggesting that they should not be declared as simprules with either orientation.
>>> Maybe
>>>> lemma divide_minus_left [field_simps]: "(-a) / b = - (a / b)"
>>>> lemma divide_minus_right [field_simps]: "a / - b = - (a / b)”
>>> instead?
>>>
>>> 	Florian
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