Theory Quadratic_Discriminant
section "Roots of real quadratics"
theory Quadratic_Discriminant
imports Complex_Main
begin
definition discrim :: "real ⇒ real ⇒ real ⇒ real"
where "discrim a b c ≡ b⇧2 - 4 * a * c"
lemma complete_square:
"a ≠ 0 ⟹ a * x⇧2 + b * x + c = 0 ⟷ (2 * a * x + b)⇧2 = discrim a b c"
by (simp add: discrim_def) algebra
lemma discriminant_negative:
fixes a b c x :: real
assumes "a ≠ 0"
and "discrim a b c < 0"
shows "a * x⇧2 + b * x + c ≠ 0"
by (metis assms complete_square power2_less_0)
lemma plus_or_minus_sqrt:
fixes x y :: real
assumes "y ≥ 0"
shows "x⇧2 = y ⟷ x = sqrt y ∨ x = - sqrt y"
using assms by fastforce
lemma divide_non_zero:
fixes x y z :: real
assumes "x ≠ 0"
shows "x * y = z ⟷ y = z / x"
by (simp add: assms mult.commute nonzero_eq_divide_eq)
lemma discriminant_nonneg:
fixes a b c x :: real
assumes "a ≠ 0"
and "discrim a b c ≥ 0"
shows "a * x⇧2 + b * x + c = 0 ⟷
x = (-b + sqrt (discrim a b c)) / (2 * a) ∨
x = (-b - sqrt (discrim a b c)) / (2 * a)" (is "?L = ?R")
proof
assume ?L with assms show ?R
by (smt (verit, ccfv_threshold) complete_square nonzero_mult_div_cancel_left real_sqrt_abs)
qed (use assms complete_square in auto)
lemma discriminant_zero:
fixes a b c x :: real
assumes "a ≠ 0"
and "discrim a b c = 0"
shows "a * x⇧2 + b * x + c = 0 ⟷ x = -b / (2 * a)"
by (simp add: discriminant_nonneg assms)
theorem discriminant_iff:
fixes a b c x :: real
assumes "a ≠ 0"
shows "a * x⇧2 + b * x + c = 0 ⟷
discrim a b c ≥ 0 ∧
(x = (-b + sqrt (discrim a b c)) / (2 * a) ∨
x = (-b - sqrt (discrim a b c)) / (2 * a))"
by (smt (verit, best) assms discriminant_negative discriminant_nonneg)
lemma discriminant_nonneg_ex:
fixes a b c :: real
assumes "a ≠ 0"
and "discrim a b c ≥ 0"
shows "∃ x. a * x⇧2 + b * x + c = 0"
by (auto simp: discriminant_nonneg assms)
lemma discriminant_pos_ex:
fixes a b c :: real
assumes "a ≠ 0"
and "discrim a b c > 0"
shows "∃x y. x ≠ y ∧ a * x⇧2 + b * x + c = 0 ∧ a * y⇧2 + b * y + c = 0"
proof -
let ?x = "(-b + sqrt (discrim a b c)) / (2 * a)"
let ?y = "(-b - sqrt (discrim a b c)) / (2 * a)"
from ‹discrim a b c > 0› have "sqrt (discrim a b c) ≠ 0"
by simp
then have "sqrt (discrim a b c) ≠ - sqrt (discrim a b c)"
by arith
with ‹a ≠ 0› have "?x ≠ ?y"
by simp
moreover from assms have "a * ?x⇧2 + b * ?x + c = 0" and "a * ?y⇧2 + b * ?y + c = 0"
using discriminant_nonneg [of a b c ?x]
and discriminant_nonneg [of a b c ?y]
by simp_all
ultimately show ?thesis
by blast
qed
lemma discriminant_pos_distinct:
fixes a b c x :: real
assumes "a ≠ 0"
and "discrim a b c > 0"
shows "∃ y. x ≠ y ∧ a * y⇧2 + b * y + c = 0"
by (metis assms discriminant_pos_ex)
lemma Rats_solution_QE:
assumes "a ∈ ℚ" "b ∈ ℚ" "a ≠ 0"
and "a*x^2 + b*x + c = 0"
and "sqrt (discrim a b c) ∈ ℚ"
shows "x ∈ ℚ"
using assms(1,2,5) discriminant_iff[THEN iffD1, OF assms(3,4)] by auto
lemma Rats_solution_QE_converse:
assumes "a ∈ ℚ" "b ∈ ℚ"
and "a*x^2 + b*x + c = 0"
and "x ∈ ℚ"
shows "sqrt (discrim a b c) ∈ ℚ"
proof -
from assms(3) have "discrim a b c = (2*a*x+b)^2" unfolding discrim_def by algebra
hence "sqrt (discrim a b c) = ¦2*a*x+b¦" by (simp)
thus ?thesis using ‹a ∈ ℚ› ‹b ∈ ℚ› ‹x ∈ ℚ› by (simp)
qed
end