Output-frontier invariants — proof internals #
This module records the blank-suffix invariant of a one-way output tape. An initial output tape is blank strictly beyond its head, and a transducer step preserves that property because its output head never moves left.
Every cell strictly beyond the tape head is blank. For a one-way output tape, the head is therefore a frontier beyond which no output has been written.
Equations
- t.BlankAfterHead = ∀ (j : ℕ), t.head < j → t.cells j = Complexity.Γ.blank
Instances For
The empty initialized tape is blank beyond its initial head.
Writing at the current head and then moving right or staying put preserves the blank suffix beyond the head.
The output tape of an initial configuration is blank beyond its head.
One step of a transducer preserves the blank output suffix.
Exact-step reachability from a configuration with a blank output suffix preserves that suffix for a transducer.
Reachability from a configuration with a blank output suffix preserves that suffix for a transducer.
Every output tape reachable in an exact number of steps from an initial configuration of a transducer is blank beyond its head.
Every output tape reachable from an initial configuration of a transducer is blank beyond its head.