Caso

Category Theory Solver for Commutative Diagrams.

=== Caso 0.2 ===
Type `help` for more information.
> (A <-> B)[(A <-> C) -> (B <-> D)] <=> (C -> D)
(A <-> B)[(A <-> C) -> (B <-> D)] <=> (C <-> D)

To run Case from your Terminal, type:

cargo install --example caso caso

Then, to run:

caso

Syntax

A commuative diagram in Caso is written in the following grammar:

<left>[<top> -> <bottom>] <=> <right>

This syntax is based on the notation for Path Semantics.

Caso automatically corrects directional errors, e.g. when you type (a -> b)[(c -> a) -> ...] <=> .... the c is wrong relative to a, so, Caso corrects this to (a -> b)[(a <- c) -> ...] <=> ....

Higher morpisms are supported by counting - (1) and = (2) in the arrow. For example, <-> is a 1-isomorphism and <=> is a 2-isomorphism.

How to solve triangles

Triangles can be expanded into commutative square using identity morphisms.

For example:

> (A <-> B)[(A -> C) -> (B -> C)] <=> (C -> C)
(A <-> B)[(A -> C) -> (B -> C)] <=> (C <-> C)

Here, C -> C is an identity morphism from C to itself.

Design

Caso uses Avalog as monotonic solver.

The Avalog rules are located in "assets/cat.txt".

The automated theorem prover uses the following steps:

1. Parse expression
2. Construct commutative square
3. Expand knowledge about morphisms using rules for Category Theory
4. Analyze new knowledge and reintegrate it into the commutative square
5. Synthesize expression.