module Order.DCPO where

Directed-complete partial orders🔗

Let be a partial order. A family of elements is a semi-directed family if for every there merely exists some such and A semidirected family is a directed family when is merely inhabited.

module _ {o } (P : Poset o ) where
  open Order.Reasoning P

  is-semidirected-family :  {Ix : Type o}  (Ix  Ob)  Type _
  is-semidirected-family {Ix = Ix} f =  i j  ∃[ k  Ix ] (f i  f k × f j  f k)

  record is-directed-family {Ix : Type o} (f : Ix  Ob) : Type (o  ) where
    no-eta-equality
    field
      elt :  Ix 
      semidirected : is-semidirected-family f

Note that any family whose indexing type is a proposition is automatically semi-directed:

  prop-indexed→semidirected
    :  {Ix : Type o}  (s : Ix  Ob)  is-prop Ix
     is-semidirected-family s
  prop-indexed→semidirected s prop i j =
    inc (i , ≤-refl , ≤-refl' (ap s (prop j i)))

The poset is a directed-complete partial order, or DCPO, if it has least upper bounds of all directed families.

  record is-dcpo : Type (lsuc o  ) where
    no-eta-equality
    field
      directed-lubs
        :  {Ix : Type o} (f : Ix  Ob)  is-directed-family f  Lub P f

    module  {Ix : Type o} (f : Ix  Ob) (dir : is-directed-family f) =
      Lub (directed-lubs f dir)

    open  using () renaming (lub to ; fam≤lub to fam≤⋃; least to ⋃-least) public

Since least upper bounds are unique when they exist, being a DCPO is a property of a poset, and not structure on that poset.

Scott-continuous functions🔗

Let and be a pair of posets. A monotone map is called Scott-continuous when it preserves all directed lubs.

  is-scott-continuous : (f : Posets.Hom P Q)  Type _
  is-scott-continuous f =
     {Ix} (s : Ix  P.Ob) (fam : is-directed-family P s)
      x  is-lub P s x  is-lub Q (f .hom  s) (f .hom x)

  is-scott-continuous-is-prop
    :  (f : Posets.Hom P Q)  is-prop (is-scott-continuous f)
  is-scott-continuous-is-prop _ = hlevel 1

If is a DCPO, then any function which preserves directed lubs is automatically a monotone map, and, consequently, Scott-continuous.

To see this, suppose we’re given with The family that sends to and to is directed: is inhabited, and is a least upper bound for arbitrary values of the family. Since preserves lubs, we have

  opaque
    dcpo+scott→monotone
      : is-dcpo P
       (f : P.Ob  Q.Ob)
       (∀ {Ix} (s : Ix  Poset.Ob P) (fam : is-directed-family P s)
           x  is-lub P s x  is-lub Q (f  s) (f x))
        {x y}  x P.≤ y  f x Q.≤ f y
    dcpo+scott→monotone is-dcpo f scott {x} {y} p =
      fs-lub .is-lub.fam≤lub (lift true) where
        s : Lift o Bool  P.Ob
        s (lift b) = if b then x else y

        sx≤sfalse :  b  s b P.≤ s (lift false)
        sx≤sfalse (lift true) = p
        sx≤sfalse (lift false) = P.≤-refl

        s-directed : is-directed-family P s
        s-directed .elt =
          inc (lift true)
        s-directed .semidirected i j =
          inc (lift false , sx≤sfalse _ , sx≤sfalse _)

        s-lub : is-lub P s y
        s-lub .is-lub.fam≤lub = sx≤sfalse
        s-lub .is-lub.least z lt = lt (lift false)

        fs-lub : is-lub Q (f  s) (f y)
        fs-lub = scott s s-directed y s-lub

Moreover, if is an arbitrary monotone map, and is a directed family, then is still a directed family.

  monotone∘directed
    :  {Ix : Type o}
     {s : Ix  P.Ob}
     (f : Posets.Hom P Q)
     is-directed-family P s
     is-directed-family Q (f .hom  s)
  monotone∘directed f dir .elt = dir .elt
  monotone∘directed f dir .is-directed-family.semidirected i j =
    ∥-∥-map (Σ-map₂ (×-map (f .pres-≤) (f .pres-≤)))
      (dir .semidirected i j)

The identity function is Scott-continuous.

  scott-id
    :  {P : Poset o }
     is-scott-continuous (Posets.id {x = P})
  scott-id s fam x lub = lub

Scott-continuous functions are closed under composition.

  scott-∘
    :  {P Q R : Poset o }
     (f : Posets.Hom Q R) (g : Posets.Hom P Q)
     is-scott-continuous f  is-scott-continuous g
     is-scott-continuous (f Posets.∘ g)
  scott-∘ f g f-scott g-scott s dir x lub =
    f-scott (g .hom  s)
      (monotone∘directed g dir)
      (g .hom x)
      (g-scott s dir x lub)

The category of DCPOs🔗

DCPOs form a subcategory of the category of posets. Furthermore, since being a DCPO is a property, identity of DCPOs is determined by identity of their underlying posets: thus, the category of DCPOs is univalent.

DCPOs-subcat :  (o  : Level)  Subcat (Posets o ) (lsuc o  ) (lsuc o  )
DCPOs-subcat o  .Subcat.is-ob = is-dcpo
DCPOs-subcat o  .Subcat.is-hom f _ _ = is-scott-continuous f
DCPOs-subcat o  .Subcat.is-hom-prop f _ _ = is-scott-continuous-is-prop f
DCPOs-subcat o  .Subcat.is-hom-id _ = scott-id
DCPOs-subcat o  .Subcat.is-hom-∘ {f = f} {g = g} = scott-∘ f g

DCPOs :  (o  : Level)  Precategory (lsuc (o  )) (lsuc o  )
DCPOs o  = Subcategory (DCPOs-subcat o )

DCPOs-is-category :  {o }  is-category (DCPOs o )
DCPOs-is-category = subcat-is-category Posets-is-category  _  hlevel 1)

Reasoning with DCPOs🔗

The following pair of modules re-exports facts about the underlying posets (resp. monotone maps) of DCPOs (resp. Scott-continuous functions). They also prove a plethora of small lemmas that are useful in formalisation but not for informal reading.

These proofs are all quite straightforward, so we omit them.
module DCPO {o } (D : DCPO o ) where
  poset : Poset o 
  poset = D .fst

  open Order.Reasoning (D .fst) public

  set : Set o
  set = el  D  Ob-is-set

  has-dcpo : is-dcpo poset
  has-dcpo = D .snd

  open is-dcpo (D .snd) public

  ⋃-pointwise
    :  {Ix} {s s' : Ix  Ob}
     {fam : is-directed-family poset s} {fam' : is-directed-family poset s'}
     (∀ ix  s ix  s' ix)
      s fam   s' fam'
  ⋃-pointwise p = ⋃.least _ _ ( _ _) λ ix 
    ≤-trans (p ix) (⋃.fam≤lub _ _ ix)

module Scott {o } {D E : DCPO o } (f : DCPOs.Hom D E) where
  private
    module D = DCPO D
    module E = DCPO E

  mono : Posets.Hom D.poset E.poset
  mono = Subcat-hom.hom f

  monotone :  {x y}  x D.≤ y  f # x E.≤ f # y
  monotone = mono .pres-≤

  opaque
    pres-directed-lub
      :  {Ix} (s : Ix  D.Ob)  is-directed-family D.poset s
        x  is-lub (D .fst) s x  is-lub (E .fst) (apply f  s) (f # x)
    pres-directed-lub = Subcat-hom.witness f

    directed
      :  {Ix} {s : Ix  D.Ob}  is-directed-family D.poset s
       is-directed-family E.poset (apply f  s)
    directed dir = monotone∘directed (Subcat-hom.hom f) dir

    pres-⋃
      :  {Ix} (s : Ix  D.Ob)  (dir : is-directed-family D.poset s)
       f # (D.⋃ s dir)  E.⋃ (apply f  s) (directed dir)
    pres-⋃ s dir =
      E.≤-antisym
        (is-lub.least (pres-directed-lub s dir (D.⋃ s dir) (D.⋃.has-lub s dir))
          (E.⋃ (apply f  s) (directed dir))
          (E.⋃.fam≤lub (apply f  s) (directed dir)))
        (E.⋃.least (apply f  s) (directed dir) (apply f (D.⋃ s dir)) λ i 
          monotone (D.⋃.fam≤lub s dir i))

We also provide a couple methods for constructing Scott-continuous maps. First, we note that if a function is monotonic and commutes with some chosen assignment of least upper bounds, then it is Scott-continuous.

  to-scott
    : (f : D.Ob  E.Ob)
     (∀ {x y}  x D.≤ y  f x E.≤ f y)
     (∀ {Ix} (s : Ix  D.Ob)  (dir : is-directed-family D.poset s)
        is-lub E.poset (f  s) (f (D.⋃ s dir)))
     DCPOs.Hom D E
  to-scott f monotone pres-⋃ = sub-hom fᵐ pres-lub where
      fᵐ : Monotone D.poset E.poset
      fᵐ .hom = f
      fᵐ .pres-≤ = monotone

      pres-lub
        :  {Ix} (s : Ix  D.Ob)  (dir : is-directed-family D.poset s)
          x  is-lub D.poset s x  is-lub E.poset (f  s) (f x)
      pres-lub s dir x x-lub .is-lub.fam≤lub i =
        monotone (is-lub.fam≤lub x-lub i)
      pres-lub s dir x x-lub .is-lub.least y le =
        f x              E.≤⟨ monotone (is-lub.least x-lub _ (D.⋃.fam≤lub s dir)) E.≤
        f (D.⋃ s dir)    E.=⟨ lub-unique (pres-⋃ s dir) (E.⋃.has-lub (f  s) (monotone∘directed fᵐ dir)) E.=
        E.⋃ (f  s) _    E.≤⟨ E.⋃.least _ _ y le E.≤
        y                E.≤∎

Furthermore, if preserves arbitrary least upper bounds, then it is monotone, and thus Scott-continuous.

  to-scott-directed
    : (f : D.Ob  E.Ob)
     (∀ {Ix} (s : Ix  D.Ob)  (dir : is-directed-family D.poset s)
         x  is-lub D.poset s x  is-lub E.poset (f  s) (f x))
     DCPOs.Hom D E
  to-scott-directed f pres .Subcat-hom.hom .hom = f
  to-scott-directed f pres .Subcat-hom.hom .pres-≤ =
    dcpo+scott→monotone D.has-dcpo f pres
  to-scott-directed f pres .Subcat-hom.witness = pres