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Side-connected integer squares and their unit boundary

Definition
AngelDevil_SquareBoundary

by Yuxuan Xu · Oct 18, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

angel-problemcombinatoricsgame-theory

Squares are indexed by integer pairs. The four side neighbors differ by one in exactly one coordinate. A finite set is connected when it is nonempty and any two members can be joined by a finite sequence of side-neighbor steps within the set. Each exposed side is a direction from an occupied square to an unoccupied neighbor. The perimeter counts all such sides, including hole boundaries. The wall set records the occupied square and side direction.

Definition code
import Definitions.Def_AngelDevil_Game
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.BigOperators.Group.Finset
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Prod

namespace AngelDevil

/-- Four oriented sides of an integer unit square. -/
abbrev SquareSide := Bool × Bool

def sideNeighbor (v : Point) (d : SquareSide) : Point :=
  if d.1 then (v.1, v.2 + if d.2 then -1 else 1)
  else (v.1 + if d.2 then -1 else 1, v.2)

def oppositeSide (d : SquareSide) : SquareSide := (d.1, !d.2)

def SquareAdjacent (u v : Point) : Prop := ∃ d, sideNeighbor u d = v

def exposedSides (s : Finset Point) (v : Point) : Finset SquareSide :=
  Finset.univ.filter (fun d => sideNeighbor v d ∉ s)

/-- Number of unit boundary sides, including sides surrounding holes. -/
def squarePerimeter (s : Finset Point) : Nat :=
  ∑ v ∈ s, (exposedSides s v).card

def SquaresConnected (s : Finset Point) : Prop :=
  s.Nonempty ∧ ∀ a ∈ s, ∀ b ∈ s,
    Relation.ReflTransGen (fun u v => u ∈ s ∧ v ∈ s ∧ SquareAdjacent u v) a b

/-- A wall records its occupied square and the direction of its empty neighbor. -/
def boundaryWalls (s : Finset Point) : Finset (Point × SquareSide) :=
  s.biUnion (fun v => (exposedSides s v).image (fun d => (v, d)))

end AngelDevil
Source
Mathe, The Angel of power 2 wins (2007), https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963548306008303, author manuscript p. 6, Definition 4.1 and Claim 4.2.

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