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A statement preserves its symbol support

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PvsNP.stepAux_supported

by alexcarter · Sep 13, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

complexity-theoryformalizationp-vs-np

If all input stack symbols and all symbols pushable by a statement lie in S, its resulting stack symbols lie in S.

Status: Local proof checked; unpublished draft statement.

Formal statement
import Definitions.Def_PvsNPSupport

namespace PvsNP
theorem stepAux_supported (M : Turing.FinTM2) (S : Set (Sigma M.Γ))
    (q : M.Stmt) (hq : stmtPushSymbols M q ⊆ S) (v : M.σ)
    (stk : ∀ k, List (M.Γ k)) (hs : SupportedStacks M S stk) :
    SupportedStacks M S (Turing.TM2.stepAux q v stk).stk := by sorry
end PvsNP
Source
Mathlib exact revision 0df444a360eaa60ab8c11dca51a86af692955474, Mathlib/Computability/TuringMachine/Computable.lean and StackTuringMachine.lean; https://github.com/leanprover-community/mathlib4/blob/0df444a360eaa60ab8c11dca51a86af692955474/Mathlib/Computability/TuringMachine/Computable.lean; direct structural induction on these source definitions; newly supplied local proof.
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What the Lean code literally says, in plain math · gpt-6-astra

For every machine MMM, set SSS of tagged symbols, statement qqq, hypothesis U(q)⊆SU(q)\subseteq SU(q)⊆S, control state v∈σv\in\sigmav∈σ, stack family stk⁡(k)∈Γk∗\operatorname{stk}(k)\in\Gamma_k^*stk(k)∈Γk∗​, and hypothesis ∀k∈K, ∀a∈Γk, a∈stk⁡(k)⇒(k,a)∈S\forall k\in K,\ \forall a\in\Gamma_k,\ a\in\operatorname{stk}(k)\Rightarrow(k,a)\in S∀k∈K, ∀a∈Γk​, a∈stk(k)⇒(k,a)∈S, execute qqq from vvv and these stacks once as described here, and let stk⁡′\operatorname{stk}^\primestk′ be the stacks in its returned configuration. The conclusion is ∀k∈K, ∀a∈Γk, a∈stk⁡′(k)⇒(k,a)∈S\forall k\in K,\ \forall a\in\Gamma_k,\ a\in\operatorname{stk}^\prime(k)\Rightarrow(k,a)\in S∀k∈K, ∀a∈Γk​, a∈stk′(k)⇒(k,a)∈S. The set SSS need not be finite, no reachability hypothesis is required, and the statement proves preservation for this one statement execution, including a returned jump or halt. Here MMM is a TM2 machine with a finite type KKK of stack indices and decidable equality on KKK, designated input and output indices k0,k1k_0,k_1k0​,k1​, stack-symbol types Γk\Gamma_kΓk​, a finite type Λ\LambdaΛ of program labels with a main label, a finite type σ\sigmaσ of control states with an initial state, a finite input alphabet Γk0\Gamma_{k_0}Γk0​​, and a statement m(ℓ)m(\ell)m(ℓ) for each label ℓ∈Λ\ell\in\Lambdaℓ∈Λ. No finiteness of Γk\Gamma_kΓk​ for other kkk is assumed. A tagged symbol (k,a)(k,a)(k,a) has k∈Kk\in Kk∈K and a∈Γka\in\Gamma_ka∈Γk​; tags from different stacks remain distinct. For a statement qqq, its set U(q)U(q)U(q) of syntactically possible pushed tagged symbols is recursively defined: a push onto kkk with symbol function f:σ→Γkf:\sigma\to\Gamma_kf:σ→Γk​ and continuation q0q_0q0​ contributes {(k,f(v)):v∈σ}∪U(q0)\{(k,f(v)):v\in\sigma\}\cup U(q_0){(k,f(v)):v∈σ}∪U(q0​); a peek, pop, or control-state load contributes only its continuation’s set; a conditional branch contributes the union of both branch sets; a jump to a program label and a halt contribute the empty set. Thus both branch bodies and all control states are counted, regardless of reachability, while a jump does not recursively inspect its target. Executing one statement pushes the symbol selected by the current state, peeks at or pops the current stack head (using an absent-head value for an empty stack and an empty tail when popping it), or changes the control state as specified, then executes the continuation; a branch executes its selected body, and jump/halt returns a configuration with a label/no label and unchanged stacks. A jump does not execute the next labeled statement within this same statement execution.

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