An Intuitionistic Proof of a Discrete Form of the Jordan Curve Theorem Formalized in Coq with Combinatorial Hypermaps

  • Authors:
  • Jean-François Dufourd

  • Affiliations:
  • UFR de Mathématique et d'Informatique, Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Image, de l'Informatique et de la Télédétection (UMR CNRS-ULP 7005), Université de Strasbourg, Illkirc ...

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Automated Reasoning
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

This paper presents a completely formalized proof of a discrete form of the Jordan Curve Theorem. It is based on a hypermap model of planar subdivisions, formal specifications and proofs assisted by the Coq system. Fundamental properties are proven by structural or noetherian induction: Genus Theorem, Euler Formula, constructive planarity criteria. A notion of ring of faces is inductively defined and a Jordan Curve Theorem is stated and proven for any planar hypermap.