← Session 35 — ii′-6-R: Lagarias 6.1 right-tail re-proof (E-032/D-073)
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Still at 680:34 — the `_ = 1 / (2 * Real.log 2) := by` step. So the previous step DID elaborate (the error moved to 680). The "invalid 'by' tactic, expected type has not been provided" at the `by` of the second calc step. Hmm — this means the calc step's expected type can't be formed: `_ = 1 / (2 * Real.log 2)` where `_` = `4 * ((1/8) / Real.log 2)` — so the step type is `4 * ((1/8)/Real.log 2) = 1/(2·Real.log 2)` — an EQUALITY — and the calc's overall goal is `≤ 1/(2·Real.log 2)` — mixing `=` with `≤` in calc: allowed (calc trans rules: a ≤ b, b = c ⟹ a ≤ c ✓). So why "invalid 'by' tactic"??
"invalid 'by' tactic, expected type has not been provided" — this error occurs when a `by` block is used where no type is expected. In a calc step `lhs rel rhs := proof`, if the RELATION can't be elaborated... Hmm — maybe the issue is the `field_simp [...].ne'` inside: `[Real.log_pos (by norm_num : (1 : ℝ) < 2)].ne'` — the `.ne'` accessor: `Real.log_pos (h : 1 < x) : 0 < Real.log x` — `.ne'` on `0 < y` gives `y ≠ 0`?? — `LT.lt.ne' : a < b → b ≠ a` ✓ so `Real.log_pos (...).ne' : Real.log 2 ≠ 0` ✓. Hmm.
Wait — "invalid 'by' tactic, expected type has not been provided" — maybe it's INSIDE the field_simp argument list: `field_simp [Real.log_pos (by norm_num : (1 : ℝ) < 2)].ne'` — the `by norm_num : (1 : ℝ) < 2` — that's fine...
OR the issue is the calc step's `by` at 680:34 col 34 — hmm, col 34 of `_ = 1 / (2 * Real.log 2) := by` — let me count: ` _ = 1 / (2 * Real.log 2) := by` — positions: the `by` is around col 36–38. Hmm.
Actually — maybe the error is that the FIRST step's result can't be unified with `_`: the first step now reads `≤ 4 * ((1 / 8) / Real.log 2) := by apply mul_le_mul_of_nonneg_left h (by norm_num : (0 : ℝ) ≤ 4)` — if `apply` left side-goals or the apply's result has the wrong form... Let me just test this block in isolation via a quick scratch check? Faster: replace the field_simp+apply-mess with a direct norm_num-free approach:
The step `4 * ((1/8)/L) = 1/(2L)` — prove by:
```
_ = 1 / (2 * Real.log 2) := by
have hL : Real.log 2 ≠ 0 := (Real.log_pos (by norm_num : (1 : ℝ) < 2)).ne'
field_simp [hL]
```
field_simp [hL] (a hypothesis, not a computed .ne') — cleaner. If field_simp closes, done (no trailing ring). If it leaves a goal, add ring.
Actually — let me step back and question the whole calc: maybe the previous `apply mul_le_mul_of_nonneg_left h ...` step is fine and the REAL problem is that `Real.log_pos (by norm_num : (1 : ℝ) < 2)` — Real.log_pos's argument: `Real.log_pos (hx : 1 < x)` — hmm, is the lemma `Real.log_pos : 1 < x → 0 < Real.log x`?? — YES ✓.
Hmm hold on — "invalid 'by' tactic, expected type has not been provided" is a WEIRD error for a calc step. Let me search: this error typically appears when `by` is used in a term-position that expects a value whose type is unknown — e.g., in `field_simp [Real.log_pos (by norm_num : ...)]` — no...
Actually wait — maybe the `by` at 680:34 belongs to the calc step and the calc STEP's type couldn't be formed because the calc relation after `≤`-then-`=` — the calc machinery: `a ≤ b`, then `_ = c := proof` — the proof's expected type is `b = c` — needs b — b = `4 * ((1/8) / Real.log 2)` — available ✓. So `by` gets expected type `4·((1/8)/log2) = 1/(2·log2)` ✓ fine in principle.
Let me look at what's ACTUALLY at 680 col 34 now after my last edit (line numbers shifted by +1): line 680 is now ` _ = 1 / (2 * Real.log 2) := by` — hmm same.
New hypothesis: the field_simp's `.ne'` on `Real.log_pos (by norm_num : (1:ℝ) < 2)` — maybe `Real.log_pos` needs the arg named differently or the whole bracket `[Real.log_pos (...)].ne'` has a syntax issue making the PARSER complain at the `by`... — the error "invalid 'by' tactic" suggests a PARSER issue with `(by norm_num : (1 : ℝ) < 2)` inside the bracket — the `by norm_num : (1 : ℝ) < 2` — the type ascription `(by tac : type)` — is that valid syntax?? YES: `(by tac : T)` is valid (the `by` block with expected type T — and THIS is where "invalid 'by' tactic, expected type has not been provided" comes from!! — if the type ascription `(1 : ℝ) < 2` is parsed as... no wait, `(by norm_num : (1 : ℝ) < 2)` — hmm — is `(by norm_num : T)` valid Lean 4? The `by tac` in term position with an explicit type ascription OUTSIDE the by-block — `(by tac : T)` — hmm, actually the standard is `(show T from by tac)` or `by tac` with the type inferred. `(by norm_num : (1:ℝ) < 2)` — I've USED this pattern throughout this session and it worked (e.g., `(by norm_num : (0 : ℝ) < 1)`)! So it's fine.
OK let me stop guessing and look at the REAL thing: compile JUST the h3b block's tail in a scratch file to see the real error... Actually — simpler: the error at 680:34 with the `ring_nf` suggestion preamble — the preamble "Try this: [apply] ring_nf / The `ring` tactic failed" IS the error's content for 680:34!! So the `by` block at 680 contains a `ring` that failed — but I REMOVED the trailing ring in my last edit... — wait, my last edit's field_simp line: `field_simp [Real.log_pos (by norm_num : (1 : ℝ) < 2)].ne'` — no ring after. So the failing `ring` must be the field_simp's internal ring failing!! "The `ring` tactic failed to close the goal" — field_simp's internal ring couldn't close `4 * ((1/8) / Real.log 2) = 1 / (2 * Real.log 2)` after clearing denominators. And the "invalid 'by' tactic" at 680:34 is the parser-level fallback of the same error...
Why would field_simp fail? `4·((1/8)/L) = 1/(2L)` — field_simp [hL.ne'] clears: `4·(1/8)·(2L) = 1·L`?? hmm: LHS = 4·(1/8)/L = (1/2)/L; equation: (1/2)/L = 1/(2L) — these are EQUAL as written ((1/2)/L = 1/(2L) by mul_div_assoc/div_div) — field_simp might not even need to clear: the goal is `4·((1/8)/L) = 1/(2L)` ⟺ `(4·(1/8))/L = 1/(2L)` ⟺ LHS-rational-part 4/8 = 1/2: field_simp computes 4·(1/8) = 1/2 and (2L)⁻¹... should be routine. UNLESS the `Real.log_pos (by norm_num : (1:ℝ) < 2)` inside the field_simp list is the problem — field_simp's argument processing with a `.ne'` projection inside brackets — `[Real.log_pos (by norm_num : (1 : ℝ) < 2)].ne'` — the `.ne'` projection syntax inside a simp-arg list — `[foo].ne'` — is that valid?? The simp-arg `[(...).ne']` — field_simp expects simp LEMMAS or hypotheses — `Real.log_pos (...).ne'` is a TERM ✓ valid simp arg (a hypothesis term).
Let me just use a hypothesis variable:
```
_ = 1 / (2 * Real.log 2) := by
have hL : Real.log 2 ≠ 0 := (Real.log_pos (by norm_num : (1 : ℝ) < 2)).ne'
field_simp [hL]
ring
```
If field_simp leaves a goal, ring closes; if it closes, ring errors — ugh, the trailing-ring gamble. Alternative: `field_simp [hL]; ring_nf`?? same gamble.
ROBUST alternative: skip field_simp:
```
_ = 1 / (2 * Real.log 2) := by
have hL : Real.log 2 ≠ 0 := (Real.log_pos (by norm_num : (1 : ℝ) < 2)).ne'
rw [div_eq_iff hL]
field_simp [hL]
ring
```
Hmm. OR prove it by `field_simp [hL]` alone and see.
Actually — cleanest: `have : (4 : ℝ) * ((1/8) / Real.log 2) = 1 / (2 * Real.log 2) := by field_simp [(Real.log_pos (by norm_num : (1:ℝ) < 2)).ne']` — as a standalone have, then use it as the calc step directly:
```
_ = 1 / (2 * Real.log 2) := by
field_simp [(Real.log_pos (by norm_num : (1 : ℝ) < 2)).ne']
```
The error trace showed field_simp's internal ring failing — but WHY? Let me actually verify the identity carefully: `4 * ((1/8) / Real.log 2) = 1 / (2 * Real.log 2)`. LHS = 4·(1/8)/L = (4/8)/L = (1/2)/L. RHS = 1/(2L). (1/2)/L = 1/(2L) ✓ — wait: (1/2)/L = 1/(2·L) ✓ — TRUE. field_simp should prove it. Unless the issue is the `.ne'` inside field_simp's brackets — field_simp with a TERM argument (not a simp lemma name): `field_simp [hL]` expects hL to be a `≠` hypothesis to clear denominators — `(Real.log_pos (...)).ne'` gives `Real.log 2 ≠ 0` ✓ should be usable.
Hmm, wait — actually re-reading the error preamble ONE more time: "Try this: [apply] ring_nf — The `ring` tactic failed to close the goal." — this is LEAN's SUGGESTION when ring fails. And then "error: invalid 'by' tactic, expected type has not been provided" — TWO separate things concatenated in the output: the ring_nf-suggestion belongs to ANOTHER error elsewhere (maybe the h48 div_le_div₀'s norm_num or h72)?? and 680:34's "invalid by" is separate?! The output format concatenated them misleadingly. Let me get the FULL error list with the file:line headers by grepping more carefully.
Getting the complete error headers to separate the concatenated messages.
tool: Bash
input
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"command": "cd D:/Python/Quantum/research/lean/NguyenRH1 && export PATH=\"$HOME/.elan/bin:$PATH\" && lake env lean NguyenRH1/LiDogLeg.lean 2>&1 | grep -E \"^NguyenRH1|^Try this|^The |^Note\" | head -15",
"description": "Get all error/warning headers",
"timeout": 300000
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[{"type":"thinking","thinking":"Still at 680:34 — the `_ = 1 / (2 * Real.log 2) := by` step. So the previous step DID elaborate (the error moved to 680). The \"invalid 'by' tactic, expected type has not been provided\" at the `by` of the second calc step. Hmm — this means the calc step's expected type can't be formed: `_ = 1 / (2 * Real.log 2)` where `_` = `4 * ((1/8) / Real.log 2)` — so the step type is `4 * ((1/8)/Real.log 2) = 1/(2·Real.log 2)` — an EQUALITY — and the calc's overall goal is `≤ 1/(2·Real.log 2)` — mixing `=` with `≤` in calc: allowed (calc trans rules: a ≤ b, b = c ⟹ a ≤ c ✓). So why \"invalid 'by' tactic\"??\n\n\"invalid 'by' tactic, expected type has not been provided\" — this error occurs when a `by` block is used where no type is expected. In a calc step `lhs rel rhs := proof`, if the RELATION can't be elaborated... Hmm — maybe the issue is the `field_simp [...].ne'` inside: `[Real.log_pos (by norm_num : (1 : ℝ) < 2)].ne'` — the `.ne'` accessor: `Real.log_pos (h : 1 < x) : 0 < Real.log x` — `.ne'` on `0 < y` gives `y ≠ 0`?? — `LT.lt.ne' : a < b → b ≠ a` ✓ so `Real.log_pos (...).ne' : Real.log 2 ≠ 0` ✓. Hmm.\n\nWait — \"invalid 'by' tactic, expected type has not been provided\" — maybe it's INSIDE the field_simp argument list: `field_simp [Real.log_pos (by norm_num : (1 : ℝ) < 2)].ne'` — the `by norm_num : (1 : ℝ) < 2` — that's fine...\n\nOR the issue is the calc step's `by` at 680:34 col 34 — hmm, col 34 of `_ = 1 / (2 * Real.log 2) := by` — let me count: ` _ = 1 / (2 * Real.log 2) := by` — positions: the `by` is around col 36–38. Hmm.\n\nActually — maybe the error is that the FIRST step's result can't be unified with `_`: the first step now reads `≤ 4 * ((1 / 8) / Real.log 2) := by apply mul_le_mul_of_nonneg_left h (by norm_num : (0 : ℝ) ≤ 4)` — if `apply` left side-goals or the apply's result has the wrong form... Let me just test this block in isolation via a quick scratch check? Faster: replace the field_simp+apply-mess with a direct norm_num-free approach:\n\nThe step `4 * ((1/8)/L) = 1/(2L)` — prove by:\n```\n _ = 1 / (2 * Real.log 2) := by\n have hL : Real.log 2 ≠ 0 := (Real.log_pos (by norm_num : (1 : ℝ) < 2)).ne'\n field_simp [hL]\n```\nfield_simp [hL] (a hypothesis, not a computed .ne') — cleaner. If field_simp closes, done (no trailing ring). If it leaves a goal, add ring.\n\nActually — let me step back and question the whole calc: maybe the previous `apply mul_le_mul_of_nonneg_left h ...` step is fine and the REAL problem is that `Real.log_pos (by norm_num : (1 : ℝ) < 2)` — Real.log_pos's argument: `Real.log_pos (hx : 1 < x)` — hmm, is the lemma `Real.log_pos : 1 < x → 0 < Real.log x`?? — YES ✓.\n\nHmm hold on — \"invalid 'by' tactic, expected type has not been provided\" is a WEIRD error for a calc step. Let me search: this error typically appears when `by` is used in a term-position that expects a value whose type is unknown — e.g., in `field_simp [Real.log_pos (by norm_num : ...)]` — no...\n\nActually wait — maybe the `by` at 680:34 belongs to the calc step and the calc STEP's type couldn't be formed because the calc relation after `≤`-then-`=` — the calc machinery: `a ≤ b`, then `_ = c := proof` — the proof's expected type is `b = c` — needs b — b = `4 * ((1/8) / Real.log 2)` — available ✓. So `by` gets expected type `4·((1/8)/log2) = 1/(2·log2)` ✓ fine in principle.\n\nLet me look at what's ACTUALLY at 680 col 34 now after my last edit (line numbers shifted by +1): line 680 is now ` _ = 1 / (2 * Real.log 2) := by` — hmm same.\n\nNew hypothesis: the field_simp's `.ne'` on `Real.log_pos (by norm_num : (1:ℝ) < 2)` — maybe `Real.log_pos` needs the arg named differently or the whole bracket `[Real.log_pos (...)].ne'` has a syntax issue making the PARSER complain at the `by`... — the error \"invalid 'by' tactic\" suggests a PARSER issue with `(by norm_num : (1 : ℝ) < 2)` inside the bracket — the `by norm_num : (1 : ℝ) < 2` — the type ascription `(by tac : type)` — is that valid syntax?? YES: `(by tac : T)` is valid (the `by` block with expected type T — and THIS is where \"invalid 'by' tactic, expected type has not been provided\" comes from!! — if the type ascription `(1 : ℝ) < 2` is parsed as... no wait, `(by norm_num : (1 : ℝ) < 2)` — hmm — is `(by norm_num : T)` valid Lean 4? The `by tac` in term position with an explicit type ascription OUTSIDE the by-block — `(by tac : T)` — hmm, actually the standard is `(show T from by tac)` or `by tac` with the type inferred. `(by norm_num : (1:ℝ) < 2)` — I've USED this pattern throughout this session and it worked (e.g., `(by norm_num : (0 : ℝ) < 1)`)! So it's fine.\n\nOK let me stop guessing and look at the REAL thing: compile JUST the h3b block's tail in a scratch file to see the real error... Actually — simpler: the error at 680:34 with the `ring_nf` suggestion preamble — the preamble \"Try this: [apply] ring_nf / The `ring` tactic failed\" IS the error's content for 680:34!! So the `by` block at 680 contains a `ring` that failed — but I REMOVED the trailing ring in my last edit... — wait, my last edit's field_simp line: `field_simp [Real.log_pos (by norm_num : (1 : ℝ) < 2)].ne'` — no ring after. So the failing `ring` must be the field_simp's internal ring failing!! \"The `ring` tactic failed to close the goal\" — field_simp's internal ring couldn't close `4 * ((1/8) / Real.log 2) = 1 / (2 * Real.log 2)` after clearing denominators. And the \"invalid 'by' tactic\" at 680:34 is the parser-level fallback of the same error... \n\nWhy would field_simp fail? `4·((1/8)/L) = 1/(2L)` — field_simp [hL.ne'] clears: `4·(1/8)·(2L) = 1·L`?? hmm: LHS = 4·(1/8)/L = (1/2)/L; equation: (1/2)/L = 1/(2L) — these are EQUAL as written ((1/2)/L = 1/(2L) by mul_div_assoc/div_div) — field_simp might not even need to clear: the goal is `4·((1/8)/L) = 1/(2L)` ⟺ `(4·(1/8))/L = 1/(2L)` ⟺ LHS-rational-part 4/8 = 1/2: field_simp computes 4·(1/8) = 1/2 and (2L)⁻¹... should be routine. UNLESS the `Real.log_pos (by norm_num : (1:ℝ) < 2)` inside the field_simp list is the problem — field_simp's argument processing with a `.ne'` projection inside brackets — `[Real.log_pos (by norm_num : (1 : ℝ) < 2)].ne'` — the `.ne'` projection syntax inside a simp-arg list — `[foo].ne'` — is that valid?? The simp-arg `[(...).ne']` — field_simp expects simp LEMMAS or hypotheses — `Real.log_pos (...).ne'` is a TERM ✓ valid simp arg (a hypothesis term).\n\nLet me just use a hypothesis variable:\n```\n _ = 1 / (2 * Real.log 2) := by\n have hL : Real.log 2 ≠ 0 := (Real.log_pos (by norm_num : (1 : ℝ) < 2)).ne'\n field_simp [hL]\n ring\n```\nIf field_simp leaves a goal, ring closes; if it closes, ring errors — ugh, the trailing-ring gamble. Alternative: `field_simp [hL]; ring_nf`?? same gamble.\n\nROBUST alternative: skip field_simp: \n```\n _ = 1 / (2 * Real.log 2) := by\n have hL : Real.log 2 ≠ 0 := (Real.log_pos (by norm_num : (1 : ℝ) < 2)).ne'\n rw [div_eq_iff hL]\n field_simp [hL]\n ring\n```\nHmm. OR prove it by `field_simp [hL]` alone and see.\n\nActually — cleanest: `have : (4 : ℝ) * ((1/8) / Real.log 2) = 1 / (2 * Real.log 2) := by field_simp [(Real.log_pos (by norm_num : (1:ℝ) < 2)).ne']` — as a standalone have, then use it as the calc step directly:\n```\n _ = 1 / (2 * Real.log 2) := by\n field_simp [(Real.log_pos (by norm_num : (1 : ℝ) < 2)).ne']\n```\nThe error trace showed field_simp's internal ring failing — but WHY? Let me actually verify the identity carefully: `4 * ((1/8) / Real.log 2) = 1 / (2 * Real.log 2)`. LHS = 4·(1/8)/L = (4/8)/L = (1/2)/L. RHS = 1/(2L). (1/2)/L = 1/(2L) ✓ — wait: (1/2)/L = 1/(2·L) ✓ — TRUE. field_simp should prove it. Unless the issue is the `.ne'` inside field_simp's brackets — field_simp with a TERM argument (not a simp lemma name): `field_simp [hL]` expects hL to be a `≠` hypothesis to clear denominators — `(Real.log_pos (...)).ne'` gives `Real.log 2 ≠ 0` ✓ should be usable.\n\nHmm, wait — actually re-reading the error preamble ONE more time: \"Try this: [apply] ring_nf — The `ring` tactic failed to close the goal.\" — this is LEAN's SUGGESTION when ring fails. And then \"error: invalid 'by' tactic, expected type has not been provided\" — TWO separate things concatenated in the output: the ring_nf-suggestion belongs to ANOTHER error elsewhere (maybe the h48 div_le_div₀'s norm_num or h72)?? and 680:34's \"invalid by\" is separate?! The output format concatenated them misleadingly. 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