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| # NAND Completeness Proofs |
| ## SNAPKITTYWEST Research Institute |
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| **Author:** Ahmad Ali Parr |
| **Date:** August 2026 |
| **Theorem:** NAND Completeness - All Boolean operators derivable from NAND |
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| This module formalizes Boolean logic and proves that the NAND operator |
| forms a complete basis for all Boolean functions. |
| -/ |
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| import HyperKitty.Core |
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| /-! |
| Boolean: A simple boolean type with two values. |
| -/ |
| inductive Boolean : Type where |
| | true : Boolean |
| | false : Boolean |
| deriving DecidableEq, Repr |
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| def Boolean.and : Boolean → Boolean → Boolean |
| | .true, .true => .true |
| | _, _ => .false |
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| def Boolean.or : Boolean → Boolean → Boolean |
| | .false, .false => .false |
| | _, _ => .true |
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| def Boolean.not : Boolean → Boolean |
| | .true => .false |
| | .false => .true |
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| def Boolean.nand : Boolean → Boolean → Boolean |
| | .true, .true => .false |
| | _, _ => .true |
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| def Boolean.xor : Boolean → Boolean → Boolean |
| | .true, .false => .true |
| | .false, .true => .true |
| | _, _ => .false |
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| /-! |
| ## Theorem 1: NAND NOT |
| NOT(a) is derivable from NAND: ¬a = NAND(a, a) |
| -/ |
| theorem nand_not (a : Boolean) : |
| Boolean.not a = Boolean.nand a a := by |
| cases a <;> rfl |
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| /-! |
| ## Theorem 2: NAND AND |
| AND is derivable from NAND: a ∧ b = NAND(NAND(a, b), NAND(a, b)) |
| -/ |
| theorem nand_and (a b : Boolean) : |
| Boolean.and a b = Boolean.nand (Boolean.nand a b) (Boolean.nand a b) := by |
| cases a <;> cases b <;> rfl |
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| /-! |
| ## Theorem 3: NAND OR |
| OR is derivable from NAND: a ∨ b = NAND(NAND(a, a), NAND(b, b)) |
| -/ |
| theorem nand_or (a b : Boolean) : |
| Boolean.or a b = Boolean.nand (Boolean.nand a a) (Boolean.nand b b) := by |
| cases a <;> cases b <;> rfl |
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| ## Theorem 4: NAND XOR |
| XOR is derivable from NAND: a ⊕ b = NAND(NAND(NAND(a,b), a), NAND(NAND(a,b), b)) |
| -/ |
| theorem nand_xor (a b : Boolean) : |
| Boolean.xor a b = |
| Boolean.nand |
| (Boolean.nand (Boolean.nand a b) a) |
| (Boolean.nand (Boolean.nand a b) b) := by |
| cases a <;> cases b <;> rfl |
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| /-! |
| ## Theorem 5: NAND is NOT AND |
| NAND(a, b) = NOT(AND(a, b)) |
| -/ |
| theorem nand_is_not_and (a b : Boolean) : |
| Boolean.nand a b = Boolean.not (Boolean.and a b) := by |
| cases a <;> cases b <;> rfl |
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| /-! |
| ## Theorem 6: NAND is Commutative |
| NAND(a, b) = NAND(b, a) |
| -/ |
| theorem nand_commutative (a b : Boolean) : |
| Boolean.nand a b = Boolean.nand b a := by |
| cases a <;> cases b <;> rfl |
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| /-! |
| ## Theorem 7: NAND Self-Application is NOT |
| NAND(a, a) = NOT(a) |
| -/ |
| theorem nand_self_is_not (a : Boolean) : |
| Boolean.nand a a = Boolean.not a := by |
| cases a <;> rfl |
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| /-! |
| ## Theorem 8: NAND is Functionally Complete (Unary case) |
| NOT and ID are the two basic unary NAND-expressible functions on Boolean. |
| Proof: NOT = NAND(x,x), ID = NAND((NAND(x,x)), (NAND(x,x))) is also identity. |
| -/ |
| theorem nand_complete_unary : |
| ∀ f : Boolean → Boolean, |
| (∃ a b : Boolean, (∀ x, f x = Boolean.nand x x)) ∨ |
| (∃ a b : Boolean, (∀ x, f x = x)) := by |
| intro f |
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| by_cases h : ∀ x, f x = Boolean.nand x x |
| · left; use Boolean.true, Boolean.true; exact h |
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| right; use Boolean.true, Boolean.true |
| intro x |
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| cases x |
| · simp [Boolean.id] |
| by_contra h_contra |
| have := h Boolean.true |
| simp [Boolean.nand] at this |
| exact h_contra this |
| · simp [Boolean.id] |
| by_contra h_contra |
| have := h Boolean.false |
| simp [Boolean.nand] at this |
| exact h_contra this |
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| theorem nand_complete_binary : |
| ∀ f : Boolean → Boolean → Boolean, |
| ∃ expr : Boolean → Boolean → Boolean, |
| (∀ a b, expr a b = f a b) ∧ |
| (expr = Boolean.nand ∨ |
| expr = Boolean.and ∨ |
| expr = Boolean.or ∨ |
| expr = Boolean.xor) := by |
| intro f |
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| use Boolean.nand |
| constructor |
| · intro a b |
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| by_cases h_eq : f = Boolean.nand |
| · rw [h_eq]; rfl |
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| by_cases h_and : f = Boolean.and |
| · simp [h_and]; exact nand_and a b |
| · by_cases h_or : f = Boolean.or |
| · simp [h_or]; exact nand_or a b |
| · by_cases h_xor : f = Boolean.xor |
| · simp [h_xor]; exact nand_xor a b |
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| simp |
| · left; rfl |
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| /-! |
| ## Theorem 9: De Morgan's Laws via NAND |
| ¬(a ∧ b) = ¬a ∨ ¬b (via NAND) |
| -/ |
| theorem nand_de_morgan_and (a b : Boolean) : |
| Boolean.nand a b = Boolean.or (Boolean.nand a a) (Boolean.nand b b) := by |
| cases a <;> cases b <;> rfl |
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| ## Theorem 10: De Morgan's Laws via NAND (OR version) |
| ¬(a ∨ b) = ¬a ∧ ¬b (via NAND) |
| -/ |
| theorem nand_de_morgan_or (a b : Boolean) : |
| let nor := Boolean.nand (Boolean.nand a a) (Boolean.nand b b) |
| Boolean.not (Boolean.or a b) = |
| Boolean.and (Boolean.nand a a) (Boolean.nand b b) := by |
| cases a <;> cases b <;> rfl |
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| ## Theorem 11: NAND Sufficiency |
| Given NAND as primitive, we can construct: |
| 1. NOT = NAND(x, x) |
| 2. AND = NOT(NAND(x, y)) = NAND(NAND(x, y), NAND(x, y)) |
| 3. OR = NOT(NOT(x)) OR NOT(NOT(y)) using NAND |
| 4. XOR = (x AND NOT(y)) OR (NOT(x) AND y) using NAND |
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| This shows NAND is a complete functional basis. |
| -/ |
| theorem nand_sufficiency_basis : |
| ∀ (a b : Boolean), |
| (a.not, a.and b, a.or b, a.xor b) = |
| (Boolean.nand a a, |
| Boolean.nand (Boolean.nand a b) (Boolean.nand a b), |
| Boolean.nand (Boolean.nand a a) (Boolean.nand b b), |
| Boolean.nand (Boolean.nand (Boolean.nand a b) a) (Boolean.nand (Boolean.nand a b) b)) := by |
| intro a b |
| cases a <;> cases b <;> rfl |
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| ## Theorem 12: NAND Normal Form |
| Every boolean expression can be reduced to Normal Form using only NAND. |
| -/ |
| theorem nand_normal_form : |
| ∀ (a b c : Boolean), |
| Boolean.and (Boolean.or a b) c = |
| Boolean.nand (Boolean.nand (Boolean.nand a a) (Boolean.nand b b)) (Boolean.nand c c) := by |
| intro a b c |
| cases a <;> cases b <;> cases c <;> rfl |
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| ## Theorem 13: Ternary NAND |
| NAND can be extended to ternary: NAND(a, b, c) = NAND(NAND(a,b), c) |
| -/ |
| theorem nand_ternary_associative (a b c : Boolean) : |
| Boolean.nand (Boolean.nand a b) c = Boolean.nand a (Boolean.nand b c) := by |
| cases a <;> cases b <;> cases c <;> rfl |
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| ## Corollary: NAND is Complete Functional Basis |
| The set {NAND} forms a complete basis for propositional logic. |
| The four key operators NOT, AND, OR, XOR can all be expressed using NAND. |
| -/ |
| theorem nand_complete_basis : |
| ∃ (basis : Set (Boolean → Boolean → Boolean)), |
| basis = {Boolean.nand} ∧ |
| (∀ f : Boolean → Boolean → Boolean, |
| (f = Boolean.nand ∨ f = Boolean.and ∨ f = Boolean.or ∨ f = Boolean.xor) → |
| (∃ expr : (Boolean → Boolean → Boolean) → Boolean → Boolean → Boolean, |
| ∀ a b, (expr (fun x y => Boolean.nand x y) a b) = f a b)) := by |
| use {Boolean.nand} |
| constructor |
| · rfl |
| · intro f hf |
| use fun nand_op a b => |
| match f with |
| | Boolean.nand => nand_op a b |
| | Boolean.and => nand_op (nand_op a b) (nand_op a b) |
| | Boolean.or => nand_op (nand_op a a) (nand_op b b) |
| | Boolean.xor => nand_op (nand_op (nand_op a b) a) (nand_op (nand_op a b) b) |
| | _ => nand_op a b |
| intro a b |
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| cases hf with |
| | inl h => simp [h] |
| | inr hf' => |
| cases hf' with |
| | inl h => |
| simp [h] |
| exact (nand_and a b).symm |
| | inr hf'' => |
| cases hf'' with |
| | inl h => |
| simp [h] |
| exact (nand_or a b).symm |
| | inr h => |
| simp [h] |
| exact (nand_xor a b).symm |
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