Results about big operators with values in a (semi)ring #
We prove results about big operators that involve some interaction between multiplicative and additive structures on the values being combined.
If f = g = h everywhere but at i, where f i = g i + h i, then the product of f over s
is the sum of the products of g and h.
The product over a sum can be written as a sum over the product of sets, Finset.Pi.
Finset.prod_univ_sum is an alternative statement when the product is over univ.
The product over univ of a sum can be written as a sum over the product of sets,
Fintype.piFinset. Finset.prod_sum is an alternative statement when the product is not
over univ.
The product of f a + g a over all of s is the sum over the powerset of s of the product of
f over a subset t times the product of g over the complement of t
∏ i, (f i + g i) = (∏ i, f i) + ∑ i, g i * (∏ j < i, f j + g j) * (∏ j > i, f j).
Summing a^#s * b^(n-#s) over all finite subsets s of a fintype of cardinality n
gives (a + b)^n. The "good" proof involves expanding along all coordinates using the fact that
x^n is multilinear, but multilinear maps are only available now over rings, so we give instead
a proof reducing to the usual binomial theorem to have a result over semirings.
The product of f i - g i over all of s is the sum over the powerset of s of the product of
g over a subset t times the product of f over the complement of t times (-1) ^ #t.
∏ i, (f i - g i) = (∏ i, f i) - ∑ i, g i * (∏ j < i, f j - g j) * (∏ j > i, f j).
∏ i, (1 - f i) = 1 - ∑ i, f i * (∏ j < i, 1 - f j). This formula is useful in construction of
a partition of unity from a collection of “bump” functions.
A product of sums can be written as a sum of products.