Z3Py: add constraint of two vectors inequality - z3

(Subj)
Here is my attempt:
#!/usr/bin/python
from z3 import *
s=Solver()
veclen=3
tmp_false=BoolVector ('tmp_false', veclen)
for x in range(veclen):
s.add(tmp_false[x]==False)
tmp=BoolVector ('tmp', veclen)
s.add(tmp!=tmp_false) # not working
# I want here tmp equals to anything except False,False,False
print s.check()
print s.model()
I would use tuples, but length of vector is set during runtime.
Should I use arrays?
Or LISP-like cons-cells within tuples, as described in Z3 manuals?

The BoolVector function just creates a list structure. The != operator on python lists does not create an expression. It just evaluates to "true". So you are not really sending an expression to Z3. To create tuple expressions you can use algebraic data-types. A record type is a special case of an algebraic data-type, and Z3 understands how to reason about these.
So for example, you can write:
from z3 import *
s=Solver()
Bv = Datatype("record")
Bv.declare('mk', ('1', BoolSort()), ('2', BoolSort()), ('3', BoolSort()))
Bv = Bv.create()
tmp_false = Bv.mk(False, False, False)
tmp = Const('tmp', Bv)
print tmp != tmp_false
s.add(tmp!=tmp_false)
# I want here tmp equals to anything except False,False,False
print s.check()
print s.model()

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What is the most efficient way of checking N-way equation equivalence in Z3?

Suppose I have a set of Z3 expressions:
exprs = [A, B, C, D, E, F]
I want to check whether any of them are equivalent and, if so, determine which. The most obvious way is just an N×N comparison (assume exprs is composed of some arbitrarily-complicated boolean expressions instead of the simple numbers in the example):
from z3 import *
exprs = [IntVal(1), IntVal(2), IntVal(3), IntVal(4), IntVal(3)]
for i in range(len(exprs) - 1):
for j in range(i+1, len(exprs)):
s = Solver()
s.add(exprs[i] != exprs[j])
if unsat == s.check():
quit(f'{(i, j)} are equivalent')
Is this the most efficient method, or is there some way of quantifying over a set of arbitrary expressions? It would also be acceptable for this to be a two-step process where I first learn whether any of the expressions are equivalent, and then do a longer check to see which specific expressions are equivalent.
As with anything performance related, the answer is "it depends." Before delving into options, though, note that z3 supports Distinct, which can check whether any number of expressions are all different: https://z3prover.github.io/api/html/namespacez3py.html#a9eae89dd394c71948e36b5b01a7f3cd0
Though of course, you've a more complicated query here. I think the following two algorithms are your options:
Explicit pairwise checks
Depending on your constraints, the simplest thing to do might be to call the solver multiple times, as you alluded to. To start with, use Distinct and make a call to see if its negation is satisfiable. (i.e., check if some of these expressions can be made equal.) If the answer comes unsat, you know you can't make any equal. Otherwise, go with your loop as before till you hit the pair that can be made equal to each other.
Doing multiple checks together
You can also solve your problem using a modified algorithm, though with more complicated constraints, and hopefully faster.
To do so, create Nx(N-1)/2 booleans, one for each pair, which is equal to that pair not being equivalent. To illustrate, let's say you have the expressions A, B, and C. Create:
X0 = A != B
X1 = A != C
X2 = B != C
Now loop:
Ask if X0 || X1 || X2 is satisfiable.
If the solver comes back unsat, then all of A, B, and C are equivalent. You're done.
If the solver comes back sat, then at least one of the disjuncts X0, X1 or X2 is true. Use the model the solver gives you to determine which ones are false, and continue with those until you get unsat.
Here's a simple concrete example. Let's say the expressions are {1, 1, 2}:
Ask if 1 != 1 || 1 != 2 || 1 != 2 is sat.
It'll be sat. In the model, you'll have at least one of these disjuncts true, and it won't be the first one! In this case the last two. Drop them from your list, leaving you with 1 != 1.
Ask again if 1 != 1 is satisfiable. The answer will be unsat and you're done.
In the worst case you'll make Nx(N-1)/2 calls to the solver, if it happens that none of them can be made equivalent with you eliminating one at a time. This is where the first call to Not (Distinct(A, B, C, ...)) is important; i.e., you will start knowing that some pair is equivalent; hopefully iterating faster.
Summary
My initial hunch is that the second algorithm above will be more performant; though it really depends on what your expressions really look like. I suggest some experimentation to find out what works the best in your particular case.
A Python solution
Here's the algorithm coded:
from z3 import *
exprs = [IntVal(i) for i in [1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 10, 10, 1]]
s = Solver()
bools = []
for i in range(len(exprs) - 1):
for j in range(i+1, len(exprs)):
b = Bool(f'eq_{i}_{j}')
bools.append(b)
s.add(b == (exprs[i] != exprs[j]))
# First check if they're all distinct
s.push()
s.add(Not(Distinct(*exprs)))
if(s.check()== unsat):
quit("They're all distinct")
s.pop()
while True:
# Be defensive, bools should not ever become empty here.
if not bools:
quit("This shouldn't have happened! Something is wrong.")
if s.check(Or(*bools)) == unsat:
print("Equivalent expressions:")
for b in bools:
print(f' {b}')
quit('Done')
else:
# Use the model to keep bools that are false:
m = s.model()
bools = [b for b in bools if not(m.evaluate(b, model_completion=True))]
This prints:
Equivalent expressions:
eq_0_8
eq_1_5
eq_2_4
eq_6_7
Done
which looks correct to me! Note that this should work correctly even if you have 3 (or more) items that are equivalent; of course you'll see the output one-pair at a time. So, some post-processing might be needed to clean that up, depending on the needs of the upstream algorithm.
Note that I only tested this for a few test values; there might be corner case gotchas. Please do a more thorough test and report if there're any bugs!

Why can't Z3 propose a sort with no elements?

Using Z3Py, I tried to build a program which Z3 would decide means that the sort Human is empty.
from z3 import *
from z3_helper import Z3Helper
Human = DeclareSort("Human")
is_mortal = Function("is_mortal", Human, BoolSort())
h = Const('h', Human)
s = Solver()
s.add([
ForAll([h], And(is_mortal(h), Not(is_mortal(h))))
])
print s.check()
s.model()
But instead of returning a model where Human is empty, it returns unsat. Why is this?
If I remove the "all men are mortal" axiom, it returns an empty set as the model.
Is the problem that the existence of const h means that the existence of at least one Human is required?
SMT-LIB and Z3 take the view that simply typed first-order logic assumes that all sorts are non-empty. See also http://smtlib.cs.uiowa.edu/papers/smt-lib-reference-v2.6-draft-3.pdf, section 5.1 onwards.

z3: conversion of expressions with transcendental functions from z3py to smt-lib2

As per my knowledge, since z3 doesn't recognize transcendental functions its throwing me an error while conversion using following code.
def convertor(f, status="unknown", name="benchmark", logic=""):
v = (Ast * 0)()
if isinstance(f, Solver):
a = f.assertions()
if len(a) == 0:
f = BoolVal(True)
else:
f = And(*a)
return Z3_benchmark_to_smtlib_string(f.ctx_ref(), name, logic, status, "", 0, v, f.as_ast())
pi, EI, kA , kB, N = Reals('pi EI kA kB N')
s= Solver()
s.add(pi == 3.1415926525)
s.add(EI == 175.2481)
s.add(kA>= 0)
s.add(kA<= 100)
s.add(kB>= 0)
s.add(kB<= 100)
s.add(N>= 100)
s.add(N<= 200)
please change the path of the input file "beamfinv3.bch", which can be found at: link
continue_read=False
input_file = open('/home/mani/downloads/new_z3/beamfinv3.bch', 'r')
for line in input_file:
if line.strip()=="Constraints":
continue_read=True
continue
if line.strip()=="end":
continue_read=False
if continue_read==True:
parts = line.split(';')
if (parts[0]!="end"):
#print parts[0]
s.add(eval(parts[0]))
input_file.close()
file=open('cyber.smt2','w')
result=convertor(s, logic="None")
file.write (result)
error:
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'sin' is not defined
Any way out? or help?
Thanks.
The core of this problem is that eval tries to execute a Python script, i.e., all functions that occur within parts[0] must have a corresponding Python function of the same name, which is not the case for the trigonometric functions (the are neither in the Python API nor the C API, the former being based on the latter). For now you could try to add those functions yourself, perhaps with an implementation based on parse_smt2_string, or perhaps by replacing the Python strings with SMT2 strings altogether.
Z3 can represent expressions containing trigonometric functions, but it will refuse to do so when the logic is set to something; see arith_decl_plugin. I don't know Python well enough, but it might have to be None instead of "".
While Z3 can represent these expressions, it's probably not very good at solving them. See comments on the limitations in Can Z3 handle sinusoidal and exponential functions, Z3 supports for nonlinear arithmetics, and Z3 Performance with Non-Linear Arithmetic.

Can Z3 call python function during decision making of variables?

I am trying to solve a problem, for example I have a 4 point and each two point has a cost between them. Now I want to find a sequence of nodes which total cost would be less than a bound. I have written a code but it seems not working. The main problem is I have define a python function and trying to call it with in a constraint.
Here is my code: I have a function def getVal(n1,n2): where n1, n2 are Int Sort. The line Nodes = [ Int("n_%s" % (i)) for i in range(totalNodeNumber) ] defines 4 points as Int sort and when I am adding a constraint s.add(getVal(Nodes[0], Nodes[1]) + getVal(Nodes[1], Nodes[2]) < 100) then it calls getVal function immediately. But I want that, when Z3 will decide a value for Nodes[0], Nodes[1], Nodes[2], Nodes[3] then the function should be called for getting the cost between to points.
from z3 import *
import random
totalNodeNumber = 4
Nodes = [ Int("n_%s" % (i)) for i in range(totalNodeNumber) ]
def getVal(n1,n2):
# I need n1 and n2 values those assigned by Z3
cost = random.randint(1,20)
print cost
return IntVal(cost)
s = Solver()
#constraint: Each Nodes value should be distinct
nodes_index_distinct_constraint = Distinct(Nodes)
s.add(nodes_index_distinct_constraint)
#constraint: Each Nodes value should be between 0 and totalNodeNumber
def get_node_index_value_constraint(i):
return And(Nodes[i] >= 0, Nodes[i] < totalNodeNumber)
nodes_index_constraint = [ get_node_index_value_constraint(i) for i in range(totalNodeNumber)]
s.add(nodes_index_constraint)
#constraint: Problem with this constraint
# Here is the problem it's just called python getVal function twice without assiging Nodes[0],Nodes[1],Nodes[2] values
# But I want to implement that - Z3 will call python function during his decission making of variables
s.add(getVal(Nodes[0], Nodes[1]) + getVal(Nodes[1], Nodes[2]) + getVal(Nodes[2], Nodes[3]) < 100)
if s.check() == sat:
print "SAT"
print "Model: "
m = s.model()
nodeIndex = [ m.evaluate(Nodes[i]) for i in range(totalNodeNumber) ]
print nodeIndex
else:
print "UNSAT"
print "No solution found !!"
If this is not a right way to solve the problem then could you please tell me what would be other alternative way to solve it. Can I encode this kind of problem to find optimal sequence of way points using Z3 solver?
I don't understand what problem you need to solve. Definitely, the way getVal is formulated does not make sense. It does not use the arguments n1, n2. If you want to examine values produced by a model, then you do this after Z3 returns from a call to check().
I don't think you can use a python function in your SMT logic. What you could alternatively is define getVal as a Function like this
getVal = Function('getVal',IntSort(),IntSort(),IntSort())
And constraint the edge weights as
s.add(And(getVal(0,1)==1,getVal(1,2)==2,getVal(0,2)==3))
The first two input parameters of getVal represent the node ids and the last integer represents the weight.

set operations over Z3 expressions

Are there functions defining set operations , e.g set, intersection, union, members etc , over Z3 expressions ? Also, are there functions to check if a formula is a cnf or dnf ?
If not I can try to implement them in the z3utils file.
We can use Python sets to encode sets of expressions. The only problem is that the operator __eq__ for Z3Py expressions will build a new expression instead of comparing whether to expressions are equal or not. To fix that, we can use a wrapper that invokes the correct compares Z3 expressions. Here is a sample (available online at rise4fun).
class AstRefKey:
def __init__(self, n):
self.n = n
def __hash__(self):
return self.n.hash()
def __eq__(self, other):
return self.n.eq(other.n)
def __repr__(self):
return str(self.n)
def askey(n):
assert isinstance(n, AstRef)
return AstRefKey(n)
x = Int('x')
s = set()
s.add(askey(x+1))
s.add(askey(x))
print s
print askey(x + 1) in s
s2 = set()
s2.add(askey(x+2))
s2.add(askey(x))
print s2
print s.union(s2)
The only inconvenience is that we have to keep using askey. We can avoid this inconvenience by defining a class ASTSet that wraps a Python set object an invokes askey for us.
Regarding, dnf and cnf recognizers. This functionality is not exposed in the external APIs.

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