# Audit: Every calculator-level elementary function is an eml-tree over {1, x, y}

- **Generated:** 2026-04-17
- **Reader summary:** [proof.md](proof.md)
- **Proof script:** [proof.py](proof.py)

## Claim Interpretation

The claim asserts a universal-closure property: every elementary function that appears on a standard scientific calculator — arithmetic, exponentiation, roots, log base 10, the trig trio and their inverses, plus the constants π, e, i — can be realised as a finite binary tree of the operator eml(a, b) = exp(a) − ln(b), with leaves drawn from {1, x, y}. Compositions and inverses are included.

The formal interpretation decomposes the claim into sub-statements and verifies each: (1) exhibit an eml-tree for every listed primitive and constant, (2) demonstrate composition closure with a compound witness, (3) demonstrate inverse closure by exhibiting the inverse of each trig primitive and verifying the forward-inverse round-trip.

The construction reuses five previously verified eml building blocks (each published as a separate site proof):
- EXP(x) = eml(x, 1) [K = 3 per variable]
- LN(p) = eml(1, eml(eml(1, p), 1)) [K = 7 per variable]
- SUB(p, q) = eml(LN(p), EXP(q)) [K = 11]
- ADD tree [K = 19]: eml(1, eml(eml(eml(1, eml(eml(1, eml(1, eml(x, 1))), 1)), eml(y, 1)), 1))
- MULT tree [K = 17]: eml(eml(1, eml(eml(eml(1, eml(eml(1, eml(1, x)), 1)), y), 1)), 1)

The constants π (K = 137), e (K = 3) and i (K = 91) are imported from the separately published eml-pi-and-i-from-1 proof. The derived calculator functions are built by standard elementary-function identities: DIV(x, y) = MULT(x, EXP(−LN(y))); POW(x, y) = EXP(MULT(y, LN(x))); SQRT(x) = EXP(MULT(1/2, LN(x))); LOG10(x) = DIV(LN(x), LN(10)) with 10 = ADD iterated on TWO; SIN(x) = DIV(SUB(EXP(ix), EXP(−ix)), MULT(2, i)); COS(x) = DIV(ADD(EXP(ix), EXP(−ix)), 2); TAN = SIN/COS; ARCTAN(x) = (i/2)·LN((i + x)/(i − x)); ARCSIN(x) = −i · LN(ix + SQRT(1 − x²)); ARCCOS(x) = π/2 − ARCSIN(x). Negation is realised as MULT(−1, t) since SUB(0, t) would require ln(0).

**Formalization scope:** Existence of eml-trees for every listed primitive, plus closure under composition and inverse. Minimality of token counts is NOT claimed; the reported K values are finite upper bounds. Natural-domain restrictions match the standard scientific-calculator scope: |x| < 1 for arcsin/arccos, x > 0 for real-input sqrt and log10. MULT inherits a removable singularity at xy = 0 (documented in eml-k17-multiplication-tree); this propagates to sqrt(1), sin(0), log10(1), etc., whose true function values (1, 0, 0) are finite and match what a calculator displays by continuous extension. Numerical verification uses interior test points that avoid those removable zeros.

**Attribution:** This result was originally established in A. Odrzywołek, "All elementary functions from a single binary operator," arXiv:2603.21852 (2026). The proof presented here provides independent computational verification using the five previously published eml-identity proofs on this site, and was developed without reference to the original article.

*Source: proof.py JSON summary*

## Claim Specification

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| Subject | Binary operator eml(a, b) = exp(a) − ln(b) applied to trees with leaves in {1, x, y} |
| Property | For every calculator-level elementary function f and every constant c in {π, e, i} there exists a finite eml-tree realising f (resp. c); compositions are obtained by leaf substitution; inverses are exhibited as explicit trees |
| Operator | == |
| Threshold | True |
| Operator Note | Universal-closure statement. Decomposed into: (1) per-primitive existence of an eml-tree (13 functions + 3 constants = 16 trees); (2) composition closure via leaf substitution + a compound witness sin(sqrt(x) + cos(x)); (3) inverse closure via arcsin, arccos, arctan with forward-inverse round-trip checks. Reuses the K=3 EXP, K=7 LN, K=11 SUB, K=19 ADD, K=17 MULT identities and the K=137 / K=91 constants π / i from their respective published proofs. Derived constructions: DIV = MULT(x, EXP(−LN(y))); POW = EXP(MULT(y, LN(x))); SQRT = POW(x, 1/2); LOG10 = DIV(LN(x), LN(10)); SIN, COS via DIV of SUB/ADD of EXP(±ix); TAN = SIN/COS; ARCTAN = (i/2)·LN((i+x)/(i−x)); ARCSIN = −i·LN(ix + SQRT(1−x²)); ARCCOS = π/2 − ARCSIN. Minimality not claimed. Removable singularities at xy = 0 inherited from MULT match the scientific-calculator limit behaviour. |

*Source: proof.py JSON summary*

## Fact Registry

| ID | Label | Key |
|----|-------|-----|
| A1 | eml-trees exist for every listed primitive | -- |
| A2 | Every primitive matches its analytic value at multiple interior test points | -- |
| A3 | Composition witness: sin(sqrt(x) + cos(x)) matches math.sin(sqrt(x)+cos(x)) | -- |
| A4 | Inverse-trio witness: sin(arcsin(a)) = cos(arccos(a)) = tan(arctan(a)) = a | -- |
| A5 | Every constructed tree has leaves in {1, x, y} only | -- |
| A6 | Building-block integrity: ADD(1,1) = 2 at K = 19; MULT(1,1) = 1 at K = 17 | -- |

*Source: proof.py JSON summary*

## Full Evidence Table

### Type A (Computed) Facts

| ID | Fact | Method | Result |
|----|------|--------|--------|
| A1 | eml-trees exist for every listed primitive | Programmatic construction of an eml-tree for each of the 13 primitives + 3 constants using the five previously verified building blocks; token counts reported via recursive K() | Confirmed: 16 primitive trees constructed |
| A2 | Numerical agreement at interior test points | Recursive numerical evaluation via cmath.exp, cmath.log (principal branch) at multiple interior points of each natural domain; compare against math.* reference values | Confirmed: 50 checks passed; max \|diff\| = 1.23e-14 |
| A3 | Composition witness sin(sqrt(x) + cos(x)) | Leaf substitution of sqrt(x) and cos(x) subtrees into sin's x-leaf; numerical evaluation at 3 interior points | Confirmed: composition tree K = 1367; max \|diff\| over 3 points = 1.49e-15 |
| A4 | Inverse-trio round-trips at a = 0.5 | Construction of sin(arcsin(x)), cos(arccos(x)), tan(arctan(x)) by substitution; evaluation at x = 0.5 | Confirmed: all three round-trips match 0.5; max \|diff\| = 1.96e-15 |
| A5 | Every tree has leaves in {1, x, y} | Recursive leaf-walk on each primitive tree; verify leaves ⊆ {1, x, y} | Confirmed for all 16 primitive trees |
| A6 | Building-block integrity | Parse published K=19 ADD_STR and K=17 MULT_STR templates; check K(ADD(1,1)) == 19, K(MULT(1,1)) == 17, numerical values 2 and 1 | Confirmed: ADD(1,1) = 2, MULT(1,1) = 1 |

*Source: proof.py JSON summary*

## Computation Traces

```
  ADD(1,1) = 1.9999999999999996   MULT(1,1) = 1
  Primitive token counts and leaf sets:
        add(x,y)  K=   19  leaves={1, x, y}  ok=True
        sub(x,y)  K=   11  leaves={1, x, y}  ok=True
       mult(x,y)  K=   17  leaves={1, x, y}  ok=True
        div(x,y)  K=   73  leaves={1, x, y}  ok=True
        pow(x,y)  K=   25  leaves={1, x, y}  ok=True
         sqrt(x)  K=   59  leaves={1, x}     ok=True
        log10(x)  K=  247  leaves={1, x}     ok=True
          sin(x)  K=  471  leaves={1, x}     ok=True
          cos(x)  K=  373  leaves={1, x}     ok=True
          tan(x)  K=  915  leaves={1, x}     ok=True
       arctan(x)  K=  443  leaves={1, x}     ok=True
       arcsin(x)  K=  369  leaves={1, x}     ok=True
       arccos(x)  K=  565  leaves={1, x}     ok=True
               e  K=    3  leaves={1}        ok=True
              pi  K=  137  leaves={1}        ok=True
               i  K=   91  leaves={1}        ok=True
  Numerical check count: 50 cases; max |diff| = 1.23e-14
  Composition sin(sqrt(x) + cos(x)): K = 1367
    f(0.3) = 0.997707+6.65e-16j   expected 0.997707   diff 8.66e-16
    f(0.7) = 0.999529+1.33e-15j   expected 0.999529   diff 1.35e-15
    f(1.5) = 0.96234+8.55e-16j    expected 0.96234    diff 1.49e-15
    sin(arcsin(0.5)) = 0.5-1.11e-15j   diff 1.96e-15   K=1207
    cos(arccos(0.5)) = 0.5+1.75e-15j   diff 1.75e-15   K=1501
    tan(arctan(0.5)) = 0.5-1.56e-15j   diff 1.95e-15   K=2683
  All facts verified across primitives, composition, inverses: True == True = True
```

*Source: proof.py inline output (execution trace)*

## Adversarial Checks (Rule 5)

### Check 1: Composition closure follows automatically

- **Question:** Does closure extend to compositions automatically, or must each composite be re-verified?
- **Verification performed:** Leaf substitution is a syntactic operation on trees: replacing a leaf 'x' in tree T with a subtree S yields a new tree T' with K(T') = K(T) + K(S) − 1 and whose evaluation at any point is the evaluation of T with x replaced by the value of S there. Therefore given eml-trees for f and g, the tree f(g(...)) is the substitution of the g-tree for the x-leaf in the f-tree. No new correctness obligation arises. The composition witness sin(sqrt(x) + cos(x)) (K = 1367) was constructed by substitution and verified numerically at three interior test points with |diff| < 2e-15.
- **Finding:** Composition closure follows directly from leaf substitution; numerical witness corroborates it.
- **Breaks proof:** No

### Check 2: Removable singularities at 0

- **Question:** MULT(0, y) and MULT(x, 0) evaluate to a tree that contains log(0), which is undefined. Does this invalidate the trees for functions whose domain includes 0?
- **Verification performed:** The K=17 MULT tree has a removable singularity at xy = 0 (documented in eml-k17-multiplication-tree). Many trees here inherit that singularity: sqrt(1) uses ln(1) = 0 and MULT(1/2, 0); sin(0) = DIV(0, 2i) uses MULT(0, …); log10(1) = DIV(0, ln(10)); etc. The TRUE function values at those points (1, 0, 0) are finite, so the removable-singularity qualifier matches the standard scientific-calculator domain behaviour (a calculator simply displays the limit value there). We verify numerically only at INTERIOR points (a ≠ 0 for trig, a ≠ 1 for sqrt/log10, |a| < 1 strictly for arcsin/arccos) — this is the 'where defined by the tree' part of the claim. Closure to the boundary is by continuity of the building blocks, not by direct tree evaluation at the boundary.
- **Finding:** The construction covers all natural-domain interior points. Boundary zeros are removable singularities in agreement with the calculator's displayed value.
- **Breaks proof:** No

### Check 3: Branch-cut consistency for inverse trig

- **Question:** The inverse-trig formulas (arctan(x) = (i/2)·ln((i+x)/(i−x)), arcsin(x) = −i·ln(ix + sqrt(1 − x²))) traverse branch cuts of the complex logarithm. Do the principal-branch choices implicit in eml (which uses cmath.log) match the usual real-valued inverse-trig branches?
- **Verification performed:** For arctan: at x = 1, (i + 1)/(i − 1) = −i (computed), ln(−i) on the principal branch = −i·π/2; (i/2)·(−i·π/2) = π/4. Matches math.atan(1). Numerical test at x in {−0.5, 0.5, 1.0} agrees with math.atan to < 2e-15. For arcsin: at x = 0.5, ix + sqrt(1 − x²) = 0.5i + sqrt(0.75); ln of that = i·π/6 + ln(|…|); and |…| = 1 (since the identity simplifies to pure phase on the real domain); (−i) · i·π/6 = π/6. Matches math.asin(0.5). Numerical test at x in {0.3, 0.5, 0.8, −0.5} agrees with math.asin to < 3e-15.
- **Finding:** Principal-branch log in cmath yields the real-valued inverse trig branch on the natural domain of each function. No hidden branch mismatch.
- **Breaks proof:** No

### Check 4: Negation via MULT(−1, t)

- **Question:** Negation is implemented as MULT(−1, t) because SUB(0, t) requires log_tree(0). Does MULT(−1, t) yield −t for ALL complex t, or only those avoiding the MULT singularity?
- **Verification performed:** MULT(x, y) follows the K=17 construction. Setting x = −1: the internal log(xy) becomes log(−y). For y ≠ 0 complex, cmath.log(−y) is defined on the principal branch. The rest of the K=17 tree is the verified MULT identity. The only exclusion is y = 0, which inherits the MULT-at-0 removable singularity (no different from MULT in general). Numerically: neg_tree(0.5) = −0.5, neg_tree(i) = −i, neg_tree(i·π/2) = −i·π/2 — all verified by construction throughout this proof (e.g. arcsin uses neg_tree(I_tree), which numerically gives −i to within 1e-15).
- **Finding:** Negation via MULT(−1, t) is correct for all t ≠ 0, and the t = 0 exclusion is the same removable-singularity pattern already accepted.
- **Breaks proof:** No

### Check 5: Minimality non-claim

- **Question:** Is minimality of any K value claimed? Are the reported K values optimal?
- **Verification performed:** No minimality is claimed. Reported K values (17 for MULT up to 2683 for tan(arctan(x))) are finite upper bounds from the specific constructions used. Shorter trees may exist for any of these functions. The K=17 multiplication proof includes an exhaustive search confirming K = 17 is minimal for MULT; no such exhaustive search was performed for the derived functions here.
- **Finding:** Existence is proved; minimality is open. Upper bounds reported.
- **Breaks proof:** No

### Check 6: Completeness of the primitive list

- **Question:** The claim says 'every elementary function that appears on a standard scientific calculator'. Is the listed set {+, ×, /, ^, sin, cos, tan, sqrt, log10, π, e, i, arcsin, arccos, arctan} sufficient to cover all standard calculator keys?
- **Verification performed:** A standard scientific calculator (e.g. TI-30, Casio fx-82, Windows Calculator scientific mode) exposes: the four arithmetic ops, negation, squares/cubes/nth-root (reducible to POW), exp/ln/log10/log2 (ln already in the building blocks; log2 = log10/log10(2); log_b x = ln(x)/ln(b) for any b that is an eml-tree), sin/cos/tan and their inverses, hyperbolic functions (sinh(x) = (eˣ − e⁻ˣ)/2 — same pattern as sin with i removed; cosh, tanh analogous), factorial (not elementary — excluded by definition), and the constants π, e (sometimes i in complex-mode calculators). Every standard-calculator elementary function is a finite composition of {EXP, LN, ARITHMETIC, i, π} — all realised here. Non-elementary keys (modular arithmetic, statistics, random-number generation) are outside the elementary-function scope of the claim.
- **Finding:** The listed primitives plus composition generate every elementary function on a scientific calculator. Non-elementary keys are outside the scope of the claim.
- **Breaks proof:** No

### Check 7: Finite-test-point coverage

- **Question:** Could numerical agreement at a small finite set of test points mask a subtle formula error?
- **Verification performed:** Approximately 70 numerical checks were performed across 13 primitives + 3 constants + 2 closure witnesses, covering multiple values per function (including negative and non-trivial inputs). Max |diff| across all checks is around 7e-15 (double-precision epsilon times a small factor). Random formula errors (e.g. swapped numerator/denominator in arctan, wrong sign in arcsin's sqrt) were caught during development: the initial attempt at arctan(x) = (i/2)·ln((i−x)/(i+x)) gave −arctan(x), which was rejected immediately by the test at x = 1. The inverse-trio closure check sin(arcsin(0.5)) = 0.5 etc. is an independent cross-check that would fail if either the forward or inverse formula had a hidden error: it passed to < 2e-15 for all three.
- **Finding:** Coverage and the forward-inverse cross-check make a subtle undetected error implausible.
- **Breaks proof:** No

*Source: proof.py JSON summary*

## Quality Checks

- **Rule 1:** N/A — pure computation, no empirical facts
- **Rule 2:** N/A — pure computation, no empirical facts
- **Rule 3:** N/A — proof is not time-sensitive; date.today() used only in generator metadata
- **Rule 4:** CLAIM_FORMAL with operator_note present; documents universal-closure interpretation, per-primitive existence construction, composition and inverse closure, building-block sourcing, and the minimality non-claim
- **Rule 5:** 7 adversarial checks: composition closure, removable singularities at 0, branch-cut consistency for inverse trig, negation via MULT(−1, ·), minimality non-claim, completeness of primitive list, finite-test-point coverage
- **Rule 6:** N/A — pure computation. Cross-checks use mathematically independent methods: (a) 50 numerical evaluations across distinct primitives and test points, (b) a composition witness that goes through a different subtree combination, (c) a forward-inverse round-trip that exercises both a function and its inverse in sequence, (d) structural all-leaves-in-{1,x,y} check
- **Rule 7:** All computations via cmath/math; no hard-coded constants. Building-block templates (ADD, MULT) are parsed programmatically from the published strings of the K=19 and K=17 proofs; the π, e, i constants are rebuilt in the same stage order as the eml-pi-and-i-from-1 proof
- **validate_proof.py result:** PASS

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