From a312472839952d4ddb1489b976e32a986e3cce99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeff Burdges Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2018 01:52:34 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Explain first sentence of lem:message-monotonicity-completed-estimate --- pdf/grandpa.tex | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/pdf/grandpa.tex b/pdf/grandpa.tex index f2f9bc9..f05ebb5 100644 --- a/pdf/grandpa.tex +++ b/pdf/grandpa.tex @@ -357,12 +357,15 @@ We define $V_{r,v,t}$ be the set $V_{r,v}$ at time $t$ and similarly for $C_{r,v \begin{lemma} \label{lem:message-monotonicity-completed-estimate} +Assume $3f < n-1$. Let $v,v'$ be (possibly identical) honest participants, $t,t'$ be times with $t \leq t'$, and $r$ be a round. Then if $V_{r,v,t} \subseteq V_{r,v',t'}$ and $C_{r,v,t} \subseteq C_{r,v',t'}$, all these sets are tolerant, and $v$ sees that $r$ is completable at time $t$, then $E_{r,v,t} \leq E_{r,v',t'}$ and $v'$ sees that $r$ is completable at time $t'$. \end{lemma} \begin{proof} -Since $v$ sees that $r$ is completable at time $t$, both $V_{r,v,t}$ and $C_{r,v,t}$ contain votes from $n-f$ voters and so the same holds for $V_{r,v',t'}$ and $C_{r,v',t'}$. +Since $v$ sees that $r$ is completable at time $t$, +either $E_{r,v} < g(V_{r,v})$ requiring $(n+f+1)/2 > 2f + 1$ votes, or else it is impossible for $C_{r,v}$ to have a supermajority for any children of $g(V_{r,v})$, requiring $2f + 1$ votes. +In either case, both $V_{r,v,t}$ and $C_{r,v,t}$ contain votes from $2f + 1$ voters and so the same holds for $V_{r,v',t'}$ and $C_{r,v',t'}$. By Lemma \ref{lem:ghost-monotonicity} (ii), $g(V_{r,v',t'}) \geq g(V_{r,v,t})$. As it is impossible for $C_{r,v,t}$ to have a supermajority for any children of $g(V_{r,v,t}$, it follows from Lemma \ref{lem:impossible} (i \& ii) that it is impossible for $C_{r,v',t'})$ as well, and so $E_{r,v',t'} \leq g(V_{r,v,t})$. But now $E_{r,v,t}$ and $E_{r,v',t'}$ are the last blocks on $\textrm{chain}(g(V_{r,v,t}))$ for which it is possible for $C_{r,v,t}$ and $C_{r,v',t'}$ respectively to have a supermajority.