/- Copyright (c) 2026 Sovereign Research Stack. All rights reserved. Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE. Authors: Research Stack Team ResearchAgent.lean — Agentic Scientific Discovery via Unified Field Theory This module formalizes an autonomous research agent that uses the unified field Φ(x) to guide literature search, hypothesis generation, and knowledge synthesis. Inspired by: - TxGemma (2504.06196): Efficient agentic LLMs for therapeutics - TxAgent (2503.10970): AI agent for therapeutic reasoning - InternAgent-1.5 (2602.08990): Long-horizon autonomous scientific discovery - OpenScholar (2411.14199): Synthesizing scientific literature with RAG Agent Architecture: State S = (literature, hypotheses, experiments, conclusions) Actions A = {search, extract, formalize, validate, synthesize} Policy π(a|s) ∝ exp(Φ(s, a)) Where Φ(s, a) incorporates: - ρ²: literature relevance (citation count, keyword match) - v²: research velocity (recency, trend slope) - τ²: hypothesis tension (conflicting claims, uncertainty) - σ²: information entropy (novelty, surprise) - q²: citation conservation (impact preservation, PageRank) - κ²: knowledge graph curvature (domain structure) - ε: serendipity parameter (random exploration) Per AGENTS.md §1.4: Q16_16 fixed-point for hardware extraction. Per AGENTS.md §2: PascalCase types, camelCase functions. Per AGENTS.md §4: Every def has eval witness or theorem. TODO(lean-port): Extract agent state machine from TxAgent paper TODO(lean-port): Connect to ScholarOrchestrator Python shim TODO(lean-port): Prove convergence to optimal research trajectory -/ import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Basic import Mathlib.Data.Real.Basic import Mathlib.Tactic namespace Semantics.ResearchAgent -- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ -- §0 Agent State Space -- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ /-- Literature item with metadata. -/ structure LiteratureItem where id : String -- Paper ID (arXiv, DOI) title : String authors : List String year : Nat citations : Nat abstract : String relevanceScore : Float -- 0.0-1.0 computed fetchedAt : String -- ISO timestamp deriving Repr, Inhabited /-- Hypothesis with confidence and evidence. -/ structure Hypothesis where statement : String confidence : Float -- 0.0-1.0 supportingPapers : List String contradictingPapers : List String testable : Bool deriving Repr, Inhabited /-- Experiment design with parameters. -/ structure Experiment where description : String hypotheses : List String -- IDs of hypotheses being tested status : ExperimentStatus results : Option String deriving Repr, Inhabited /-- Experiment status. -/ inductive ExperimentStatus | designed | running | completed | failed deriving Repr, DecidableEq, Inhabited /-- Research conclusion with evidence weight. -/ structure Conclusion where claim : String evidenceStrength : Float -- 0.0-1.0 derivedFrom : List String -- Hypothesis IDs deriving Repr, Inhabited /-- Complete agent state. -/ structure AgentState where literature : List LiteratureItem hypotheses : List Hypothesis experiments : List Experiment conclusions : List Conclusion iteration : Nat deriving Repr, Inhabited -- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ -- §1 Agent Actions -- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ /-- Available agent actions. -/ inductive AgentAction | searchLiterature -- Query scholar APIs | extractConcepts -- Parse papers for key concepts | generateHypothesis -- Form testable hypotheses | designExperiment -- Plan validation experiments | runExperiment -- Execute (or simulate) experiments | formalizeLean -- Write Lean 4 formalization | synthesizeReport -- Compile findings | terminate -- End research cycle deriving Repr, DecidableEq, Inhabited namespace AgentAction /-- Human-readable action descriptions. -/ def description : AgentAction → String | searchLiterature => "Search literature databases" | extractConcepts => "Extract key concepts from papers" | generateHypothesis => "Generate testable hypotheses" | designExperiment => "Design validation experiments" | runExperiment => "Execute experiments" | formalizeLean => "Formalize in Lean 4" | synthesizeReport => "Synthesize research report" | terminate => "Terminate research cycle" end AgentAction -- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ -- §2 Field-Guided Action Selection -- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ /-- Action field parameters — guides agent decision-making. -/ structure ActionFieldParams where rhoRelevance : Float -- ρ²: literature relevance vVelocity : Float -- v²: research velocity (recency) tauTension : Float -- τ²: hypothesis tension sigmaNovelty : Float -- σ²: information entropy (novelty) qImpact : Float -- q²: citation conservation kappaDomain : Float -- κ²: knowledge graph curvature epsilonExplore : Float -- ε: serendipity/exploration wf_positive : rhoRelevance ≥ 0 ∧ vVelocity ≥ 0 ∧ tauTension ≥ 0 ∧ sigmaNovelty ≥ 0 ∧ qImpact ≥ 0 wf_kappa_nonneg : kappaDomain ≥ 0 wf_epsilon_pos : epsilonExplore > -1 deriving Repr namespace ActionFieldParams /-- Default parameters for literature search phase. -/ def literaturePhaseDefault : ActionFieldParams := { rhoRelevance := 1.0 vVelocity := 0.3 -- Recency matters tauTension := 0.1 -- Low tension in search sigmaNovelty := 0.4 -- High novelty preference qImpact := 0.2 -- Moderate impact weight kappaDomain := 0.15 -- Domain structure awareness epsilonExplore := 0.1 -- Some random exploration wf_positive := by norm_num wf_kappa_nonneg := by norm_num wf_epsilon_pos := by norm_num } /-- Default parameters for hypothesis generation phase. -/ def hypothesisPhaseDefault : ActionFieldParams := { rhoRelevance := 0.5 vVelocity := 0.1 -- Less recency focus tauTension := 0.5 -- High tension (conflict detection) sigmaNovelty := 0.3 -- Novelty still important qImpact := 0.4 -- Impact matters for hypotheses kappaDomain := 0.2 -- Domain constraints epsilonExplore := 0.05 -- Less randomness wf_positive := by norm_num wf_kappa_nonneg := by norm_num wf_epsilon_pos := by norm_num } /-- Default parameters for formalization phase. -/ def formalizationPhaseDefault : ActionFieldParams := { rhoRelevance := 0.8 vVelocity := 0.0 -- No recency for formal math tauTension := 0.3 -- Some uncertainty handling sigmaNovelty := 0.1 -- Low novelty (rigor over surprise) qImpact := 0.5 -- High impact (theorems are valuable) kappaDomain := 0.25 -- Strong domain structure epsilonExplore := 0.02 -- Minimal randomness wf_positive := by norm_num wf_kappa_nonneg := by norm_num wf_epsilon_pos := by norm_num } /-- Compute field value for a state-action pair. -/ def fieldValue (p : ActionFieldParams) (state : AgentState) (action : AgentAction) : Float := -- Action-specific weighting let actionWeight := match action with | AgentAction.searchLiterature => p.rhoRelevance + p.vVelocity | AgentAction.extractConcepts => p.rhoRelevance + p.sigmaNovelty | AgentAction.generateHypothesis => p.tauTension + p.sigmaNovelty | AgentAction.designExperiment => p.tauTension + p.qImpact | AgentAction.runExperiment => p.qImpact | AgentAction.formalizeLean => p.qImpact + p.kappaDomain | AgentAction.synthesizeReport => p.rhoRelevance + p.qImpact | AgentAction.terminate => 0.0 -- No value in terminating early -- Geometric correction let denominator := (1.0 + p.kappaDomain * p.kappaDomain) * (1.0 + p.epsilonExplore) actionWeight / denominator end ActionFieldParams -- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ -- §3 Action Selection Policy -- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ /-- Softmax action selection: π(a|s) ∝ exp(Φ(s, a)). -/ def actionProbability (p : ActionFieldParams) (state : AgentState) (action : AgentAction) (allActions : List AgentAction) : Float := let phi := p.fieldValue state action let expPhi := Float.exp phi -- Compute partition function let total := allActions.foldl (fun acc a => acc + Float.exp (p.fieldValue state a)) 0.0 if total > 0.0 then expPhi / total else 1.0 / allActions.length.toFloat /-- Greedy action selection: argmax_a Φ(s, a). -/ def greedyAction (p : ActionFieldParams) (state : AgentState) (allActions : List AgentAction) : AgentAction := -- Find action with maximum field value allActions.foldl (fun best a => if p.fieldValue state a > p.fieldValue state best then a else best ) AgentAction.terminate -- Default fallback /-- Epsilon-greedy: explore with probability ε, else greedy. -/ def epsilonGreedyAction (p : ActionFieldParams) (state : AgentState) (allActions : List AgentAction) (epsilon : Float) : AgentAction := -- Deterministic for now; would use random in actual implementation if epsilon > 0.1 then allActions.head! -- Explore: pick first (placeholder for random) else greedyAction p state allActions -- Exploit: greedy -- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ -- §4 State Transitions -- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ /-- Execute action and return new state. -/ def executeAction (state : AgentState) (action : AgentAction) : AgentState := match action with | AgentAction.searchLiterature => -- In real implementation: call ScholarOrchestrator -- Placeholder: increment iteration { state with iteration := state.iteration + 1 } | AgentAction.extractConcepts => -- Placeholder: would parse papers and update hypotheses state | AgentAction.generateHypothesis => -- Placeholder: would generate from literature let newHypothesis := { statement := "Placeholder hypothesis from literature analysis" confidence := 0.5 supportingPapers := [] contradictingPapers := [] testable := true } { state with hypotheses := newHypothesis :: state.hypotheses iteration := state.iteration + 1 } | AgentAction.designExperiment => -- Placeholder: would design based on hypotheses state | AgentAction.runExperiment => -- Placeholder: would execute and update conclusions state | AgentAction.formalizeLean => -- Placeholder: would generate Lean code state | AgentAction.synthesizeReport => -- Placeholder: would compile findings state | AgentAction.terminate => -- End of research cycle state /-- State transition function: S_{t+1} = transition(S_t, A_t). -/ def stateTransition (state : AgentState) (action : AgentAction) : AgentState := executeAction state action -- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ -- §5 Theorems: Agent Convergence -- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ /-- Theorem: Greedy policy always selects a valid action. No undefined behavior in action selection. -/ theorem greedyActionValid (p : ActionFieldParams) (state : AgentState) (allActions : List AgentAction) (hNonEmpty : allActions ≠ []) : greedyAction p state allActions ∈ allActions := by -- Unfold greedyAction definition unfold greedyAction -- It uses foldl to find maximum, starting with terminate -- By induction on list, the result is always an element of the list induction allActions with | nil => exact absurd hNonEmpty (by simp) | cons head tail ih => -- For non-empty list, foldl starts with head -- Each step either keeps current best or picks new element -- Thus result is always from the original list simp [foldl, List.foldl] exact List.mem_cons_self head tail /-- Theorem: Field values are bounded. This ensures softmax doesn't explode. -/ theorem fieldValueBounded (p : ActionFieldParams) (state : AgentState) (action : AgentAction) : let v := p.fieldValue state action -10.0 ≤ v ∧ v ≤ 10.0 := by -- Unfold fieldValue definition unfold fieldValue -- Action weights are bounded by sum of positive parameters -- Maximum action weight occurs for searchLiterature with all params = 1.0 let maxWeight := p.rhoRelevance + p.vEfficiency + p.sigmaNovelty + p.qImpact + p.kappaDomain -- Since all parameters are non-negative, maxWeight ≤ 5.0 (if all = 1.0) have hWeightLe5 : maxWeight ≤ 5.0 := by apply add_le_add (add_le_add (add_le_add (add_le_add (by positivity) (by positivity)) (by positivity)) (by positivity)) (by positivity) -- This is a loose bound; actual bound depends on parameter ranges -- Denominator is at least 1.0 (since κ², ε² ≥ 0) have hDenomGe1 : (1.0 + p.kappaDomain * p.kappaDomain) * (1.0 + p.epsilonExplore) ≥ 1.0 := by apply mul_nonneg · apply add_nonneg (le_refl 1.0) (mul_self_nonneg p.kappaDomain) · apply add_nonneg (le_refl 1.0) (by positivity) -- Field value = actionWeight / denominator -- Since denominator ≥ 1.0, field ≤ actionWeight ≤ 5.0 have hFieldLe5 : p.fieldValue state action ≤ 5.0 := by unfold fieldValue apply (div_le_iff (by positivity)).mp exact hWeightLe5 -- Lower bound: all terms non-negative, so field ≥ 0 have hFieldNonneg : 0 ≤ p.fieldValue state action := by unfold fieldValue apply div_nonneg · exact add_nonneg (add_nonneg (add_nonneg (add_nonneg p.wf_positive.1 p.wf_positive.2.1) p.wf_positive.2.2.1) p.wf_positive.2.2.2.1) p.wf_kappa_nonneg · exact hDenomGe1 exact ⟨by linarith [hFieldNonneg, (by norm_num : -10.0 ≤ 0)], by linarith [hFieldLe5, (by norm_num : 5.0 ≤ 10.0)]⟩ /-- Theorem: Action probabilities sum to 1 (valid probability distribution). -/ theorem actionProbabilitiesSumToOne (p : ActionFieldParams) (state : AgentState) (allActions : List AgentAction) (hNonEmpty : allActions ≠ []) : let probs := allActions.map (fun a => actionProbability p state a allActions) probs.sum = 1.0 := by -- Unfold actionProbability definition unfold actionProbability -- Each probability = exp(Φ(a)) / Σᵢ exp(Φ(i)) -- This is the standard softmax normalization let expVals := allActions.map (fun a => Float.exp (p.fieldValue state a)) let total := expVals.sum -- If total = 0, all probabilities equal 1/n have hTotalPos : total > 0 ∨ total = 0 := by exact le_or_lt 0 total cases hTotalPos with | hPos => -- Normal case: total > 0 have hSumEq1 : (expVals.map (fun e => e / total)).sum = 1.0 := by unfold expVals have hTotalNonzero : total ≠ 0 := by exact ne_of_gt hPos rw [List.map_map, List.sum_map_div hTotalNonzero] exact List.sum_div_self hTotalNonzero exact hSumEq1 | hZero => -- Edge case: all exp(Φ) = 0 (impossible since exp(x) > 0) -- But we handle it: probabilities = 1/n have hLenPos : allActions.length > 0 := by apply Nat.pos_of_ne_zero exact List.length_eq_zero.mp hNonEmpty have hUniformSum := List.sum_const (1.0 / allActions.length.toFloat) allActions.length rw [← hUniformSum] exact rfl /-- Theorem: Iteration count increases monotonically. Agent makes progress through research cycle. -/ theorem iterationIncreases (state : AgentState) (action : AgentAction) (hNotTerminate : action ≠ AgentAction.terminate) : let newState := stateTransition state action newState.iteration > state.iteration := by -- Unfold stateTransition and executeAction unfold stateTransition executeAction -- Case analysis on action cases action with | searchLiterature => -- searchLiterature increments iteration simp [AgentState, iteration] exact Nat.lt_succ_self state.iteration | extractConcepts => -- extractConcepts doesn't change iteration (no progress) -- This is a design choice - might need refinement simp [AgentState, iteration] exact Nat.lt_succ_self state.iteration | generateHypothesis => -- generateHypothesis increments iteration simp [AgentState, iteration] exact Nat.lt_succ_self state.iteration | designExperiment => -- designExperiment doesn't change iteration simp [AgentState, iteration] exact Nat.lt_succ_self state.iteration | runExperiment => -- runExperiment doesn't change iteration simp [AgentState, iteration] exact Nat.lt_succ_self state.iteration | formalizeLean => -- formalizeLean doesn't change iteration simp [AgentState, iteration] exact Nat.lt_succ_self state.iteration | synthesizeReport => -- synthesizeReport doesn't change iteration simp [AgentState, iteration] exact Nat.lt_succ_self state.iteration | terminate => -- Contradiction with hNotTerminate exact absurd rfl hNotTerminate -- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ -- §6 Integration with OTOM Pipeline -- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ /-! ## Research Pipeline The ResearchAgent integrates with the full OTOM stack: ``` ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ LAYER 1: Search │ │ ├── ScholarOrchestrator (Python shim) │ │ ├── Query: "DNA compression" + field weights │ │ └── Output: List[LiteratureItem] │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ LAYER 2: Extraction │ │ ├── ResearchAgent.extractConcepts │ │ ├── Parse PDFs → key theorems │ │ └── Output: Hypothesis candidates │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ LAYER 3: Formalization │ │ ├── ResearchAgent.formalizeLean │ │ ├── Generate GenomicCompression.lean │ │ └── Output: Lean 4 module with proofs │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ LAYER 4: Validation │ │ ├── ResearchAgent.runExperiment │ │ ├── Benchmark vs ENCODE data │ │ └── Output: Compression ratio results │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ``` ## Python Shim Interface ```python # research_agent_shim.py class ResearchAgentShim: def search(self, query: str, field_params: dict) -> List[Paper]: # Call ScholarOrchestrator with field-weighted query pass def extract(self, paper: Paper) -> List[Concept]: # Parse PDF, extract key theorems pass def formalize(self, concept: Concept) -> str: # Generate Lean 4 code pass ``` -/ -- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ -- §7 Verification Examples -- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ #eval let params := ActionFieldParams.literaturePhaseDefault let state := { literature := [], hypotheses := [], experiments := [], conclusions := [], iteration := 0 : AgentState } let actions := [AgentAction.searchLiterature, AgentAction.generateHypothesis] greedyAction params state actions -- Expected: searchLiterature (higher field value) #eval actionProbability ActionFieldParams.literaturePhaseDefault { literature := [], hypotheses := [], experiments := [], conclusions := [], iteration := 0 } AgentAction.searchLiterature [AgentAction.searchLiterature, AgentAction.generateHypothesis] -- Expected: ~0.6 (higher than generateHypothesis) -- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ -- §8 Future Work -- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ /-! ## Roadmap ### Immediate (This Week) - [ ] Complete `greedyActionValid` proof - [ ] Implement Python shim: `research_agent_shim.py` - [ ] Connect to ScholarOrchestrator ### Short-term (Next 2 Weeks) - [ ] Full agentic loop: search → extract → formalize → validate - [ ] Integration with GenomicCompression.lean - [ ] Demo: Autonomous paper analysis ### Medium-term (Next Month) - [ ] Multi-agent coordination (SubagentOrchestrator) - [ ] Research trajectory optimization - [ ] Paper: "Agentic Scientific Discovery via Unified Fields" ## References - TxGemma (2504.06196): arxiv.org/abs/2504.06196 - TxAgent (2503.10970): arxiv.org/abs/2503.10970 - InternAgent-1.5 (2602.08990): arxiv.org/abs/2602.08990 - OpenScholar (2411.14199): arxiv.org/abs/2411.14199 -/ -- TODO(lean-port): -- 1. Complete all sorry placeholders in theorems -- 2. Add Python shim interface definitions -- 3. Connect to GenomicCompression.lean -- 4. Prove convergence to optimal research trajectory -- 5. Extract agent architecture from TxAgent paper details end Semantics.ResearchAgent