amo-lean | Reservoir

AMO-Lean: Verified Optimizing Compiler for Cryptographic Primitives

AMO-Lean is a verified optimizing compiler that transforms mathematical specifications written in Lean 4 into optimized C code with formal correctness guarantees. It targets cryptographic primitives used in STARK provers and zkVMs.

Release: v1.0.1

Production-Ready Components

NTT (Number Theoretic Transform) -- Verified, optimized, Plonky3-compatible
Radix-4 NTT -- Verified 4-point butterfly with formal proofs
Goldilocks Field -- Scalar + AVX2 arithmetic (p = 2^64 - 2^32 + 1)
FRI Protocol -- Folding, Merkle commitments, Fiat-Shamir
E-Graph Optimization -- 19/20 rewrite rules formally verified
Algebraic Semantics -- C-Lite++ lowering with verified scatter/gather
Poseidon2 Hash -- BN254 t=3 with HorizenLabs-compatible test vectors

How It Works

Mathematical Spec (Lean 4)
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  E-Graph Optimization Engine
  (equality saturation optimization strategy)
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  Algebraic Semantics (Sigma-SPL IR)
  (verified lowering for matrix operations)
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  Optimized C / SIMD Code
  (correct by construction, Plonky3-compatible)

Formal Optimization Strategy

AMO-Lean uses equality saturation via e-graphs to find optimal formal equivalent forms of mathematical expressions. Unlike hand-tuned optimizers, every rewrite rule in our e-graph is a formally proven theorem in Lean 4. The process:

Encode the mathematical specification as an e-graph
Saturate by applying all verified rewrite rules until a fixed point
Extract the optimal form using a cost model
Lower through AlgebraicSemantics (Sigma-SPL IR) to C code

This architecture is portable and modular: adding a new primitive means writing a Lean specification and lowering rules -- the optimization engine and code generator are reusable across all primitives.

Two Operational Modes

Mode	Purpose	Status
Verifier	Certify external code (e.g., Plonky3) is mathematically correct	Production Ready
Generator	Generate verified C code from Lean specs	Production Ready

Performance

NTT vs Plonky3 (v1.0.1 Benchmark -- Feb 2026, ARM64)

Size	AMO-Lean	Plonky3	Ratio
N=256	4.8 us	3.4 us	1.39x
N=1024	23.3 us	14.6 us	1.59x
N=4096	109.5 us	65.9 us	1.66x
N=65536	2.50 ms	1.48 ms	1.69x

Average: 1.65x slower than Plonky3 (60% throughput) with full formal verification. Aiming at 85% throughput in upcoming release, with full formal verification.

Full benchmark results (all sizes)

Size	AMO-Lean (us)	Plonky3 (us)	Ratio	AMO Throughput
N=256	4.8 +/- 0.4	3.4 +/- 0.5	1.39x	53.7 Melem/s
N=512	10.6 +/- 0.5	7.1 +/- 1.0	1.49x	48.5 Melem/s
N=1024	23.3 +/- 2.5	14.6 +/- 0.5	1.59x	44.0 Melem/s
N=2048	50.5 +/- 1.7	31.0 +/- 1.0	1.63x	40.6 Melem/s
N=4096	109.5 +/- 0.9	65.9 +/- 2.2	1.66x	37.4 Melem/s
N=8192	255.1 +/- 13.7	138.4 +/- 1.9	1.84x	32.1 Melem/s
N=16384	535.8 +/- 12.2	294.3 +/- 9.4	1.82x	30.6 Melem/s
N=32768	1176.1 +/- 92.0	665.8 +/- 9.7	1.77x	27.9 Melem/s
N=65536	2500.1 +/- 75.5	1477.4 +/- 29.2	1.69x	26.2 Melem/s

Verified Compatibility

64/64 oracle tests pass vs Plonky3 (bit-exact match)
120/120 pathological vectors verified (sparse, geometric, boundary, max entropy)
37/37 Goldilocks field tests pass with UBSan
FFI overhead: 0.03% (negligible)
Panic safety: Triple protection (validation + catch_unwind + panic=abort)

See BENCHMARKS.md for the complete benchmark report.

Quick Start

# Clone and build
git clone https://github.com/manuelpuebla/amo-lean.git
cd amo-lean
lake build

# Run NTT oracle tests (C, no dependencies)
clang -DFIELD_NATIVE -O2 -o test_ntt_oracle generated/test_ntt_oracle.c && ./test_ntt_oracle

# Run Plonky3 equivalence tests (requires Rust)
cd verification/plonky3/plonky3_shim && cargo build --release && cd ..
./oracle_test

Using libamolean (Header-Only C Library)

#include "amolean/amolean.h"

// Goldilocks field arithmetic
uint64_t a = goldilocks_mul(x, y);
uint64_t b = goldilocks_add(a, z);

// NTT with pre-computed context
NttContext* ctx = ntt_context_create(10);  // N = 2^10 = 1024
ntt_forward_ctx(ctx, data);
ntt_inverse_ctx(ctx, data);
ntt_context_destroy(ctx);

Project Structure

amo-lean/
├── AmoLean/                    # Lean source (32,650 LOC, 81 files)
│   ├── NTT/                    # NTT specification + proofs
│   │   ├── Spec.lean           # O(N^2) reference specification
│   │   ├── CooleyTukey.lean    # O(N log N) verified algorithm
│   │   ├── Butterfly.lean      # Butterfly operation proofs
│   │   ├── LazyButterfly.lean  # Harvey optimization (lazy reduction)
│   │   ├── Correctness.lean    # Main equivalence theorems
│   │   └── Radix4/             # Verified radix-4 implementation
│   ├── Field/                  # Field implementations
│   │   └── Goldilocks.lean     # Goldilocks (p = 2^64 - 2^32 + 1)
│   ├── EGraph/                 # E-Graph optimization engine
│   │   ├── Optimize.lean       # Equality saturation
│   │   └── VerifiedRules.lean  # 19/20 rules with formal proofs
│   ├── FRI/                    # FRI protocol components
│   ├── Sigma/                  # Sigma-SPL IR definitions
│   ├── Matrix/                 # Matrix algebra + permutations
│   ├── Verification/           # Correctness proofs
│   │   ├── AlgebraicSemantics.lean  # Lowering correctness (3,693 LOC)
│   │   ├── FRI_Properties.lean      # FRI folding proofs (0 sorry)
│   │   └── Poseidon_Semantics.lean  # Poseidon2 verification
│   └── Backends/               # Code generation
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├── generated/                  # Generated C code
│   ├── field_goldilocks.h      # Goldilocks arithmetic (scalar)
│   ├── field_goldilocks_avx2.h # Goldilocks arithmetic (AVX2)
│   ├── ntt_kernel.h            # Lazy butterfly kernel
│   ├── ntt_context.h           # NTT context with caching
│   └── poseidon2_bn254_t3.h    # Poseidon2 hash
│
├── libamolean/                 # Distributable header-only C library
├── verification/plonky3/       # Plonky3 verification suite (Rust FFI)
├── Tests/                      # Test suites (2850+ tests)
└── docs/                       # Documentation
    ├── BENCHMARKS.md            # Full benchmark report
    └── project/                 # Design decisions, progress logs

Verification Status

Formal Proofs (Lean 4)

Component	Status	Sorry	Detail
NTT Core (Butterfly, CooleyTukey, Correctness)	100%	0	Fully proven
Radix-4 NTT	100%	0	Verified 4-point butterfly
FRI Folding	100%	0	Proven in FRI_Properties.lean
Matrix/Perm	100%	0	All lemmas proven
E-Graph Rewrite Rules	95%	0	19/20 rules verified
Goldilocks Field	93%	0	5 axioms (well-known properties)
AlgebraicSemantics	95%	3	18/19 cases proven; kron pending
Poseidon2	Computational	12	All backed by test vectors

Codebase: 32,650 LOC | 17 axioms | 30 sorry (5 active, 12 computational, 7 deprecated, 6 commented-out)

Testing (2850+ tests, 0 failures)

Test Suite	Tests	Status
Goldilocks Field (+ UBSan)	37	Pass
NTT Correctness (oracle + bit-reversal + kernel + sanitizer)	141	Pass
Plonky3 Equivalence	64	Pass
FRI Protocol (fold + validation)	10	Pass
Poseidon2 (S-box + vectors + differential)	10	Pass
E-Graph Optimizer	4	Pass
Hardening (fuzz + FFI stress + ABI)	120	Pass
Lean Build (modules)	2641	Pass
Total	~2850	0 failures

Key Design Decisions

Equality Saturation (E-Graphs): Optimization via verified rewrite rules rather than ad-hoc transformations. Every optimization is a theorem.
Sigma-SPL Algebraic IR: Matrix expressions lowered through scatter/gather semantics. 18/19 operations formally verified.
Lazy Reduction (Harvey 2014): Defer modular reduction in butterfly operations for reduced modular arithmetic overhead.
Skeleton + Kernel Architecture: Manual C loop structure (skeleton) with Lean-verified butterfly (kernel). Combines performance control with formal guarantees.
Twiddle Factor Caching: Pre-computed twiddle factors for all NTT layers, stored in NttContext.
Nat in Lean Proofs: Use arbitrary-precision naturals to avoid overflow reasoning during proofs. C code uses fixed-width integers with verified bounds.
Goldilocks Specialization: Exploit p = 2^64 - 2^32 + 1 structure for efficient reduction without Barrett/Montgomery.

Future Work

Task	Relevance	Difficulty	Status
Kron bounds (3 sorry in AlgebraicSemantics)	Medium -- internal to verification, no external impact	High -- requires scatter/gather in-bounds proofs	Documented, non-blocking
Poseidon formal proofs (12 sorry)	Medium -- currently validated computationally	Medium -- Lean match splitter limitation	Tests pass; formal proofs optional
BabyBear / Mersenne31 fields	High -- enables Risc0/SP1 verification	Medium -- architecture supports it	Designed, not started
Rust code generation	High -- direct integration with Rust zkVMs	Medium -- requires new backend	Future
NTT Radix-4 codegen	Medium -- potential 20-30% speedup	Low -- butterfly already verified	Designed
Merkle tree invariants (2 sorry in FRI)	Low -- structural, no correctness risk	Low	Documented
Deprecated sorry cleanup (7 in Theorems.lean)	Low -- superseded by AlgebraicSemantics	Trivial -- delete file	Housekeeping

None of these items block the current release. The 5 active sorry statements are isolated to internal verification modules and do not affect the correctness of generated code or test results.

References

egg: Willsey et al. "egg: Fast and Extensible Equality Saturation" (POPL 2021)
Fiat-Crypto: Erbsen et al. "Simple High-Level Code For Cryptographic Arithmetic"
FRI: Ben-Sasson et al. "Fast Reed-Solomon Interactive Oracle Proofs of Proximity"
Harvey NTT: Harvey "Faster arithmetic for number-theoretic transforms" (2014)
Plonky3: Polygon Zero's high-performance STARK library
Sigma-SPL: Franchetti et al. "SPIRAL: Code Generation for DSP Transforms"

License

MIT License -- see LICENSE for details.

AMO-Lean v1.0.1 -- Formal verification meets practical performance.

amo-lean1.0.0