Library Coq.Arith.Le

Order on natural numbers
Open Local Scope nat_scope.

Implicit Types m n p : nat.

Reflexivity

Theorem le_refl : forall n, n <= n.
Proof.
exact le_n.
Qed.

Transitivity

Theorem le_trans : forall n m p, n <= m -> m <= p -> n <= p.
Proof.
  induction 2; auto.
Qed.
Hint Resolve le_trans: arith v62.

Order, successor and predecessor

Theorem le_n_S : forall n m, n <= m -> S n <= S m.
Proof.
  induction 1; auto.
Qed.

Theorem le_n_Sn : forall n, n <= S n.
Proof.
  auto.
Qed.

Theorem le_O_n : forall n, 0 <= n.
Proof.
  induction n; auto.
Qed.

Hint Resolve le_n_S le_n_Sn le_O_n le_n_S: arith v62.

Theorem le_pred_n : forall n, pred n <= n.
Proof.
induction n; auto with arith.
Qed.
Hint Resolve le_pred_n: arith v62.

Theorem le_Sn_le : forall n m, S n <= m -> n <= m.
Proof.
intros n m H; apply le_trans with (S n); auto with arith.
Qed.
Hint Immediate le_Sn_le: arith v62.

Theorem le_S_n : forall n m, S n <= S m -> n <= m.
Proof.
intros n m H; change (pred (S n) <= pred (S m)) in |- *.
elim H; simpl in |- *; auto with arith.
Qed.
Hint Immediate le_S_n: arith v62.

Theorem le_pred : forall n m, n <= m -> pred n <= pred m.
Proof.
induction n as [| n IHn]. simpl in |- *. auto with arith.
destruct m as [| m]. simpl in |- *. intro H. inversion H.
simpl in |- *. auto with arith.
Qed.

Comparison to 0

Theorem le_Sn_O : forall n, ~ S n <= 0.
Proof.
red in |- *; intros n H.
change (IsSucc 0) in |- *; elim H; simpl in |- *; auto with arith.
Qed.
Hint Resolve le_Sn_O: arith v62.

Theorem le_n_O_eq : forall n, n <= 0 -> 0 = n.
Proof.
induction n; auto with arith.
intro; contradiction le_Sn_O with n.
Qed.
Hint Immediate le_n_O_eq: arith v62.

Negative properties

Theorem le_Sn_n : forall n, ~ S n <= n.
Proof.
induction n; auto with arith.
Qed.
Hint Resolve le_Sn_n: arith v62.

Antisymmetry

Theorem le_antisym : forall n m, n <= m -> m <= n -> n = m.
Proof.
intros n m h; destruct h as [| m0 H]; auto with arith.
intros H1.
absurd (S m0 <= m0); auto with arith.
apply le_trans with n; auto with arith.
Qed.
Hint Immediate le_antisym: arith v62.

A different elimination principle for the order on natural numbers

Lemma le_elim_rel :
 forall P:nat -> nat -> Prop,
   (forall p, P 0 p) ->
   (forall p (q:nat), p <= q -> P p q -> P (S p) (S q)) ->
   forall n m, n <= m -> P n m.
Proof.
induction n; auto with arith.
intros m Le.
elim Le; auto with arith.
Qed.

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