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3 </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term">Synopsis:</span></dt><dd><p><span class="bold"><strong>elim</strong></span> <span class="emphasis"><em><a class="link" href="sec_terms.html#grammar.sterm">sterm</a></em></span> <span class="emphasis"><em><a class="link" href="tacticargs.html#grammar.pattern">pattern</a></em></span></p></dd><dt><span class="term">Pre-conditions:</span></dt><dd><p><span class="command"><strong>t</strong></span> must inhabit an inductive type.
4 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">Action:</span></dt><dd><p>It proceeds by cases on the values of <span class="command"><strong>t</strong></span>,
5 according to the most appropriate elimination principle for
7 The induction predicate is restricted by
8 <span class="command"><strong>pattern</strong></span>. In particular, if some hypothesis
9 is listed in <span class="command"><strong>pattern</strong></span>, the hypothesis is
10 generalized and cleared before eliminating <span class="command"><strong>t</strong></span>
11 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">New sequents to prove:</span></dt><dd><p>It opens one new sequent for each case.</p></dd></dl></div><p>
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