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+(**************************************************************************)
+(* ___ *)
+(* ||M|| *)
+(* ||A|| A project by Andrea Asperti *)
+(* ||T|| *)
+(* ||I|| Developers: *)
+(* ||T|| A.Asperti, C.Sacerdoti Coen, *)
+(* ||A|| E.Tassi, S.Zacchiroli *)
+(* \ / *)
+(* \ / This file is distributed under the terms of the *)
+(* v GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1 *)
+(* *)
+(**************************************************************************)
+
+set "baseuri" "cic:/matita/logic/equality/".
+
+include "higher_order_defs/relations.ma".
+
+inductive eq (A:Type) (x:A) : A \to Prop \def
+ refl_eq : eq A x x.
+
+theorem reflexive_eq : \forall A:Type. reflexive A (eq A).
+simplify.intros.apply refl_eq.
+qed.
+
+theorem symmetric_eq: \forall A:Type. symmetric A (eq A).
+simplify.intros.elim H. apply refl_eq.
+qed.
+
+theorem sym_eq : \forall A:Type.\forall x,y:A. eq A x y \to eq A y x
+\def symmetric_eq.
+
+theorem transitive_eq : \forall A:Type. transitive A (eq A).
+simplify.intros.elim H1.assumption.
+qed.
+
+theorem trans_eq : \forall A:Type.\forall x,y,z:A. eq A x y \to eq A y z \to eq A x z
+\def transitive_eq.
+
+theorem eq_elim_r:
+ \forall A:Type.\forall x:A. \forall P: A \to Prop.
+ P x \to \forall y:A. eq A y x \to P y.
+intros. elim sym_eq ? ? ? H1.assumption.
+qed.
+
+default "equality"
+ cic:/matita/logic/equality/eq.ind
+ cic:/matita/logic/equality/sym_eq.con
+ cic:/matita/logic/equality/trans_eq.con
+ cic:/matita/logic/equality/eq_ind.con
+ cic:/matita/logic/equality/eq_elim_r.con.
+
+theorem eq_f: \forall A,B:Type.\forall f:A\to B.
+\forall x,y:A. eq A x y \to eq B (f x) (f y).
+intros.elim H.reflexivity.
+qed.
+
+theorem eq_f2: \forall A,B,C:Type.\forall f:A\to B \to C.
+\forall x1,x2:A. \forall y1,y2:B.
+eq A x1 x2\to eq B y1 y2\to eq C (f x1 y1) (f x2 y2).
+intros.elim H1.elim H.reflexivity.
+qed.
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