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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/nat/compare.ma".
+
+include "nat/orders.ma".
+include "datatypes/bool.ma".
+
+let rec leb n m \def
+match n with
+ [ O \Rightarrow true
+ | (S p) \Rightarrow
+ match m with
+ [ O \Rightarrow false
+ | (S q) \Rightarrow leb p q]].
+
+theorem leb_to_Prop: \forall n,m:nat.
+match (leb n m) with
+[ true \Rightarrow (le n m)
+| false \Rightarrow (Not (le n m))].
+intros.
+apply nat_elim2
+(\lambda n,m:nat.match (leb n m) with
+[ true \Rightarrow (le n m)
+| false \Rightarrow (Not (le n m))]).
+simplify.exact le_O_n.
+simplify.exact not_le_Sn_O.
+intros 2.simplify.elim (leb n1 m1).
+simplify.apply le_S_S.apply H.
+simplify.intros.apply H.apply le_S_S_to_le.assumption.
+qed.
+
+theorem le_elim: \forall n,m:nat. \forall P:bool \to Prop.
+((le n m) \to (P true)) \to ((Not (le n m)) \to (P false)) \to
+P (leb n m).
+intros.
+cut
+match (leb n m) with
+[ true \Rightarrow (le n m)
+| false \Rightarrow (Not (le n m))] \to (P (leb n m)).
+apply Hcut.apply leb_to_Prop.
+elim leb n m.
+apply (H H2).
+apply (H1 H2).
+qed.
+
+
+