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+
+include "ground/arith/nat_pred_succ.ma".
+include "ground/arith/nat_le.ma".
+
+(* NON-NEGATIVE INTEGERS ****************************************************)
+
+(* Basic constructions with pred ********************************************)
+
+(*** le_pred_n *)
+lemma nle_pred_sn_refl (m): ↓m ≤ m.
+#m elim m -m //
+qed.
+
+(*** monotonic_pred *)
+lemma nle_pred_bi (m) (n): m ≤ n → ↓m ≤ ↓n.
+#m #n #H elim H -n
+/2 width=3 by nle_trans/
+qed.