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+
+include "ground/arith/nat_succ_tri.ma".
+include "ground/arith/nat_lt.ma".
+
+(* STRICT ORDER FOR NON-NEGATIVE INTEGERS ***********************************)
+
+(* Destructions with ntri ***************************************************)
+
+(*** tri_lt *)
+lemma ntri_lt (A) (a1) (a2) (a3) (n1) (n2):
+ n1 < n2 → a1 = ntri A n1 n2 a1 a2 a3.
+#A #a1 #a2 #a3 #n1 #n2 #H @(nlt_ind_alt … H) -H //
+qed-.
+
+(*** tri_gt *)
+lemma ntri_gt (A) (a1) (a2) (a3) (n1) (n2):
+ n2 < n1 → a3 = ntri A n1 n2 a1 a2 a3.
+#A #a1 #a2 #a3 #n1 #n2 #H @(nlt_ind_alt … H) -H //
+qed-.