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+(**************************************************************************)
+
+include "ground/arith/nat.ma".
+
+(* NON-NEGATIVE INTEGERS ****************************************************)
+
+definition nsucc: nat → nat ≝ λm. match m with
+[ nzero ⇒ ninj (𝟏)
+| ninj p ⇒ ninj (↑p)
+].
+
+interpretation
+ "successor (non-negative integers"
+ 'UpArrow m = (nsucc m).
+
+(* Basic rewrites ***********************************************************)
+
+lemma nsucc_zero: ninj (𝟏) = ↑𝟎.
+// qed.
+
+lemma nsucc_inj (p): ninj (↑p) = ↑(ninj p).
+// qed.
+
+(* Basic eliminations *******************************************************)
+
+(*** nat_ind *)
+lemma nat_ind (Q:predicate …):
+ Q (𝟎) → (∀n. Q n → Q (↑n)) → ∀n. Q n.
+#Q #IH1 #IH2 * //
+#p elim p -p /2 width=1 by/
+qed-.
+
+(*** nat_elim2 *)
+lemma nat_ind_2 (Q:relation2 …):
+ (∀n. Q (𝟎) n) →
+ (∀m. Q (↑m) (𝟎)) →
+ (∀m,n. Q m n → Q (↑m) (↑n)) →
+ ∀m,n. Q m n.
+#Q #IH1 #IH2 #IH3 #m elim m -m [ // ]
+#m #IH #n elim n -n /2 width=1 by/
+qed-.
+
+(* Basic inversions *********************************************************)
+
+(*** injective_S *)
+lemma eq_inv_nsucc_bi: injective … nsucc.
+* [| #p1 ] * [2,4: #p2 ]
+[1,4: <nsucc_zero <nsucc_inj #H destruct
+| <nsucc_inj <nsucc_inj #H destruct //
+| //
+]
+qed-.
+
+lemma eq_inv_nsucc_zero (m): ↑m = 𝟎 → ⊥.
+* [ <nsucc_zero | #p <nsucc_inj ] #H destruct
+qed-.
+
+lemma eq_inv_nzero_succ (m): 𝟎 = ↑m → ⊥.
+* [ <nsucc_zero | #p <nsucc_inj ] #H destruct
+qed-.