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+
+include "ground/arith/nat_pred_succ.ma".
+include "ground/arith/ynat_succ.ma".
+include "ground/arith/ynat_pred.ma".
+
+(* PREDECESSOR FOR NON-NEGATIVE INTEGERS WITH INFINITY **********************)
+
+(* Constructions with ysucc *************************************************)
+
+(*** ypred_succ ypred_S *)
+lemma ypred_succ (x): x = ↓↑x.
+#x @(ynat_split_nat_inf … x) -x //
+qed.
+
+(* Inversion with ysucc *****************************************************)
+
+(*** ynat_cases *)
+lemma ynat_split_zero_pos (x): ∨∨ 𝟎 = x | x = ↑↓x.
+#x @(ynat_split_nat_inf … x) -x //
+#n elim (nat_split_zero_pos n)
+/2 width=1 by or_introl, or_intror/
+qed-.