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+
+include "ground/arith/nat_lt_pred.ma".
+include "ground/relocation/gr_nat.ma".
+
+(* NON-NEGATIVE APPLICATION FOR GENERIC RELOCATION MAPS *****************************)
+
+(* Main destructions ********************************************************)
+
+theorem gr_nat_monotonic (k2) (l2) (f):
+ @↑❪l2,f❫ ≘ k2 → ∀k1,l1. @↑❪l1,f❫ ≘ k1 → l1 < l2 → k1 < k2.
+#k2 @(nat_ind_succ … k2) -k2
+[ #l2 #f #H2f elim (gr_nat_inv_zero_dx … H2f) -H2f //
+ #g #H21 #_ #k1 #l1 #_ #Hi destruct
+ elim (nlt_inv_zero_dx … Hi)
+| #k2 #IH #l2 #f #H2f #k1 @(nat_ind_succ … k1) -k1 //
+ #k1 #_ #l1 #H1f #Hl elim (nlt_inv_gen … Hl)
+ #_ #Hl2 elim (gr_nat_inv_succ_bi … H2f (↓l2)) -H2f [1,3: * |*: // ]
+ #g #H2g #H
+ [ elim (gr_nat_inv_push_succ … H1f … H) -f
+ /4 width=8 by nlt_inv_succ_bi, nlt_succ_bi/
+ | /4 width=8 by gr_nat_inv_next_succ, nlt_succ_bi/
+ ]
+]
+qed-.
+
+theorem gr_nat_inv_monotonic (k1) (l1) (f):
+ @↑❪l1,f❫ ≘ k1 → ∀k2,l2. @↑❪l2,f❫ ≘ k2 → k1 < k2 → l1 < l2.
+#k1 @(nat_ind_succ … k1) -k1
+[ #l1 #f #H1f elim (gr_nat_inv_zero_dx … H1f) -H1f //
+ #g * -l1 #H #k2 #l2 #H2f #Hk
+ lapply (nlt_des_gen … Hk) -Hk #H22
+ elim (gr_nat_inv_push_succ … H2f … (↓k2) H) -f //
+| #k1 #IH #l1 @(nat_ind_succ … l1) -l1
+ [ #f #H1f elim (gr_nat_inv_zero_succ … H1f) -H1f [ |*: // ]
+ #g #H1g #H #k2 #l2 #H2f #Hj elim (nlt_inv_succ_sn … Hj) -Hj
+ /3 width=7 by gr_nat_inv_next_succ/
+ | #l1 #_ #f #H1f #k2 #l2 #H2f #Hj elim (nlt_inv_succ_sn … Hj) -Hj
+ #Hj #H22 elim (gr_nat_inv_succ_bi … H1f) -H1f [1,4: * |*: // ]
+ #g #Hg #H
+ [ elim (gr_nat_inv_push_succ … H2f … (↓k2) H) -f
+ /3 width=7 by nlt_succ_bi/
+ | /3 width=7 by gr_nat_inv_next_succ/
+ ]
+ ]
+]
+qed-.
+
+theorem gr_nat_mono (f) (l) (l1) (l2):
+ @↑❪l,f❫ ≘ l1 → @↑❪l,f❫ ≘ l2 → l2 = l1.
+#f #l #l1 #l2 #H1 #H2 elim (nat_split_lt_eq_gt l2 l1) //
+#Hi elim (nlt_ge_false l l)
+/2 width=6 by gr_nat_inv_monotonic/
+qed-.
+
+theorem gr_nat_inj (f) (l1) (l2) (l):
+ @↑❪l1,f❫ ≘ l → @↑❪l2,f❫ ≘ l → l1 = l2.
+#f #l1 #l2 #l #H1 #H2 elim (nat_split_lt_eq_gt l2 l1) //
+#Hi elim (nlt_ge_false l l)
+/2 width=6 by gr_nat_monotonic/
+qed-.