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+
+set "baseuri" "cic:/matita/nat/bad_induction".
+
+include "nat/nat.ma".
+
+include "logic/equality.ma".
+
+axiom bad_ind : ∀P : nat -> Prop. ∀n.(n = O -> P n) -> (∀n.P n -> P (S n)) -> P n.
+
+theorem absurd: ∀n. n = O.
+ intros.
+ letin P ≝ (λx:nat. n = O).
+ apply (bad_ind P n); simplify; intros; autobatch.
+qed.
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