matita/matita/contribs/lambdadelta/ground/arith/nat_iter.ma

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  15 include "ground/arith/pnat_iter.ma".
  16 include "ground/arith/nat.ma".
  17
  18 (* ITERATED FUNCTION FOR NON-NEGATIVE INTEGERS ******************************)
  19
  20 (*** iter *)
  21 definition niter (n:nat) (A:Type[0]) (f:A→A) (a:A) ≝
  22 match n with
  23 [ nzero  ⇒ a
  24 | ninj p ⇒ f^{A}p a
  25 ]
  26 .
  27
  28 interpretation
  29   "iterated function (non-negative integers)"
  30   'Exp A f n = (niter n A f).
  31
  32 (* Basic constructions ******************************************************)
  33
  34 (*** iter_O *)
  35 lemma niter_zero (A) (f) (a): a = (f^{A}𝟎) a.
  36 // qed.
  37
  38 lemma niter_inj (A) (f) (p) (a): f^p a = f^{A}(ninj p) a.
  39 // qed.
  40
  41 (* Advanced constructions ***************************************************)
  42
  43 (*** iter_n_Sm *)
  44 lemma niter_appl (A) (f) (n) (a): f (f^n a) = f^{A}n (f a).
  45 #A #f * //
  46 #p #a <niter_inj <niter_inj <piter_appl //
  47 qed.