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15 include "ground/arith/pnat_pred.ma".
16 include "ground/arith/pnat_iter.ma".
18 (* SUBTRACTION FOR NON-NEGATIVE INTEGERS ************************************)
20 definition pminus: pnat → pnat → pnat ≝
24 "minus (positive integers)"
25 'minus p q = (pminus p q).
27 (* Basic constructions ******************************************************)
29 lemma pminus_unit_dx (p): ↓p = p - 𝟏.
32 lemma pminus_succ_dx (p) (q): ↓(p - q) = p - ↑q.
33 #p #q @(piter_succ … ppred)
36 (* Advanced constructions ***************************************************)
38 lemma pminus_pred_sn (p) (q): ↓(p - q) = ↓p - q.
39 #p #q @(piter_appl … ppred)
42 lemma pminus_unit_sn (q): 𝟏 = 𝟏 - q.
46 lemma pminus_succ_bi (p) (q): p - q = ↑p - ↑q.
50 lemma pminus_succ_dx_pred_sn (p) (q): ↓p - q = p - ↑q.
53 lemma pminus_refl (p): 𝟏 = p - p.
57 lemma pminus_succ_sn_refl (p): 𝟏 = ↑p - p.
61 lemma pminus_comm_21 (p) (q1) (q2): p - q1 - q2 = p - q2 - q1.
62 #p #q1 #q2 elim q2 -q2 //
65 lemma pminus_comm_231 (p) (q1) (q2) (q3):
66 p-q1-q2-q3 = p-q2-q3-q1.