lemma lt_S_S: ∀x,y. x < y → ⫯x < ⫯y.
/2 width=1 by le_S_S/ qed.
+lemma lt_S: ∀n,m. n < m → n < ⫯m.
+/2 width=1 by le_S/ qed.
+
lemma arith_j: ∀x,y,z. x-y-1 ≤ x-(y-z)-1.
/3 width=1 by monotonic_le_minus_l, monotonic_le_minus_r/ qed.
lemma lt_le_false: ∀x,y. x < y → y ≤ x → ⊥.
/3 width=4 by lt_refl_false, lt_to_le_to_lt/ qed-.
+lemma lt_inv_O1: ∀n. 0 < n → ∃m. ⫯m = n.
+* /2 width=2 by ex_intro/
+#H cases (lt_le_false … H) -H //
+qed-.
+
+lemma lt_inv_S1: ∀m,n. ⫯m < n → ∃∃p. m < p & ⫯p = n.
+#m * /3 width=3 by lt_S_S_to_lt, ex2_intro/
+#H cases (lt_le_false … H) -H //
+qed-.
+
+lemma lt_inv_gen: ∀y,x. x < y → ∃∃z. x ≤ z & ⫯z = y.
+* /3 width=3 by le_S_S_to_le, ex2_intro/
+#x #H elim (lt_le_false … H) -H //
+qed-.
+
lemma pred_inv_refl: ∀m. pred m = m → m = 0.
* // normalize #m #H elim (lt_refl_false m) //
qed-.