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+
+include "arithmetics/nat.ma".
+include "ground_2/notation/constructors/infinity_0.ma".
+
+(* NATURAL NUMBERS WITH INFINITY ********************************************)
+
+(* the type of natural numbers with infinity *)
+inductive ynat: Type[0] ≝
+| yinj: nat → ynat
+| Y : ynat
+.
+
+coercion yinj.
+
+interpretation "ynat infinity" 'Infinity = Y.
+
+(* Inversion lemmas *********************************************************)
+
+lemma yinj_inj: ∀m,n. yinj m = yinj n → m = n.
+#m #n #H destruct //
+qed-.