- [@(not_to_not … not_eq_true_false) #H1 <H @sym_eq @(\b H1)
- |cases (true_or_false (eqb ? a b)) // #H1 @False_ind @(absurd … (\P H1) H)
+
+(* The latter is easily reduced to prove the goal true=false under the assumption
+H1: a = b *)
+ [@(\ 5a href="cic:/matita/basics/logic/not_to_not.def(3)"\ 6not_to_not\ 5/a\ 6 … \ 5a href="cic:/matita/basics/bool/not_eq_true_false.def(3)"\ 6not_eq_true_false\ 5/a\ 6) #H1
+
+(* since by assumption H false is equal to (a==b), by rewriting we obtain the goal
+true=(a==b) that is just the boolean version of H1 *)
+
+ <H @\ 5a href="cic:/matita/basics/logic/sym_eq.def(2)"\ 6sym_eq\ 5/a\ 6 @(\b H1)
+
+(* In the "if" case, we proceed by cases over the boolean equality (a==b); if
+(a==b) is false, the goal is trivial; the other case is absurd, since if (a==b) is
+true, then by reflection a=b, while by hypothesis a≠b *)
+
+ |cases (\ 5a href="cic:/matita/basics/bool/true_or_false.def(1)"\ 6true_or_false\ 5/a\ 6 (\ 5a href="cic:/matita/tutorial/chapter4/eqb.fix(0,0,3)"\ 6eqb\ 5/a\ 6 ? a b)) // #H1 @\ 5a href="cic:/matita/basics/logic/False_ind.fix(0,1,1)"\ 6False_ind\ 5/a\ 6 @(\ 5a href="cic:/matita/basics/logic/absurd.def(2)"\ 6absurd\ 5/a\ 6 … (\P H1) H)