Classical reasoning support #
noncomputable def
Classical.indefiniteDescription
{α : Sort u}
(p : α → Prop)
(h : ∃ (x : α), p x)
:
{ x : α // p x }
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Given that there exists an element satisfying p
, returns one such element.
This is a straightforward consequence of, and equivalent to, Classical.choice
.
See also choose_spec
, which asserts that the returned value has property p
.
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- Classical.choose h = (Classical.indefiniteDescription p h).val
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theorem
Classical.choose_spec
{α : Sort u}
{p : α → Prop}
(h : ∃ (x : α), p x)
:
p (Classical.choose h)
Diaconescu's theorem: excluded middle from choice, Function extensionality and propositional extensionality.
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- Classical.inhabited_of_nonempty h = { default := Classical.choice h }
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- Classical.decidableInhabited a = { default := inferInstance }
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- Classical.typeDecidableEq α x✝ x = inferInstance
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- Classical.typeDecidable α = match Classical.propDecidable (Nonempty α) with | isTrue hp => PSum.inl default | isFalse hn => PSum.inr ⋯
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noncomputable def
Classical.strongIndefiniteDescription
{α : Sort u}
(p : α → Prop)
(h : Nonempty α)
:
{ x : α // (∃ (y : α), p y) → p x }
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- One or more equations did not get rendered due to their size.
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the Hilbert epsilon Function
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- Classical.epsilon p = (Classical.strongIndefiniteDescription p h).val
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theorem
Classical.epsilon_spec_aux
{α : Sort u}
(h : Nonempty α)
(p : α → Prop)
:
(∃ (y : α), p y) → p (Classical.epsilon p)
theorem
Classical.epsilon_spec
{α : Sort u}
{p : α → Prop}
(hex : ∃ (y : α), p y)
:
p (Classical.epsilon p)
theorem
Classical.epsilon_singleton
{α : Sort u}
(x : α)
:
(Classical.epsilon fun (y : α) => y = x) = x
theorem
Classical.axiomOfChoice
{α : Sort u}
{β : α → Sort v}
{r : (x : α) → β x → Prop}
(h : ∀ (x : α), ∃ (y : β x), r x y)
:
∃ (f : (x : α) → β x), ∀ (x : α), r x (f x)
the axiom of choice
Transfer decidability of ¬ p
to decidability of p
.
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@[reducible]
Extract an element from a existential statement, using Classical.choose
.
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- P.choose = Classical.choose P
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Show that an element extracted from P : ∃ a, p a
using P.choose
satisfies p
.