Library Coquelicot.Markov

This file is part of the Coquelicot formalization of real analysis in Coq: http://coquelicot.saclay.inria.fr/
Copyright (C) 2011-2015 Sylvie Boldo
Copyright (C) 2011-2015 Catherine Lelay
Copyright (C) 2011-2015 Guillaume Melquiond
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From Coq Require Import RIneq Lia.

Require Import Rcomplements.

This file proves the Limited Principle of Omniscience: given a decidable property P on nat, either P never holds or we can construct a witness for which P holds. Several variants are given.

Open Scope R_scope.

Limited Principle of Omniscience


Theorem LPO_min :
   P : nat Prop, ( n, P n ¬ P n)
  {n : nat | P n i, (i < n)%nat ¬ P i} + { n, ¬ P n}.

Theorem LPO :
   P : nat Prop, ( n, P n ¬ P n)
  {n : nat | P n} + { n, ¬ P n}.

Lemma LPO_bool :
   f : nat bool,
  {n | f n = true} + { n, f n = false}.

Corollaries


Lemma LPO_notforall : P : nat Prop, ( n, P n ¬P n)
  (¬ n : nat, ¬ P n) n : nat, P n.

Lemma LPO_notnotexists : P : nat Prop, ( n, P n ¬P n)
  ~~ ( n : nat, P n) n : nat, P n.

Lemma LPO_ub_dec : (u : nat R),
  {M : R | n, u n M} + { M : R, n, M < u n}.

Excluded-middle and decidability


Lemma EM_dec :
   P : Prop, {not (not P)} + {not P}.

Lemma EM_dec' :
   P : Prop, P not P {P} + {not P}.