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+Copyright (c) 2015 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE.
+Author: Jeremy Avigad
+
+Cardinality calculations for finite sets.
+-/
+import data.finset.comb
+open nat eq.ops
+
+namespace finset
+
+variable {A : Type}
+variable [deceq : decidable_eq A]
+include deceq
+
+theorem card_add_card (s₁ s₂ : finset A) : card s₁ + card s₂ = card (s₁ ∪ s₂) + card (s₁ ∩ s₂) :=
+finset.induction_on s₂
+  (show card s₁ + card ∅ = card (s₁ ∪ ∅) + card (s₁ ∩ ∅),
+    by rewrite [union_empty, card_empty, inter_empty])
+  (take s₂ a,
+    assume ans2: a ∉ s₂,
+    assume IH : card s₁ + card s₂ = card (s₁ ∪ s₂) + card (s₁ ∩ s₂),
+    show card s₁ + card (insert a s₂) = card (s₁ ∪ (insert a s₂)) + card (s₁ ∩ (insert a s₂)),
+    from decidable.by_cases
+      (assume as1 : a ∈ s₁,
+        assert H : a ∉ s₁ ∩ s₂, from assume H', ans2 (mem_of_mem_inter_right H'),
+        begin
+          rewrite [card_insert_of_not_mem ans2, union.comm, -insert_union, union.comm],
+          rewrite [insert_union, insert_eq_of_mem as1, insert_eq, inter.distrib_left, inter.comm],
+          rewrite [singleton_inter_of_mem as1, -insert_eq, card_insert_of_not_mem H, -*add.assoc],
+          rewrite IH
+        end)
+      (assume ans1 : a ∉ s₁,
+        assert H : a ∉ s₁ ∪ s₂, from assume H',
+          or.elim (mem_or_mem_of_mem_union H') (assume as1, ans1 as1) (assume as2, ans2 as2),
+        begin
+          rewrite [card_insert_of_not_mem ans2, union.comm, -insert_union, union.comm],
+          rewrite [card_insert_of_not_mem H, insert_eq, inter.distrib_left, inter.comm],
+          rewrite [singleton_inter_of_not_mem ans1, empty_union, add.right_comm],
+          rewrite [-add.assoc, IH]
+        end))
+
+theorem card_union (s₁ s₂ : finset A) : card (s₁ ∪ s₂) = card s₁ + card s₂ - card (s₁ ∩ s₂) :=
+calc
+  card (s₁ ∪ s₂) = card (s₁ ∪ s₂) + card (s₁ ∩ s₂) - card (s₁ ∩ s₂) : add_sub_cancel
+             ... = card s₁ + card s₂ - card (s₁ ∩ s₂)               : card_add_card
+
+theorem card_union_of_disjoint {s₁ s₂ : finset A} (H : disjoint s₁ s₂) :
+  card (s₁ ∪ s₂) = card s₁ + card s₂ :=
+by rewrite [card_union, ↑disjoint at H, inter_empty_of_disjoint H]
+
+theorem card_le_card_of_subset {s₁ s₂ : finset A} (H : s₁ ⊆ s₂) : card s₁ ≤ card s₂ :=
+have H1 : disjoint s₁ (s₂ \ s₁),
+  from disjoint.intro (take x, assume H1 H2, not_mem_of_mem_diff H2 H1),
+calc
+  card s₂ = card (s₁ ∪ (s₂ \ s₁))    : union_diff_cancel H
+      ... = card s₁ + card (s₂ \ s₁) : card_union_of_disjoint H1
+      ... ≥ card s₁                  : le_add_right
+
+end finset