/- Copyright (c) 2015 Jeremy Avigad. All rights reserved. Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE. Author: Jeremy Avigad Binomial coefficients, "n choose k". -/ import data.nat.div data.nat.fact open decidable namespace nat /- choose -/ definition choose : ℕ → ℕ → ℕ | 0 0 := 1 | 0 (succ k) := 0 | (succ n) 0 := 1 | (succ n) (succ k) := choose n (succ k) + choose n k theorem choose_zero_right (n : ℕ) : choose n 0 = 1 := nat.cases_on n rfl (take m, rfl) theorem choose_zero_succ (k : ℕ) : choose 0 (succ k) = 0 := rfl theorem choose_succ_succ (n k : ℕ) : choose (succ n) (succ k) = choose n (succ k) + choose n k := rfl theorem choose_eq_zero_of_lt {n : ℕ} : ∀{k : ℕ}, n < k → choose n k = 0 := nat.induction_on n (take k, assume H : 0 < k, obtain k' (H : k = succ k'), from exists_eq_succ_of_pos H, by rewrite H) (take n', assume IH: ∀ k, n' < k → choose n' k = 0, take k, suppose succ n' < k, obtain k' (keq : k = succ k'), from exists_eq_succ_of_lt this, assert n' < k', by rewrite keq at this; apply lt_of_succ_lt_succ this, by rewrite [keq, choose_succ_succ, IH _ this, IH _ (lt.trans this !lt_succ_self)]) theorem choose_self (n : ℕ) : choose n n = 1 := begin induction n with [n, ih], {apply rfl}, rewrite [choose_succ_succ, ih, choose_eq_zero_of_lt !lt_succ_self] end theorem choose_succ_self (n : ℕ) : choose (succ n) n = succ n := begin induction n with [n, ih], {apply rfl}, rewrite [choose_succ_succ, ih, choose_self, add.comm] end theorem choose_one_right (n : ℕ) : choose n 1 = n := begin induction n with [n, ih], {apply rfl}, rewrite [choose_succ_succ, ih, choose_zero_right] end theorem choose_pos {n : ℕ} : ∀ {k : ℕ}, k ≤ n → choose n k > 0 := begin induction n with [n, ih], {intros [k, H], have k = 0, from eq_of_le_of_ge H !zero_le, subst k, rewrite choose_zero_right; apply zero_lt_one}, intro k, cases k with k, {intros, rewrite [choose_zero_right], apply zero_lt_one}, suppose succ k ≤ succ n, assert k ≤ n, from le_of_succ_le_succ this, by rewrite [choose_succ_succ]; apply add_pos_right (ih this) end -- A key identity. The proof is subtle. theorem succ_mul_choose_eq (n : ℕ) : ∀ k, succ n * (choose n k) = choose (succ n) (succ k) * succ k := begin induction n with [n, ih], {intro k, cases k with k', {rewrite [*choose_self, one_mul, mul_one]}, {have H : 1 < succ (succ k'), from succ_lt_succ !zero_lt_succ, rewrite [one_mul, choose_zero_succ, choose_eq_zero_of_lt H, zero_mul]}}, intro k, cases k with k', {rewrite [choose_zero_right, choose_one_right]}, rewrite [choose_succ_succ (succ n), mul.right_distrib, -ih (succ k')], rewrite [choose_succ_succ at {1}, mul.left_distrib, *succ_mul (succ n), mul_succ, -ih k'], rewrite [*add.assoc, add.left_comm (choose n _)] end theorem choose_mul_fact_mul_fact {n : ℕ} : ∀ {k : ℕ}, k ≤ n → choose n k * fact k * fact (n - k) = fact n := begin induction n using nat.strong_induction_on with [n, ih], cases n with n, {intro k H, have k = 0, from eq_zero_of_le_zero H, rewrite this}, intro k, intro H, -- k ≤ n, cases k with k, {rewrite [choose_zero_right, fact_zero, *one_mul]}, have k ≤ n, from le_of_succ_le_succ H, show choose (succ n) (succ k) * fact (succ k) * fact (succ n - succ k) = fact (succ n), from begin rewrite [succ_sub_succ, fact_succ, -mul.assoc, -succ_mul_choose_eq], rewrite [fact_succ n, -ih n !lt_succ_self this, *mul.assoc] end end theorem choose_def_alt {n k : ℕ} (H : k ≤ n) : choose n k = fact n div (fact k * fact (n -k)) := eq.symm (div_eq_of_eq_mul_left (mul_pos !fact_pos !fact_pos) (by rewrite [-mul.assoc, choose_mul_fact_mul_fact H])) theorem fact_mul_fact_dvd_fact {n k : ℕ} (H : k ≤ n) : fact k * fact (n - k) ∣ fact n := by rewrite [-choose_mul_fact_mul_fact H, mul.assoc]; apply dvd_mul_left end nat