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30 lines
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/-
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Copyright (c) 2015 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE.
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Authors: Leonardo de Moura
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Classical proof that if f is injective, then f has a left inverse (if domain is not empty).
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The proof uses the classical axioms: choice and excluded middle.
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The excluded middle is being used "behind the scenes" to allow us to write the if-then-else expression
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with (∃ a : A, f a = b).
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-/
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open function classical
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noncomputable definition mk_left_inv {A B : Type} [h : nonempty A] (f : A → B) : B → A :=
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λ b : B, if ex : (∃ a : A, f a = b) then some ex else inhabited.value (inhabited_of_nonempty h)
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theorem has_left_inverse_of_injective {A B : Type} {f : A → B} : nonempty A → injective f → has_left_inverse f :=
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assume h : nonempty A,
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assume inj : ∀ a₁ a₂, f a₁ = f a₂ → a₁ = a₂,
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let finv : B → A := mk_left_inv f in
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have linv : left_inverse finv f, from
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λ a,
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have ex : ∃ a₁ : A, f a₁ = f a, from exists.intro a rfl,
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have h₁ : f (some ex) = f a, from !some_spec,
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begin
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esimp [mk_left_inv, comp, id],
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rewrite [dif_pos ex],
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exact (!inj h₁)
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end,
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exists.intro finv linv
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