(* Title: ZF/AC.thy ID: $Id: AC.thy,v 1.10 2005/06/17 14:15:09 haftmann Exp $ Author: Lawrence C Paulson, Cambridge University Computer Laboratory Copyright 1994 University of Cambridge *) header{*The Axiom of Choice*} theory AC imports Main begin text{*This definition comes from Halmos (1960), page 59.*} axioms AC: "[| a: A; !!x. x:A ==> (EX y. y:B(x)) |] ==> EX z. z : Pi(A,B)" (*The same as AC, but no premise a \ A*) lemma AC_Pi: "[| !!x. x \ A ==> (\y. y \ B(x)) |] ==> \z. z \ Pi(A,B)" apply (case_tac "A=0") apply (simp add: Pi_empty1) (*The non-trivial case*) apply (blast intro: AC) done (*Using dtac, this has the advantage of DELETING the universal quantifier*) lemma AC_ball_Pi: "\x \ A. \y. y \ B(x) ==> \y. y \ Pi(A,B)" apply (rule AC_Pi) apply (erule bspec, assumption) done lemma AC_Pi_Pow: "\f. f \ (\ X \ Pow(C)-{0}. X)" apply (rule_tac B1 = "%x. x" in AC_Pi [THEN exE]) apply (erule_tac [2] exI, blast) done lemma AC_func: "[| !!x. x \ A ==> (\y. y \ x) |] ==> \f \ A->Union(A). \x \ A. f`x \ x" apply (rule_tac B1 = "%x. x" in AC_Pi [THEN exE]) prefer 2 apply (blast dest: apply_type intro: Pi_type, blast) done lemma non_empty_family: "[| 0 \ A; x \ A |] ==> \y. y \ x" by (subgoal_tac "x \ 0", blast+) lemma AC_func0: "0 \ A ==> \f \ A->Union(A). \x \ A. f`x \ x" apply (rule AC_func) apply (simp_all add: non_empty_family) done lemma AC_func_Pow: "\f \ (Pow(C)-{0}) -> C. \x \ Pow(C)-{0}. f`x \ x" apply (rule AC_func0 [THEN bexE]) apply (rule_tac [2] bexI) prefer 2 apply assumption apply (erule_tac [2] fun_weaken_type, blast+) done lemma AC_Pi0: "0 \ A ==> \f. f \ (\ x \ A. x)" apply (rule AC_Pi) apply (simp_all add: non_empty_family) done end