-- Lean 4 proof step from Mathlib.NumberTheory.ClassNumber.AdmissibleCardPowDegree (goal)
Goal:
Fq : Type u_1
inst : Fintype Fq
inst_1 : Field Fq
n : ℕ
ε : ℝ
hε : 0 < ε
b : Fq[X]
hb : b ≠ 0
A : Fin n → Fq[X]
hbε : 0 < HSMul.hSMul (α := ℤ) ((cardPowDegree : (a : Fq[X]) → ℤ) b : ℤ) ε
zero :
  ∀ (A : Fin 0 → Fq[X]),
    ∃ (t : Fin 0 → Fin (Fintype.card Fq ^ ⌈-log ε / log (↑(Fintype.card Fq) : ℝ)⌉₊)),
      ∀ (i₀ i₁ : Fin 0),
        t i₀ = t i₁ ↔
          (↑((cardPowDegree : (a : Fq[X]) → ℤ) (A i₁ % b - A i₀ % b)) : ℝ) <
            HSMul.hSMul (α := ℤ) ((cardPowDegree : (a : Fq[X]) → ℤ) b : ℤ) ε
⊢ ∃ (t : Fin n → Fin (Fintype.card Fq ^ ⌈-log ε / log (↑(Fintype.card Fq) : ℝ)⌉₊)),
    ∀ (i₀ i₁ : Fin n),
      t i₀ = t i₁ ↔
        (↑((cardPowDegree : (a : Fq[X]) → ℤ) (A i₁ % b - A i₀ % b)) : ℝ) <
          HSMul.hSMul (α := ℤ) ((cardPowDegree : (a : Fq[X]) → ℤ) b : ℤ) ε
have succ : ∀ (n : ℕ)
  (ih :
    ∀ (A : Fin n → Fq[X]),
      ∃ (t : Fin n → Fin (Fintype.card Fq ^ ⌈-log ε / log (↑(Fintype.card Fq) : ℝ)⌉₊)),
        ∀ (i₀ i₁ : Fin n),
          t i₀ = t i₁ ↔
            (↑((cardPowDegree : (a : Fq[X]) → ℤ) (A i₁ % b - A i₀ % b)) : ℝ) <
              HSMul.hSMul (α := ℤ) ((cardPowDegree : (a : Fq[X]) → ℤ) b : ℤ) ε)
  (A : Fin (n + 1) → Fq[X]),
  ∃ (t : Fin (n + 1) → Fin (Fintype.card Fq ^ ⌈-log ε / log (↑(Fintype.card Fq) : ℝ)⌉₊)),
    ∀ (i₀ i₁ : Fin (n + 1)),
      t i₀ = t i₁ ↔
        (↑((cardPowDegree : (a : Fq[X]) → ℤ) (A i₁ % b - A i₀ % b)) : ℝ) <
          HSMul.hSMul (α := ℤ) ((cardPowDegree : (a : Fq[X]) → ℤ) b : ℤ) ε
Tactic: induction n with | zero => refine ⟨finZeroElim, finZeroElim⟩ | succ n ih =>
  -- Show `anti_archimedean` also holds for real distances.
  have anti_archim' : ∀ {i j k} {ε : ℝ},
    (cardPowDegree (A i % b - A j % b) : ℝ) < ε →
      (cardPowDegree (A j % b - A k % b) : ℝ) < ε →
        (cardPowDegree (A i % b - A k % b) : ℝ) < ε := by
    intro i j k ε
    simp_rw [← Int.lt_ceil]
    exact cardPowDegree_anti_archimedean
  obtain ⟨t', ht'⟩ := ih (Fin.tail A)
  -- We got rid of `A 0`, so determine the index `j` of the partition we'll re-add it to.
  rsuffices ⟨j, hj⟩ :
    ∃ j, ∀ i, t' i = j ↔ (cardPowDegree (A 0 % b - A i.succ % b) : ℝ) < cardPowDegree b • ε
  · refine ⟨Fin.cons j t', fun i₀ i₁ => ?_⟩
    refine Fin.cases ?_ (fun i₀ => ?_) i₀ <;> refine Fin.cases ?_ (fun i₁ => ?_) i₁
    · simpa using hbε
    · rw [Fin.cons_succ, Fin.cons_zero, eq_comm, AbsoluteValue.map_sub]
      exact hj i₁
    · rw [Fin.cons_succ, Fin.cons_zero]
      exact hj i₀
    · rw [Fin.cons_succ, Fin.cons_succ]
      exact ht' i₀ i₁
  -- `exists_approx_polynomial` guarantees that we can insert `A 0` into some partition `j`,
  -- but not that `j` is uniquely defined (which is needed to keep the induction going).
  obtain ⟨j, hj⟩ : ∃ j, ∀ i : Fin n,
      t' i = j → (cardPowDegree (A 0 % b - A i.succ % b) : ℝ) < cardPowDegree b • ε := by
    by_contra! hg
    obtain ⟨j₀, j₁, j_ne, approx⟩ := exists_approx_polynomial hb hε
      (Fin.cons (A 0) fun j => A (Fin.succ (Classical.choose (hg j))))
    revert j_ne approx
    refine Fin.cases ?_ (fun j₀ => ?_) j₀ <;>
      refine Fin.cases (fun j_ne approx => ?_) (fun j₁ j_ne approx => ?_) j₁
    · exact absurd rfl j_ne
    · rw [Fin.cons_succ, Fin.cons_zero, ← not_le, AbsoluteValue.map_sub] at approx
      have := (Classical.choose_spec (hg j₁)).2
      contradiction
    · rw [Fin.cons_succ, Fin.cons_zero, ← not_le] at approx
      have := (Classical.choose_spec (hg j₀)).2
      contradiction
    · rw [Fin.cons_succ, Fin.cons_succ] at approx
      rw [Ne, Fin.succ_inj] at j_ne
      have : j₀ = j₁ := (Classical.choose_spec (hg j₀)).1.symm.trans
        (((ht' (Classical.choose (hg j₀)) (Classical.choose (hg j₁))).mpr approx).trans
          (Classical.choose_spec (hg j₁)).1)
      contradiction
  -- However, if one of those partitions `j` is inhabited by some `i`, then this `j` works.
  by_cases exists_nonempty_j : ∃ j, (∃ i, t' i = j) ∧
      ∀ i, t' i = j → (cardPowDegree (A 0 % b - A i.succ % b) : ℝ) < cardPowDegree b • ε
  · obtain ⟨j, ⟨i, hi⟩, hj⟩ := exists_nonempty_j
    refine ⟨j, fun i' => ⟨hj i', fun hi' => _root_.trans ((ht' _ _).mpr ?_) hi⟩⟩
    apply anti_archim' _ hi'
    rw [AbsoluteValue.map_sub]
    exact hj _ hi
  -- And otherwise, we can just take any `j`, since those are empty.
  refine ⟨j, fun i => ⟨hj i, fun hi => ?_⟩⟩
  have := exists_nonempty_j ⟨t' i, ⟨i, rfl⟩, fun i' hi' => anti_archim' hi ((ht' _ _).mp hi')⟩
  contradiction
Cleared hypotheses: n, A