(** You can "use theorems as functions" in this way with almost all
    tactics that take a theorem name as an argument.  Note also that
    theorem application uses the same inference mechanisms as function
    application; thus, it is possible, for example, to supply
    wildcards as arguments to be inferred, or to declare some
    hypotheses to a theorem as implicit by default.  These features
    are illustrated in the proof below. *)

Example lemma_application_ex :
  forall {n : nat} {ns : list nat},
    In n (map (fun m => m * 0) ns) ->
    n = 0.(** We will see many more examples of the idioms from this section in
    later chapters. *)

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(** * Coq vs. Set Theory *)

(** Coq's logical core, the _Calculus of Inductive Constructions_,
    differs in some important ways from other formal systems that are
    used by mathematicians for writing down precise and rigorous
    proofs.  For example, in the most popular foundation for
    mainstream paper-and-pencil mathematics, Zermelo-Fraenkel Set
    Theory (ZFC), a mathematical object can potentially be a member of
    many different sets; a term in Coq's logic, on the other hand, is
    a member of at most one type.  This difference often leads to
    slightly different ways of capturing informal mathematical
    concepts, but these are, by and large, quite natural and easy to
    work with.  For example, instead of saying that a natural number
    [n] belongs to the set of even numbers, we would say in Coq that
    [ev n] holds, where [ev : nat -> Prop] is a property describing
    even numbers.

    However, there are some cases where translating standard
    mathematical reasoning into Coq can be either cumbersome or
    sometimes even impossible, unless we enrich the core logic with
    additional axioms.  We conclude this chapter with a brief
    discussion of some of the most significant differences between the
    two worlds. *)

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(** ** Functional Extensionality *)

(** The equality assertions that we have seen so far mostly have
    concerned elements of inductive types ([nat], [bool], etc.).  But
    since Coq's equality operator is polymorphic, these are not the
    only possibilities -- in particular, we can write propositions
    claiming that two _functions_ are equal to each other: *)

Example function_equality_ex1 : plus 3 = plus (pred 4).(** Using [Axiom] has the same effect as stating a theorem and
    skipping its proof using [Admitted], but it alerts the reader that
    this isn't just something we're going to come back and fill in
    later!

    We can now invoke functional extensionality in proofs: *)

Example function_equality_ex2 :
  (fun x => plus x 1) = (fun x => plus 1 x).(** However, we can add functional extensionality to Coq's core logic
    using the [Axiom] command. *)

Axiom functional_extensionality : forall {X Y: Type}
                                    {f g : X -> Y},
  (forall (x:X), f x = g x) -> f = g.

Theorem beq_nat_true_iff : forall n1 n2 : nat, beq_nat n1 n2 = true <-> n1 = n2.