(** Here we have used the [omega] tactic, made available by importing
    [Coq.omega.Omega] as we have done above.  Omega is an algorithm
    for integer linear programming, invented in 1991 by William Pugh.
    Because ILP is NP-complete, we might expect that this algorithm is
    exponential-time in the worst case, and indeed that's true: if you
    have [N] equations, it could take [2^N] time.  But in the typical
    cases that result from reasoning about programs, omega is much
    faster than that.  Coq's [omega] tactic is an implementation of
    this algorithm that generates a machine-checkable Coq proof.  It
    "understands" the types Z and nat, and these operators: [<] [=] [>] [<=]
    [>=] [+] [-] [~], as well as multiplication by small integer
    literals (such as 0,1,2,3...) and some uses of [\/] and [/\].

    Omega does _not_ understand other operators.  It treats things
    like [a*b] and [f x y] as if they were variables.  That is, it can
    prove [f x y > a*b -> f x y + 3 >= a*b], in the same way it would
    prove [u > v -> u+3 >= v]. 

    Now let's consider a silly little program: swap the first two
    elements of a list, if they are out of order. *)

Definition maybe_swap (al: list nat) : list nat :=
  match al with
  | a :: b :: ar => if a >? b then b::a::ar else a::b::ar
  | _ => al
  end.Example maybe_swap_123:
  maybe_swap [1; 2; 3] = [1; 2; 3].Example maybe_swap_321:
  maybe_swap [3; 2; 1] = [2; 3; 1].

Theorem maybe_swap_idempotent': forall al, maybe_swap (maybe_swap al) = maybe_swap al.