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(** * Peano induction and recursion on binary positive positive numbers *)

(** The Peano-like recursor function for [positive] (due to Daniel Schepler) *)

Fixpoint peano_rect (P:positive->Type) (a:P 1)
  (f: forall p:positive, P p -> P (succ p)) (p:positive) : P p :=
let f2 := peano_rect (fun p:positive => P (p~0)) (f _ a)
  (fun (p:positive) (x:P (p~0)) => f _ (f _ x))
in
match p with
  | q~1 => f _ (f2 q)
  | q~0 => f2 q
  | 1 => a
end.

Theorem peano_rect_base (P:positive->Type) (a:P 1) (f:forall p, P p -> P (succ p)) : peano_rect P a f 1 = a.