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(** * Dedekind cuts                                                          *)
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(** ** Definition *)

(**
   Classical Dedekind reals. With the 3 logical axioms funext,
   sig_forall_dec and sig_not_dec, the lower cuts defined as
   functions Q -> bool have all the classical properties of the
   real numbers.

   We could prove operations and theorems about them directly,
   but instead we notice that they are a quotient of the
   constructive Cauchy reals, from which they inherit many properties.
*)

(* The limited principle of omniscience *)
Axiom sig_forall_dec
  : forall (P : nat -> Prop),
    (forall n, {P n} + {~P n})
    -> {n | ~P n} + {forall n, P n}.Axiom sig_not_dec : forall P : Prop, { ~~P } + { ~P }.(* Try to find a surjection CReal -> lower cuts. *)
Definition isLowerCut (f : Q -> bool) : Prop
  := (forall q r:Q, Qle q r -> f r = true -> f q = true) (* interval *)
     /\ ~(forall q:Q, f q = true) (* avoid positive infinity *)
     /\ ~(forall q:Q, f q = false) (* avoid negative infinity *)
     (* openness, the cut contains rational numbers
        strictly lower than a real number. *)
     /\ (forall q:Q, f q = true -> ~(forall r:Q, Qle r q \/ f r = false)).

Lemma lowerCutBelow : forall f : Q -> bool, isLowerCut f -> { q : Q | f q = true }.