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Local Open Scope R_scope.
Fixpoint Dichotomy_lb (x y:R) (P:R -> bool) (N:nat) {struct N} : R :=
match N with
| O => x
| S n =>
let down := Dichotomy_lb x y P n in
let up := Dichotomy_ub x y P n in
let z := (down + up) / 2 in if P z then down else z
end
with Dichotomy_ub (x y:R) (P:R -> bool) (N:nat) {struct N} : R :=
match N with
| O => y
| S n =>
let down := Dichotomy_lb x y P n in
let up := Dichotomy_ub x y P n in
let z := (down + up) / 2 in if P z then z else up
end.
Definition dicho_lb (x y:R) (P:R -> bool) (N:nat) : R := Dichotomy_lb x y P N.
Definition dicho_up (x y:R) (P:R -> bool) (N:nat) : R := Dichotomy_ub x y P N.

Lemma dicho_lb_dicho_up :
forall (x y:R) (P:R -> bool) (n:nat),
x <= y -> dicho_up x y P n - dicho_lb x y P n = (y - x) / 2 ^ n.