Declare Scope ordinal_scope.
Inductive Ordinal : Type :=
| ordS : Ordinal -> Ordinal
| ord_sup: forall {I:Type}, (I->Ordinal) -> Ordinal.
(* Fixpoint ord_le (alpha beta:Ordinal) : Prop := match alpha with | ordS alpha => (fix gt_alpha (beta:Ordinal) : Prop := match beta with | ordS beta => ord_le alpha beta | ord_sup J beta => exists j:J, gt_alpha (beta j) end) beta | ord_sup I0 alpha => forall i:I0, ord_le (alpha i) beta end. *)
Inductive ord_le : Ordinal -> Ordinal -> Prop :=
| ord_le_respects_succ: forall alpha beta:Ordinal,
ord_le alpha beta -> ord_le (ordS alpha) (ordS beta)
| ord_le_S_sup: forall (alpha:Ordinal) (J:Type)
(beta:J->Ordinal) (j:J), ord_le (ordS alpha) (beta j) ->
ord_le (ordS alpha) (ord_sup beta)
| ord_sup_minimal: forall (I:Type) (alpha:I->Ordinal)
(beta:Ordinal), (forall i:I, ord_le (alpha i) beta) ->
ord_le (ord_sup alpha) beta.
Definition ord_lt (alpha beta:Ordinal) :=
ord_le (ordS alpha) beta.
Definition ord_eq (alpha beta:Ordinal) :=
ord_le alpha beta /\ ord_le beta alpha.
Definition ord_ge (alpha beta:Ordinal) :=
ord_le beta alpha.
Definition ord_gt (alpha beta:Ordinal) :=
ord_lt beta alpha.
Open Scope ordinal_scope.
Notation "alpha < beta" := (ord_lt alpha beta) : ordinal_scope.
Notation "alpha <= beta" := (ord_le alpha beta) : ordinal_scope.
Notation "alpha == beta" := (ord_eq alpha beta)
(at level 70) : ordinal_scope.
Notation "alpha > beta" := (ord_gt alpha beta) : ordinal_scope.
Notation "alpha >= beta" := (ord_ge alpha beta) : ordinal_scope.

Lemma ord_lt_trans: forall alpha beta gamma:Ordinal,
alpha < beta -> beta < gamma -> alpha < gamma.