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Local Open Scope nat_scope.
(** Equality on natural numbers *)
(** * Propositional equality  *)
Fixpoint eq_nat n m : Prop :=
match n, m with
| O, O => True
| O, S _ => False
| S _, O => False
| S n1, S m1 => eq_nat n1 m1
end.
Hint Resolve eq_nat_refl: arith.
(** [eq] restricted to [nat] and [eq_nat] are equivalent *)
Hint Immediate eq_eq_nat eq_nat_eq: arith.

Theorem eq_nat_elim :
forall n (P:nat -> Prop), P n -> forall m, eq_nat n m -> P m.