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(** Strict order on natural numbers.  This file is mostly OBSOLETE now, see module [PeanoNat.Nat] instead.  [lt] is defined in library [Init/Peano.v] as: << Definition lt (n m:nat) := S n <= m. Infix "<" := lt : nat_scope. >> *)
Local Open Scope nat_scope.
(** * Irreflexivity *)
Notation lt_irrefl := Nat.lt_irrefl (only parsing). (* ~ x < x *)
Hint Resolve lt_irrefl: arith.
(** * Relationship between [le] and [lt] *)
Hint Immediate lt_le_S: arith.
Hint Immediate lt_n_Sm_le: arith.
Hint Immediate le_lt_n_Sm: arith.
Hint Immediate le_not_lt lt_not_le: arith.
(** * Asymmetry *)
Notation lt_asym := Nat.lt_asymm (only parsing). (* n<m -> ~m<n *)
(** * Order and 0 *)
Notation lt_0_Sn := Nat.lt_0_succ (only parsing). (* 0 < S n *)
Notation lt_n_0 := Nat.nlt_0_r (only parsing). (* ~ n < 0 *)
Hint Resolve lt_0_Sn lt_n_0 : arith.
Hint Immediate neq_0_lt lt_0_neq: arith.
(** * Order and successor *)
Notation lt_n_Sn := Nat.lt_succ_diag_r (only parsing). (* n < S n *)
Notation lt_S := Nat.lt_lt_succ_r (only parsing). (* n < m -> n < S m *)
Hint Resolve lt_n_Sn lt_S lt_n_S : arith.
Hint Immediate lt_S_n : arith.
(** * Predecessor *)

Lemma lt_pred n m : S n < m -> n < pred m.