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(* Contribution to the Coq Library   V6.3 (July 1999)                    *)
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(*                   Solange Coupet-Grimal & Line Jakubiec                  *)
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(*              Laboratoire d'Informatique de Marseille                     *)
(*               CMI-Technopole de Chateau-Gombert                          *)
(*                   39, Rue F. Joliot Curie                                *)
(*                   13453 MARSEILLE Cedex 13                               *)
(*           e-mail:{Solange.Coupet,Line.Jakubiec}@lim.univ-mrs.fr          *)
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(*                                Coq V5.10                                 *)
(*                              May 30th 1996                               *)
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(*                                Lib_Fact.v                                *)
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Require Export Arith.
Fixpoint factorial (n : nat) : nat :=
match n with
| O => 1
| S p => S p * factorial p
end.

Lemma fact_pred :
forall n : nat, 0 < n -> factorial n = n * factorial (pred n).