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(** An ultrametric distance over [N] numbers *)
Inductive natinf : Set :=
| infty : natinf
| ni : nat -> natinf.
Fixpoint Pplength (p:positive) : nat :=
match p with
| xH => 0
| xI _ => 0
| xO p' => S (Pplength p')
end.
Definition Nplength (a:N) :=
match a with
| N0 => infty
| Npos p => ni (Pplength p)
end.
Definition ni_min (d d':natinf) :=
match d with
| infty => d'
| ni n => match d' with
| infty => d
| ni n' => ni (min n n')
end
end.
Definition ni_le (d d':natinf) := ni_min d d' = d.

Lemma ni_le_antisym : forall d d':natinf, ni_le d d' -> ni_le d' d -> d = d'.