(* Aliases *)
Notation sym_eq := eq_sym (only parsing).
Notation trans_eq := eq_trans (only parsing).
Notation sym_not_eq := not_eq_sym (only parsing).
Notation refl_equal := eq_refl (only parsing).
Notation sym_equal := eq_sym (only parsing).
Notation trans_equal := eq_trans (only parsing).
Notation sym_not_equal := not_eq_sym (only parsing).
#[global]
Hint Immediate eq_sym not_eq_sym: core.
(** Basic definitions about relations and properties *)
Definition subrelation (A B : Type) (R R' : A->B->Prop) :=
forall x y, R x y -> R' x y.
Definition unique (A : Type) (P : A->Prop) (x:A) :=
P x /\ forall (x':A), P x' -> x=x'.
Definition uniqueness (A:Type) (P:A->Prop) := forall x y, P x -> P y -> x = y.
(** Unique existence *)
Notation "'exists' ! x .. y , p" :=
(ex (unique (fun x => .. (ex (unique (fun y => p))) ..)))
(at level 200, x binder, right associativity,
format "'[' 'exists'  !  '/  ' x  ..  y ,  '/  ' p ']'")
: type_scope.

Lemma unique_existence : forall (A:Type) (P:A->Prop),
((exists x, P x) /\ uniqueness P) <-> (exists! x, P x).