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order.game_add

Game addition relation #

This file defines, given relations rα : α → α → Prop and rβ : β → β → Prop, a relation prod.game_add on pairs, such that game_add rα rβ x y iff x can be reached from y by decreasing either entry (with respect to and ). It is so called since it models the subsequency relation on the addition of combinatorial games.

Main definitions and results #

Todo #

inductive prod.game_add {α : Type u_1} {β : Type u_2} (rα : α → α → Prop) (rβ : β → β → Prop) :
α × βα × β → Prop
  • fst : ∀ {α : Type u_1} {β : Type u_2} {rα : α → α → Prop} {rβ : β → β → Prop} {a' a : α} {b : β}, rα a' aprod.game_add (a', b) (a, b)
  • snd : ∀ {α : Type u_1} {β : Type u_2} {rα : α → α → Prop} {rβ : β → β → Prop} {a : α} {b' b : β}, rβ b' bprod.game_add (a, b') (a, b)

The "addition of games" relation in combinatorial game theory, on the product type: if rα a' a means that a ⟶ a' is a valid move in game α, and rβ b' b means that b ⟶ b' is a valid move in game β, then game_add rα rβ specifies the valid moves in the juxtaposition of α and β: the player is free to choose one of the games and make a move in it, while leaving the other game unchanged.

theorem prod.game_add_le_lex {α : Type u_1} {β : Type u_2} (rα : α → α → Prop) (rβ : β → β → Prop) :
prod.game_add prod.lex

game_add is a subrelation of prod.lex.

theorem prod.rprod_le_trans_gen_game_add {α : Type u_1} {β : Type u_2} (rα : α → α → Prop) (rβ : β → β → Prop) :

prod.rprod is a subrelation of the transitive closure of game_add.

theorem acc.prod_game_add {α : Type u_1} {β : Type u_2} {rα : α → α → Prop} {rβ : β → β → Prop} {a : α} {b : β} (ha : acc a) (hb : acc b) :
acc (prod.game_add rβ) (a, b)

If a is accessible under and b is accessible under , then (a, b) is accessible under prod.game_add rα rβ. Notice that prod.lex_accessible requires the stronger condition ∀ b, acc rβ b.

theorem well_founded.prod_game_add {α : Type u_1} {β : Type u_2} {rα : α → α → Prop} {rβ : β → β → Prop} (hα : well_founded rα) (hβ : well_founded rβ) :

The sum of two well-founded games is well-founded.