src/CCL/Gfp.thy

* Pure: method 'atomize' presents local goal premises as object-level
statements (atomic meta-level propositions); setup controlled via
rewrite rules declarations of 'atomize' attribute; example
application: 'induct' method with proper rule statements in improper
proof *scripts*;

(*  Title:      HOL/gfp.thy
    ID:         $Id$
    Author:     Lawrence C Paulson, Cambridge University Computer Laboratory
    Copyright   1992  University of Cambridge

Greatest fixed points
*)

Gfp = Lfp +
consts gfp :: "['a set=>'a set] => 'a set"
rules
 (*greatest fixed point*)
 gfp_def "gfp(f) == Union({u. u <= f(u)})"
end