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+(*  Title       : HOL/Real/ContNonDenum
+    ID          : $Id$
+    Author      : Benjamin Porter, Monash University, NICTA, 2005
+*)
+
+header {* Non-denumerability of the Continuum. *}
+
+theory ContNotDenum
+imports RComplete
+begin
+
+section {* Abstract *}
+
+text {* The following document presents a proof that the Continuum is
+uncountable. It is formalised in the Isabelle/Isar theorem proving
+system.
+
+{\em Theorem:} The Continuum @{text "\<real>"} is not denumerable. In other
+words, there does not exist a function f:@{text "\<nat>\<Rightarrow>\<real>"} such that f is
+surjective.
+
+{\em Outline:} An elegant informal proof of this result uses Cantor's
+Diagonalisation argument. The proof presented here is not this
+one. First we formalise some properties of closed intervals, then we
+prove the Nested Interval Property. This property relies on the
+completeness of the Real numbers and is the foundation for our
+argument. Informally it states that an intersection of countable
+closed intervals (where each successive interval is a subset of the
+last) is non-empty. We then assume a surjective function f:@{text
+"\<nat>\<Rightarrow>\<real>"} exists and find a real x such that x is not in the range of f
+by generating a sequence of closed intervals then using the NIP. *}
+
+section {* Closed Intervals *}
+
+text {* This section formalises some properties of closed intervals. *}
+
+subsection {* Definition *}
+
+constdefs closed_int :: "real \<Rightarrow> real \<Rightarrow> real set"
+  "closed_int x y \<equiv> {z. x \<le> z \<and> z \<le> y}"
+
+subsection {* Properties *}
+
+lemma closed_int_subset:
+  assumes xy: "x1 \<ge> x0" "y1 \<le> y0"
+  shows "closed_int x1 y1 \<subseteq> closed_int x0 y0"
+proof -
+  {
+    fix x::real
+    assume "x \<in> closed_int x1 y1"
+    hence "x \<ge> x1 \<and> x \<le> y1" by (unfold closed_int_def, simp)
+    with xy have "x \<ge> x0 \<and> x \<le> y0" by auto
+    hence "x \<in> closed_int x0 y0" by (unfold closed_int_def, simp)
+  }
+  thus ?thesis by auto
+qed
+
+lemma closed_int_least:
+  assumes a: "a \<le> b"
+  shows "a \<in> closed_int a b \<and> (\<forall>x \<in> closed_int a b. a \<le> x)"
+proof
+  from a have "a\<in>{x. a\<le>x \<and> x\<le>b}" by simp
+  thus "a \<in> closed_int a b" by (unfold closed_int_def)
+next
+  have "\<forall>x\<in>{x. a\<le>x \<and> x\<le>b}. a\<le>x" by simp
+  thus "\<forall>x \<in> closed_int a b. a \<le> x" by (unfold closed_int_def)
+qed
+
+lemma closed_int_most:
+  assumes a: "a \<le> b"
+  shows "b \<in> closed_int a b \<and> (\<forall>x \<in> closed_int a b. x \<le> b)"
+proof
+  from a have "b\<in>{x. a\<le>x \<and> x\<le>b}" by simp
+  thus "b \<in> closed_int a b" by (unfold closed_int_def)
+next
+  have "\<forall>x\<in>{x. a\<le>x \<and> x\<le>b}. x\<le>b" by simp
+  thus "\<forall>x \<in> closed_int a b. x\<le>b" by (unfold closed_int_def)
+qed
+
+lemma closed_not_empty:
+  shows "a \<le> b \<Longrightarrow> \<exists>x. x \<in> closed_int a b" 
+  by (auto dest: closed_int_least)
+
+lemma closed_mem:
+  assumes "a \<le> c" and "c \<le> b"
+  shows "c \<in> closed_int a b"
+  by (unfold closed_int_def) auto
+
+lemma closed_subset:
+  assumes ac: "a \<le> b"  "c \<le> d" 
+  assumes closed: "closed_int a b \<subseteq> closed_int c d"
+  shows "b \<ge> c"
+proof -
+  from closed have "\<forall>x\<in>closed_int a b. x\<in>closed_int c d" by auto
+  hence "\<forall>x. a\<le>x \<and> x\<le>b \<longrightarrow> c\<le>x \<and> x\<le>d" by (unfold closed_int_def, auto)
+  with ac have "c\<le>b \<and> b\<le>d" by simp
+  thus ?thesis by auto
+qed
+
+
+section {* Nested Interval Property *}
+
+theorem NIP:
+  fixes f::"nat \<Rightarrow> real set"
+  assumes subset: "\<forall>n. f (Suc n) \<subseteq> f n"
+  and closed: "\<forall>n. \<exists>a b. f n = closed_int a b \<and> a \<le> b"
+  shows "(\<Inter>n. f n) \<noteq> {}"
+proof -
+  let ?g = "\<lambda>n. (SOME c. c\<in>(f n) \<and> (\<forall>x\<in>(f n). c \<le> x))"
+  have ne: "\<forall>n. \<exists>x. x\<in>(f n)"
+  proof
+    fix n
+    from closed have "\<exists>a b. f n = closed_int a b \<and> a \<le> b" by simp
+    then obtain a and b where fn: "f n = closed_int a b \<and> a \<le> b" by auto
+    hence "a \<le> b" ..
+    with closed_not_empty have "\<exists>x. x\<in>closed_int a b" by simp
+    with fn show "\<exists>x. x\<in>(f n)" by simp
+  qed
+
+  have gdef: "\<forall>n. (?g n)\<in>(f n) \<and> (\<forall>x\<in>(f n). (?g n)\<le>x)"
+  proof
+    fix n
+    from closed have "\<exists>a b. f n = closed_int a b \<and> a \<le> b" ..
+    then obtain a and b where ff: "f n = closed_int a b" and "a \<le> b" by auto
+    hence "a \<le> b" by simp
+    hence "a\<in>closed_int a b \<and> (\<forall>x\<in>closed_int a b. a \<le> x)" by (rule closed_int_least)
+    with ff have "a\<in>(f n) \<and> (\<forall>x\<in>(f n). a \<le> x)" by simp
+    hence "\<exists>c. c\<in>(f n) \<and> (\<forall>x\<in>(f n). c \<le> x)" ..
+    thus "(?g n)\<in>(f n) \<and> (\<forall>x\<in>(f n). (?g n)\<le>x)" by (rule someI_ex)
+  qed
+
+  -- "A denotes the set of all left-most points of all the intervals ..."
+  moreover obtain A where Adef: "A = ?g ` \<nat>" by simp
+  ultimately have "\<exists>x. x\<in>A"
+  proof -
+    have "(0::nat) \<in> \<nat>" by simp
+    moreover have "?g 0 = ?g 0" by simp
+    ultimately have "?g 0 \<in> ?g ` \<nat>" by (rule  rev_image_eqI)
+    with Adef have "?g 0 \<in> A" by simp
+    thus ?thesis ..
+  qed
+
+  -- "Now show that A is bounded above ..."
+  moreover have "\<exists>y. isUb (UNIV::real set) A y"
+  proof -
+    {
+      fix n
+      from ne have ex: "\<exists>x. x\<in>(f n)" ..
+      from gdef have "(?g n)\<in>(f n) \<and> (\<forall>x\<in>(f n). (?g n)\<le>x)" by simp
+      moreover
+      from closed have "\<exists>a b. f n = closed_int a b \<and> a \<le> b" ..
+      then obtain a and b where "f n = closed_int a b \<and> a \<le> b" by auto
+      hence "b\<in>(f n) \<and> (\<forall>x\<in>(f n). x \<le> b)" using closed_int_most by blast
+      ultimately have "\<forall>x\<in>(f n). (?g n) \<le> b" by simp
+      with ex have "(?g n) \<le> b" by auto
+      hence "\<exists>b. (?g n) \<le> b" by auto
+    }
+    hence aux: "\<forall>n. \<exists>b. (?g n) \<le> b" ..
+
+    have fs: "\<forall>n::nat. f n \<subseteq> f 0"
+    proof (rule allI, induct_tac n)
+      show "f 0 \<subseteq> f 0" by simp
+    next
+      fix n
+      assume "f n \<subseteq> f 0"
+      moreover from subset have "f (Suc n) \<subseteq> f n" ..
+      ultimately show "f (Suc n) \<subseteq> f 0" by simp
+    qed
+    have "\<forall>n. (?g n)\<in>(f 0)"
+    proof
+      fix n
+      from gdef have "(?g n)\<in>(f n) \<and> (\<forall>x\<in>(f n). (?g n)\<le>x)" by simp
+      hence "?g n \<in> f n" ..
+      with fs show "?g n \<in> f 0" by auto
+    qed
+    moreover from closed
+      obtain a and b where "f 0 = closed_int a b" and alb: "a \<le> b" by blast
+    ultimately have "\<forall>n. ?g n \<in> closed_int a b" by auto
+    with alb have "\<forall>n. ?g n \<le> b" using closed_int_most by blast
+    with Adef have "\<forall>y\<in>A. y\<le>b" by auto
+    hence "A *<= b" by (unfold setle_def)
+    moreover have "b \<in> (UNIV::real set)" by simp
+    ultimately have "A *<= b \<and> b \<in> (UNIV::real set)" by simp
+    hence "isUb (UNIV::real set) A b" by (unfold isUb_def)
+    thus ?thesis by auto
+  qed
+  -- "by the Axiom Of Completeness, A has a least upper bound ..."
+  ultimately have "\<exists>t. isLub UNIV A t" by (rule reals_complete)
+
+  -- "denote this least upper bound as t ..."
+  then obtain t where tdef: "isLub UNIV A t" ..
+
+  -- "and finally show that this least upper bound is in all the intervals..."
+  have "\<forall>n. t \<in> f n"
+  proof
+    fix n::nat
+    from closed obtain a and b where
+      int: "f n = closed_int a b" and alb: "a \<le> b" by blast
+
+    have "t \<ge> a"
+    proof -
+      have "a \<in> A"
+      proof -
+          (* by construction *)
+        from alb int have ain: "a\<in>f n \<and> (\<forall>x\<in>f n. a \<le> x)"
+          using closed_int_least by blast
+        moreover have "\<forall>e. e\<in>f n \<and> (\<forall>x\<in>f n. e \<le> x) \<longrightarrow> e = a"
+        proof clarsimp
+          fix e
+          assume ein: "e \<in> f n" and lt: "\<forall>x\<in>f n. e \<le> x"
+          from lt ain have aux: "\<forall>x\<in>f n. a \<le> x \<and> e \<le> x" by auto
+  
+          from ein aux have "a \<le> e \<and> e \<le> e" by auto
+          moreover from ain aux have "a \<le> a \<and> e \<le> a" by auto
+          ultimately show "e = a" by simp
+        qed
+        hence "\<And>e.  e\<in>f n \<and> (\<forall>x\<in>f n. e \<le> x) \<Longrightarrow> e = a" by simp
+        ultimately have "(?g n) = a" by (rule some_equality)
+        moreover
+        {
+          have "n = of_nat n" by simp
+          moreover have "of_nat n \<in> \<nat>" by simp
+          ultimately have "n \<in> \<nat>"
+            apply -
+            apply (subst(asm) eq_sym_conv)
+            apply (erule subst)
+            .
+        }
+        with Adef have "(?g n) \<in> A" by auto
+        ultimately show ?thesis by simp
+      qed 
+      with tdef show "a \<le> t" by (rule isLubD2)
+    qed
+    moreover have "t \<le> b"
+    proof -
+      have "isUb UNIV A b"
+      proof -
+        {
+          from alb int have
+            ain: "b\<in>f n \<and> (\<forall>x\<in>f n. x \<le> b)" using closed_int_most by blast
+          
+          have subsetd: "\<forall>m. \<forall>n. f (n + m) \<subseteq> f n"
+          proof (rule allI, induct_tac m)
+            show "\<forall>n. f (n + 0) \<subseteq> f n" by simp
+          next
+            fix m n
+            assume pp: "\<forall>p. f (p + n) \<subseteq> f p"
+            {
+              fix p
+              from pp have "f (p + n) \<subseteq> f p" by simp
+              moreover from subset have "f (Suc (p + n)) \<subseteq> f (p + n)" by auto
+              hence "f (p + (Suc n)) \<subseteq> f (p + n)" by simp
+              ultimately have "f (p + (Suc n)) \<subseteq> f p" by simp
+            }
+            thus "\<forall>p. f (p + Suc n) \<subseteq> f p" ..
+          qed 
+          have subsetm: "\<forall>\<alpha> \<beta>. \<alpha> \<ge> \<beta> \<longrightarrow> (f \<alpha>) \<subseteq> (f \<beta>)"
+          proof ((rule allI)+, rule impI)
+            fix \<alpha>::nat and \<beta>::nat
+            assume "\<beta> \<le> \<alpha>"
+            hence "\<exists>k. \<alpha> = \<beta> + k" by (simp only: le_iff_add)
+            then obtain k where "\<alpha> = \<beta> + k" ..
+            moreover
+            from subsetd have "f (\<beta> + k) \<subseteq> f \<beta>" by simp
+            ultimately show "f \<alpha> \<subseteq> f \<beta>" by auto
+          qed 
+          
+          fix m   
+          {
+            assume "m \<ge> n"
+            with subsetm have "f m \<subseteq> f n" by simp
+            with ain have "\<forall>x\<in>f m. x \<le> b" by auto
+            moreover
+            from gdef have "?g m \<in> f m \<and> (\<forall>x\<in>f m. ?g m \<le> x)" by simp
+            ultimately have "?g m \<le> b" by auto
+          }
+          moreover
+          {
+            assume "\<not>(m \<ge> n)"
+            hence "m < n" by simp
+            with subsetm have sub: "(f n) \<subseteq> (f m)" by simp
+            from closed obtain ma and mb where
+              "f m = closed_int ma mb \<and> ma \<le> mb" by blast
+            hence one: "ma \<le> mb" and fm: "f m = closed_int ma mb" by auto 
+            from one alb sub fm int have "ma \<le> b" using closed_subset by blast
+            moreover have "(?g m) = ma"
+            proof -
+              from gdef have "?g m \<in> f m \<and> (\<forall>x\<in>f m. ?g m \<le> x)" ..
+              moreover from one have
+                "ma \<in> closed_int ma mb \<and> (\<forall>x\<in>closed_int ma mb. ma \<le> x)"
+                by (rule closed_int_least)
+              with fm have "ma\<in>f m \<and> (\<forall>x\<in>f m. ma \<le> x)" by simp
+              ultimately have "ma \<le> ?g m \<and> ?g m \<le> ma" by auto
+              thus "?g m = ma" by auto
+            qed
+            ultimately have "?g m \<le> b" by simp
+          } 
+          ultimately have "?g m \<le> b" by (rule case_split)
+        }
+        with Adef have "\<forall>y\<in>A. y\<le>b" by auto
+        hence "A *<= b" by (unfold setle_def)
+        moreover have "b \<in> (UNIV::real set)" by simp
+        ultimately have "A *<= b \<and> b \<in> (UNIV::real set)" by simp
+        thus "isUb (UNIV::real set) A b" by (unfold isUb_def)
+      qed
+      with tdef show "t \<le> b" by (rule isLub_le_isUb)
+    qed
+    ultimately have "t \<in> closed_int a b" by (rule closed_mem)
+    with int show "t \<in> f n" by simp
+  qed
+  hence "t \<in> (\<Inter>n. f n)" by auto
+  thus ?thesis by auto
+qed
+
+section {* Generating the intervals *}
+
+subsubsection {* Existence of non-singleton closed intervals *}
+
+text {* This lemma asserts that given any non-singleton closed
+interval (a,b) and any element c, there exists a closed interval that
+is a subset of (a,b) and that does not contain c and is a
+non-singleton itself. *}
+
+lemma closed_subset_ex:
+  fixes c::real
+  assumes alb: "a < b"
+  shows
+    "\<exists>ka kb. ka < kb \<and> closed_int ka kb \<subseteq> closed_int a b \<and> c \<notin> (closed_int ka kb)"
+proof -
+  {
+    assume clb: "c < b"
+    {
+      assume cla: "c < a"
+      from alb cla clb have "c \<notin> closed_int a b" by (unfold closed_int_def, auto)
+      with alb have
+        "a < b \<and> closed_int a b \<subseteq> closed_int a b \<and> c \<notin> closed_int a b"
+        by auto
+      hence
+        "\<exists>ka kb. ka < kb \<and> closed_int ka kb \<subseteq> closed_int a b \<and> c \<notin> (closed_int ka kb)"
+        by auto
+    }
+    moreover
+    {
+      assume ncla: "\<not>(c < a)"
+      with clb have cdef: "a \<le> c \<and> c < b" by simp
+      obtain ka where kadef: "ka = (c + b)/2" by blast
+
+      from kadef clb have kalb: "ka < b" by auto
+      moreover from kadef cdef have kagc: "ka > c" by simp
+      ultimately have "c\<notin>(closed_int ka b)" by (unfold closed_int_def, auto)
+      moreover from cdef kagc have "ka \<ge> a" by simp
+      hence "closed_int ka b \<subseteq> closed_int a b" by (unfold closed_int_def, auto)
+      ultimately have
+        "ka < b  \<and> closed_int ka b \<subseteq> closed_int a b \<and> c \<notin> closed_int ka b"
+        using kalb by auto
+      hence
+        "\<exists>ka kb. ka < kb \<and> closed_int ka kb \<subseteq> closed_int a b \<and> c \<notin> (closed_int ka kb)"
+        by auto
+
+    }
+    ultimately have
+      "\<exists>ka kb. ka < kb \<and> closed_int ka kb \<subseteq> closed_int a b \<and> c \<notin> (closed_int ka kb)"
+      by (rule case_split)
+  }
+  moreover
+  {
+    assume "\<not> (c < b)"
+    hence cgeb: "c \<ge> b" by simp
+
+    obtain kb where kbdef: "kb = (a + b)/2" by blast
+    with alb have kblb: "kb < b" by auto
+    with kbdef cgeb have "a < kb \<and> kb < c" by auto
+    moreover hence "c \<notin> (closed_int a kb)" by (unfold closed_int_def, auto)
+    moreover from kblb have
+      "closed_int a kb \<subseteq> closed_int a b" by (unfold closed_int_def, auto)
+    ultimately have
+      "a < kb \<and>  closed_int a kb \<subseteq> closed_int a b \<and> c\<notin>closed_int a kb"
+      by simp
+    hence
+      "\<exists>ka kb. ka < kb \<and> closed_int ka kb \<subseteq> closed_int a b \<and> c \<notin> (closed_int ka kb)"
+      by auto
+  }
+  ultimately show ?thesis by (rule case_split)
+qed
+
+subsection {* newInt: Interval generation *}
+
+text {* Given a function f:@{text "\<nat>\<Rightarrow>\<real>"}, newInt (Suc n) f returns a
+closed interval such that @{text "newInt (Suc n) f \<subseteq> newInt n f"} and
+does not contain @{text "f (Suc n)"}. With the base case defined such
+that @{text "(f 0)\<notin>newInt 0 f"}. *}
+
+subsubsection {* Definition *}
+
+consts newInt :: "nat \<Rightarrow> (nat \<Rightarrow> real) \<Rightarrow> (real set)"
+primrec
+"newInt 0 f = closed_int (f 0 + 1) (f 0 + 2)"
+"newInt (Suc n) f =
+  (SOME e. (\<exists>e1 e2.
+   e1 < e2 \<and>
+   e = closed_int e1 e2 \<and>
+   e \<subseteq> (newInt n f) \<and>
+   (f (Suc n)) \<notin> e)
+  )"
+
+subsubsection {* Properties *}
+
+text {* We now show that every application of newInt returns an
+appropriate interval. *}
+
+lemma newInt_ex:
+  "\<exists>a b. a < b \<and>
+   newInt (Suc n) f = closed_int a b \<and>
+   newInt (Suc n) f \<subseteq> newInt n f \<and>
+   f (Suc n) \<notin> newInt (Suc n) f"
+proof (induct n)
+  case 0
+
+  let ?e = "SOME e. \<exists>e1 e2.
+   e1 < e2 \<and>
+   e = closed_int e1 e2 \<and>
+   e \<subseteq> closed_int (f 0 + 1) (f 0 + 2) \<and>
+   f (Suc 0) \<notin> e"
+
+  have "newInt (Suc 0) f = ?e" by auto
+  moreover
+  have "f 0 + 1 < f 0 + 2" by simp
+  with closed_subset_ex have
+    "\<exists>ka kb. ka < kb \<and> closed_int ka kb \<subseteq> closed_int (f 0 + 1) (f 0 + 2) \<and>
+     f (Suc 0) \<notin> (closed_int ka kb)" .
+  hence
+    "\<exists>e. \<exists>ka kb. ka < kb \<and> e = closed_int ka kb \<and>
+     e \<subseteq> closed_int (f 0 + 1) (f 0 + 2) \<and> f (Suc 0) \<notin> e" by simp
+  hence
+    "\<exists>ka kb. ka < kb \<and> ?e = closed_int ka kb \<and>
+     ?e \<subseteq> closed_int (f 0 + 1) (f 0 + 2) \<and> f (Suc 0) \<notin> ?e"
+    by (rule someI_ex)
+  ultimately have "\<exists>e1 e2. e1 < e2 \<and>
+   newInt (Suc 0) f = closed_int e1 e2 \<and>
+   newInt (Suc 0) f \<subseteq> closed_int (f 0 + 1) (f 0 + 2) \<and>
+   f (Suc 0) \<notin> newInt (Suc 0) f" by simp
+  thus
+    "\<exists>a b. a < b \<and> newInt (Suc 0) f = closed_int a b \<and>
+     newInt (Suc 0) f \<subseteq> newInt 0 f \<and> f (Suc 0) \<notin> newInt (Suc 0) f"
+    by simp
+next
+  case (Suc n)
+  hence "\<exists>a b.
+   a < b \<and>
+   newInt (Suc n) f = closed_int a b \<and>
+   newInt (Suc n) f \<subseteq> newInt n f \<and>
+   f (Suc n) \<notin> newInt (Suc n) f" by simp
+  then obtain a and b where ab: "a < b \<and>
+   newInt (Suc n) f = closed_int a b \<and>
+   newInt (Suc n) f \<subseteq> newInt n f \<and>
+   f (Suc n) \<notin> newInt (Suc n) f" by auto
+  hence cab: "closed_int a b = newInt (Suc n) f" by simp
+
+  let ?e = "SOME e. \<exists>e1 e2.
+    e1 < e2 \<and>
+    e = closed_int e1 e2 \<and>
+    e \<subseteq> closed_int a b \<and>
+    f (Suc (Suc n)) \<notin> e"
+  from cab have ni: "newInt (Suc (Suc n)) f = ?e" by auto
+
+  from ab have "a < b" by simp
+  with closed_subset_ex have
+    "\<exists>ka kb. ka < kb \<and> closed_int ka kb \<subseteq> closed_int a b \<and>
+     f (Suc (Suc n)) \<notin> closed_int ka kb" .
+  hence
+    "\<exists>e. \<exists>ka kb. ka < kb \<and> e = closed_int ka kb \<and>
+     closed_int ka kb \<subseteq> closed_int a b \<and> f (Suc (Suc n)) \<notin> closed_int ka kb"
+    by simp
+  hence
+    "\<exists>e.  \<exists>ka kb. ka < kb \<and> e = closed_int ka kb \<and>
+     e \<subseteq> closed_int a b \<and> f (Suc (Suc n)) \<notin> e" by simp
+  hence
+    "\<exists>ka kb. ka < kb \<and> ?e = closed_int ka kb \<and>
+     ?e \<subseteq> closed_int a b \<and> f (Suc (Suc n)) \<notin> ?e" by (rule someI_ex)
+  with ab ni show
+    "\<exists>ka kb. ka < kb \<and>
+     newInt (Suc (Suc n)) f = closed_int ka kb \<and>
+     newInt (Suc (Suc n)) f \<subseteq> newInt (Suc n) f \<and>
+     f (Suc (Suc n)) \<notin> newInt (Suc (Suc n)) f" by auto
+qed
+
+lemma newInt_subset:
+  "newInt (Suc n) f \<subseteq> newInt n f"
+  using newInt_ex by auto
+
+
+text {* Another fundamental property is that no element in the range
+of f is in the intersection of all closed intervals generated by
+newInt. *}
+
+lemma newInt_inter:
+  "\<forall>n. f n \<notin> (\<Inter>n. newInt n f)"
+proof
+  fix n::nat
+  {
+    assume n0: "n = 0"
+    moreover have "newInt 0 f = closed_int (f 0 + 1) (f 0 + 2)" by simp
+    ultimately have "f n \<notin> newInt n f" by (unfold closed_int_def, simp)
+  }
+  moreover
+  {
+    assume "\<not> n = 0"
+    hence "n > 0" by simp
+    then obtain m where ndef: "n = Suc m" by (auto simp add: gr0_conv_Suc)
+
+    from newInt_ex have
+      "\<exists>a b. a < b \<and> (newInt (Suc m) f) = closed_int a b \<and>
+       newInt (Suc m) f \<subseteq> newInt m f \<and> f (Suc m) \<notin> newInt (Suc m) f" .
+    then have "f (Suc m) \<notin> newInt (Suc m) f" by auto
+    with ndef have "f n \<notin> newInt n f" by simp
+  }
+  ultimately have "f n \<notin> newInt n f" by (rule case_split)
+  thus "f n \<notin> (\<Inter>n. newInt n f)" by auto
+qed
+
+
+lemma newInt_notempty:
+  "(\<Inter>n. newInt n f) \<noteq> {}"
+proof -
+  let ?g = "\<lambda>n. newInt n f"
+  have "\<forall>n. ?g (Suc n) \<subseteq> ?g n"
+  proof
+    fix n
+    show "?g (Suc n) \<subseteq> ?g n" by (rule newInt_subset)
+  qed
+  moreover have "\<forall>n. \<exists>a b. ?g n = closed_int a b \<and> a \<le> b"
+  proof
+    fix n::nat
+    {
+      assume "n = 0"
+      then have
+        "?g n = closed_int (f 0 + 1) (f 0 + 2) \<and> (f 0 + 1 \<le> f 0 + 2)"
+        by simp
+      hence "\<exists>a b. ?g n = closed_int a b \<and> a \<le> b" by blast
+    }
+    moreover
+    {
+      assume "\<not> n = 0"
+      then have "n > 0" by simp
+      then obtain m where nd: "n = Suc m" by (auto simp add: gr0_conv_Suc)
+
+      have
+        "\<exists>a b. a < b \<and> (newInt (Suc m) f) = closed_int a b \<and>
+        (newInt (Suc m) f) \<subseteq> (newInt m f) \<and> (f (Suc m)) \<notin> (newInt (Suc m) f)"
+        by (rule newInt_ex)
+      then obtain a and b where
+        "a < b \<and> (newInt (Suc m) f) = closed_int a b" by auto
+      with nd have "?g n = closed_int a b \<and> a \<le> b" by auto
+      hence "\<exists>a b. ?g n = closed_int a b \<and> a \<le> b" by blast
+    }
+    ultimately show "\<exists>a b. ?g n = closed_int a b \<and> a \<le> b" by (rule case_split)
+  qed
+  ultimately show ?thesis by (rule NIP)
+qed
+
+
+section {* Final Theorem *}
+
+theorem real_non_denum:
+  shows "\<not> (\<exists>f::nat\<Rightarrow>real. surj f)"
+proof -- "by contradiction"
+  assume "\<exists>f::nat\<Rightarrow>real. surj f"
+  then obtain f::"nat\<Rightarrow>real" where "surj f" by auto
+  hence rangeF: "range f = UNIV" by (rule surj_range)
+  -- "We now produce a real number x that is not in the range of f, using the properties of newInt. "
+  have "\<exists>x. x \<in> (\<Inter>n. newInt n f)" using newInt_notempty by blast
+  moreover have "\<forall>n. f n \<notin> (\<Inter>n. newInt n f)" by (rule newInt_inter)
+  ultimately obtain x where "x \<in> (\<Inter>n. newInt n f)" and "\<forall>n. f n \<noteq> x" by blast
+  moreover from rangeF have "x \<in> range f" by simp
+  ultimately show False by blast
+qed
+
+end
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