src/ZF/Fixedpt.thy

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+(*  Title: 	ZF/fixedpt.thy
+    ID:         $Id$
+    Author: 	Lawrence C Paulson, Cambridge University Computer Laboratory
+    Copyright   1992  University of Cambridge
+
+Least and greatest fixed points
+*)
+
+Fixedpt = ZF +
+consts
+  bnd_mono    :: "[i,i=>i]=>o"
+  lfp, gfp    :: "[i,i=>i]=>i"
+
+rules
+  (*monotone operator from Pow(D) to itself*)
+  bnd_mono_def 
+      "bnd_mono(D,h) == h(D)<=D & (ALL W X. W<=X --> X<=D --> h(W) <= h(X))"
+
+  lfp_def     "lfp(D,h) == Inter({X: Pow(D). h(X) <= X})"
+
+  gfp_def     "gfp(D,h) == Union({X: Pow(D). X <= h(X)})"
+
+end