src/HOL/Gfp.thy
author wenzelm
Thu, 27 Jul 1995 13:13:32 +0200
changeset 1201 de2fc8cf9b6a
parent 923 ff1574a81019
child 1370 7361ac9b024d
permissions -rw-r--r--
minor fix: instance now raises error if witness axioms don't exist;

(*  Title: 	HOL/gfp.thy
    ID:         $Id$
    Author: 	Lawrence C Paulson, Cambridge University Computer Laboratory
    Copyright   1994  University of Cambridge

Greatest fixed points (requires Lfp too!)
*)

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