(* 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