diff -r ef0b521698b7 -r 74e970389def src/HOL/Transitive_Closure.thy
--- a/src/HOL/Transitive_Closure.thy	Mon Jan 29 22:25:45 2001 +0100
+++ b/src/HOL/Transitive_Closure.thy	Mon Jan 29 23:02:21 2001 +0100
@@ -35,4 +35,52 @@
 
 use "Transitive_Closure_lemmas.ML"
 
+
+lemma reflcl_trancl[simp]: "(r\<^sup>+)\<^sup>= = r\<^sup>*"
+apply safe;
+apply (erule trancl_into_rtrancl);
+by (blast elim:rtranclE dest:rtrancl_into_trancl1)
+
+lemma trancl_reflcl[simp]: "(r\<^sup>=)\<^sup>+ = r\<^sup>*"
+apply safe
+ apply (drule trancl_into_rtrancl)
+ apply simp;
+apply (erule rtranclE)
+ apply safe
+ apply(rule r_into_trancl)
+ apply simp
+apply(rule rtrancl_into_trancl1)
+ apply(erule rtrancl_reflcl[THEN equalityD2, THEN subsetD])
+apply fast
+done
+
+lemma trancl_empty[simp]: "{}\<^sup>+ = {}"
+by (auto elim:trancl_induct)
+
+lemma rtrancl_empty[simp]: "{}\<^sup>* = Id"
+by(rule subst[OF reflcl_trancl], simp)
+
+lemma rtranclD: "(a,b) \<in> R\<^sup>* \<Longrightarrow> a=b \<or> a\<noteq>b \<and> (a,b) \<in> R\<^sup>+"
+by(force simp add: reflcl_trancl[THEN sym] simp del: reflcl_trancl)
+
+(* should be merged with the main body of lemmas: *)
+
+lemma Domain_rtrancl[simp]: "Domain(R\<^sup>*) = UNIV"
+by blast
+
+lemma Range_rtrancl[simp]: "Range(R\<^sup>*) = UNIV"
+by blast
+
+lemma rtrancl_Un_subset: "(R\<^sup>* \<union> S\<^sup>*) \<subseteq> (R Un S)\<^sup>*"
+by(rule rtrancl_Un_rtrancl[THEN subst], fast)
+
+lemma in_rtrancl_UnI: "x \<in> R\<^sup>* \<or> x \<in> S\<^sup>* \<Longrightarrow> x \<in> (R \<union> S)\<^sup>*"
+by (blast intro: subsetD[OF rtrancl_Un_subset])
+
+lemma trancl_domain [simp]: "Domain (r\<^sup>+) = Domain r"
+by (unfold Domain_def, blast dest:tranclD)
+
+lemma trancl_range [simp]: "Range (r\<^sup>+) = Range r"
+by (simp add:Range_def trancl_converse[THEN sym])
+
 end