# HG changeset patch
# User paulson
# Date 1064324521 -7200
# Node ID 7ad7ab89c4026e6ad902b4728c9d0511f55d4bad
# Parent  d8598e24f8fa793943f3945198fcff96f8f0cf50
some basic new lemmas

diff -r d8598e24f8fa -r 7ad7ab89c402 src/HOL/HOL.thy
--- a/src/HOL/HOL.thy	Tue Sep 23 15:41:33 2003 +0200
+++ b/src/HOL/HOL.thy	Tue Sep 23 15:42:01 2003 +0200
@@ -380,6 +380,18 @@
   -- {* Miniscoping: pushing in universal quantifiers. *}
   by (rules | blast)+
 
+lemma disj_absorb: "(A | A) = A"
+  by blast
+
+lemma disj_left_absorb: "(A | (A | B)) = (A | B)"
+  by blast
+
+lemma conj_absorb: "(A & A) = A"
+  by blast
+
+lemma conj_left_absorb: "(A & (A & B)) = (A & B)"
+  by blast
+
 lemma eq_ac:
   shows eq_commute: "(a=b) = (b=a)"
     and eq_left_commute: "(P=(Q=R)) = (Q=(P=R))"
@@ -514,11 +526,15 @@
 lemma Eq_TrueI: "P ==> P == True" by (unfold atomize_eq) rules
 lemma Eq_FalseI: "~P ==> P == False" by (unfold atomize_eq) rules
 
+subsubsection {* Actual Installation of the Simplifier *}
+
 use "simpdata.ML"
 setup Simplifier.setup
 setup "Simplifier.method_setup Splitter.split_modifiers" setup simpsetup
 setup Splitter.setup setup Clasimp.setup
 
+declare disj_absorb [simp] conj_absorb [simp] 
+
 lemma ex1_eq[iff]: "EX! x. x = t" "EX! x. t = x"
 by blast+