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+(************************************************************************)
+(*  v      *   The Coq Proof Assistant  /  The Coq Development Team     *)
+(* <O___,, * CNRS-Ecole Polytechnique-INRIA Futurs-Universite Paris Sud *)
+(*   \VV/  **************************************************************)
+(*    //   *      This file is distributed under the terms of the       *)
+(*         *       GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1        *)
+(************************************************************************)
+(*                              Hurkens.v                               *)
+(************************************************************************)
+
+(** This is Hurkens paradox [Hurkens] in system U-, adapted by Herman
+    Geuvers [Geuvers] to show the inconsistency in the pure calculus of
+    constructions of a retract from Prop into a small type.
+
+    References:
+
+    - [Hurkens] A. J. Hurkens, "A simplification of Girard's paradox",
+      Proceedings of the 2nd international conference Typed Lambda-Calculi
+      and Applications (TLCA'95), 1995.
+
+    - [Geuvers] "Inconsistency of Classical Logic in Type Theory", 2001
+      (see www.cs.kun.nl/~herman/note.ps.gz).
+*)
+
+Section Paradox.
+
+Variable bool : Prop.
+Variable p2b : Prop -> bool.
+Variable b2p : bool -> Prop.
+Hypothesis p2p1 : forall A:Prop, b2p (p2b A) -> A.
+Hypothesis p2p2 : forall A:Prop, A -> b2p (p2b A).
+Variable B : Prop.
+
+Definition V := forall A:Prop, ((A -> bool) -> A -> bool) -> A -> bool.
+Definition U := V -> bool.
+Definition sb (z:V) : V := fun A r a => r (z A r) a.
+Definition le (i:U -> bool) (x:U) : bool :=
+  x (fun A r a => i (fun v => sb v A r a)).
+Definition induct (i:U -> bool) : Prop :=
+  forall x:U, b2p (le i x) -> b2p (i x).
+Definition WF : U := fun z => p2b (induct (z U le)).
+Definition I (x:U) : Prop :=
+  (forall i:U -> bool, b2p (le i x) -> b2p (i (fun v => sb v U le x))) -> B.
+
+Lemma Omega : forall i:U -> bool, induct i -> b2p (i WF).
+Proof.
+intros i y.
+apply y.
+unfold le, WF, induct in |- *.
+apply p2p2.
+intros x H0.
+apply y.
+exact H0.
+Qed.
+
+Lemma lemma1 : induct (fun u => p2b (I u)).
+Proof.
+unfold induct in |- *.
+intros x p.
+apply (p2p2 (I x)).
+intro q.
+apply (p2p1 (I (fun v:V => sb v U le x)) (q (fun u => p2b (I u)) p)).
+intro i.
+apply q with (i := fun y => i (fun v:V => sb v U le y)).
+Qed.
+
+Lemma lemma2 : (forall i:U -> bool, induct i -> b2p (i WF)) -> B.
+Proof.
+intro x.
+apply (p2p1 (I WF) (x (fun u => p2b (I u)) lemma1)).
+intros i H0.
+apply (x (fun y => i (fun v => sb v U le y))).
+apply (p2p1 _ H0).
+Qed.
+
+Theorem paradox : B.
+Proof.
+exact (lemma2 Omega).
+Qed.
+
+End Paradox.