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+(************************************************************************)
+(* v * The Coq Proof Assistant / The Coq Development Team *)
+(* <O___,, * INRIA - CNRS - LIX - LRI - PPS - Copyright 1999-2015 *)
+(* \VV/ **************************************************************)
+(* // * This file is distributed under the terms of the *)
+(* * GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1 *)
+(************************************************************************)
+
+(** * Basic facts about Prop as a type *)
+
+(** An intuitionistic theorem from topos theory [[LambekScott]]
+
+References:
+
+[[LambekScott]] Jim Lambek, Phil J. Scott, Introduction to higher
+order categorical logic, Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics
+(Book 7), 1988.
+
+*)
+
+Theorem injection_is_involution_in_Prop
+ (f : Prop -> Prop)
+ (inj : forall A B, (f A <-> f B) -> (A <-> B))
+ (ext : forall A B, A <-> B -> f A <-> f B)
+ : forall A, f (f A) <-> A.
+Proof.
+intros.
+enough (f (f (f A)) <-> f A) by (apply inj; assumption).
+split; intro H.
+- now_show (f A).
+ enough (f A <-> True) by firstorder.
+ enough (f (f A) <-> f True) by (apply inj; assumption).
+ split; intro H'.
+ + now_show (f True).
+ enough (f (f (f A)) <-> f True) by firstorder.
+ apply ext; firstorder.
+ + now_show (f (f A)).
+ enough (f (f A) <-> True) by firstorder.
+ apply inj; firstorder.
+- now_show (f (f (f A))).
+ enough (f A <-> f (f (f A))) by firstorder.
+ apply ext.
+ split; intro H'.
+ + now_show (f (f A)).
+ enough (f A <-> f (f A)) by firstorder.
+ apply ext; firstorder.
+ + now_show A.
+ enough (f A <-> A) by firstorder.
+ apply inj; firstorder.
+Defined.