Require Import Wf. Section Well_founded. Variable A : Set. Variable R : A -> A -> Prop. Hypothesis Rwf : well_founded R. Section FixPoint. Variable P : A -> Set. Variable F_sub : forall x:A, (forall y: { y : A | R y x }, P (proj1_sig y)) -> P x. Fixpoint Fix_F_sub (x : A) (r : Acc R x) {struct r} : P x := F_sub x (fun y: { y : A | R y x} => Fix_F_sub (proj1_sig y) (Acc_inv r (proj1_sig y) (proj2_sig y))). Definition Fix_sub (x : A) := Fix_F_sub x (Rwf x). End FixPoint. End Well_founded.