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Require Import Wf_nat.
Require Import BinInt.
Require Import Zcompare.
Require Import Zorder.
Require Import Bool.
Open Local Scope Z_scope.

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(** Iterators *)

(** [n]th iteration of the function [f] *)

Notation iter := @Z.iter (only parsing).

Lemma iter_nat_of_Z : forall n A f x, 0 <= n ->
  iter n A f x = iter_nat (Z.abs_nat n) A f x.
intros n A f x; case n; auto.
intros p _; unfold Z.iter, Z.abs_nat; apply iter_nat_of_P.
intros p abs; case abs; trivial.
Qed.