Zulip Chat Archive
Stream: general
Topic: one_inv and inv_one
Sebastien Gouezel (Apr 15 2021 at 15:43):
docs#one_inv says that 1⁻¹ = 1
. And docs#inv_one says that 1⁻¹ = 1
. The difference is that one is true in groups, the other one in groups with zeros. What about using inv_one
and group_with_zero.inv_one
instead?
Sebastien Gouezel (Apr 15 2021 at 15:43):
Or inv_one
and inv_one'
, maybe?
Sebastien Gouezel (Apr 15 2021 at 15:48):
Or maybe add two axioms to div_inv_monoid
, namely 1⁻¹ = 1
and x⁻¹⁻¹ = x
, and use these to treat both situations uniformly (and it would also apply for instance to ennreal
). These questions come to my mind while doing the int-smul refactor. I think I'll keep it minimal for now, but there is definitely room for improvement here.
Eric Wieser (Apr 15 2021 at 15:56):
I think there's some confusion generally about how to apply the naming scheme in the face of projections and notation - 1⁻¹
is either one \inv
or inv one
depending on whether you write it with notation or not.
Similarly, lemmas about projections are sometimes stated foo.baz_bar (f : foo) : foo.baz (foo.bar f) = _
and sometimes stated foo.bar_baz (f : foo) : f.bar.baz = _
. I think we ought to clarify the #naming guide about this
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