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Topic: division of big operator


Sophia Rodriguez (Mar 08 2025 at 02:36):

Hi guys, I want to prove

 x  s, f x / g x = ( x  s, f x) /  x  s, g x

where s is a finset and bothf x& g x are nonzero natural number through out s. I discovered a thing called Finset.prod_div_distrib in mathlib but it asks me to fill in a DivisionCommMonoid, what can I do to resolve this?

Junyan Xu (Mar 08 2025 at 02:47):

You probably want to insert some type ascriptions like (f x / g x : ℚ) to ensure all divisions are applied to rational numbers. Otherwise, you get 1 / 2 = 0 etc. (And ℚ is a field and therefore a DivisionCommMonoid.)

Sophia Rodriguez (Mar 08 2025 at 02:51):

Okay, didn't think of that. I'll try, thanks


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