The difference between integers

Content created by Fredrik Bakke, Egbert Rijke, Jonathan Prieto-Cubides, Victor Blanchi and malarbol.

Created on 2022-01-26.
Last modified on 2024-04-09.

module elementary-number-theory.difference-integers where
Imports 
open import elementary-number-theory.addition-integers
open import elementary-number-theory.integers

open import foundation.action-on-identifications-binary-functions
open import foundation.action-on-identifications-functions
open import foundation.identity-types
open import foundation.interchange-law

Idea

Since integers of the form x - y occur often, we introduce them here and derive their basic properties relative to succ-ℤ, neg-ℤ, and add-ℤ. The file multiplication-integers imports difference-integers and more properties are derived there.

Definition

diff-ℤ : ℤ → ℤ → ℤ
diff-ℤ x y = x +ℤ (neg-ℤ y)

infixl 36 _-ℤ_
_-ℤ_ = diff-ℤ

ap-diff-ℤ : {x x' y y' : ℤ} → x ＝ x' → y ＝ y' → x -ℤ y ＝ x' -ℤ y'
ap-diff-ℤ p q = ap-binary diff-ℤ p q

Properties

Two integers with a difference equal to zero are equal

abstract
  eq-diff-ℤ : {x y : ℤ} → is-zero-ℤ (x -ℤ y) → x ＝ y
  eq-diff-ℤ {x} {y} H =
    ( inv (right-unit-law-add-ℤ x)) ∙
    ( ap (x +ℤ_) (inv (left-inverse-law-add-ℤ y))) ∙
    ( inv (associative-add-ℤ x (neg-ℤ y) y)) ∙
    ( ap (_+ℤ y) H) ∙
    ( left-unit-law-add-ℤ y)

The difference of an integer with itself is zero

abstract
  is-zero-diff-ℤ' : (x : ℤ) → is-zero-ℤ (x -ℤ x)
  is-zero-diff-ℤ' = right-inverse-law-add-ℤ

The difference of two equal integers is zero

abstract
  is-zero-diff-ℤ : {x y : ℤ} → x ＝ y → is-zero-ℤ (x -ℤ y)
  is-zero-diff-ℤ {x} {.x} refl = is-zero-diff-ℤ' x

The difference of zero and an integer is its negative

abstract
  left-zero-law-diff-ℤ : (x : ℤ) → zero-ℤ -ℤ x ＝ neg-ℤ x
  left-zero-law-diff-ℤ x = left-unit-law-add-ℤ (neg-ℤ x)

The difference of an integer with zero is itself

abstract
  right-zero-law-diff-ℤ : (x : ℤ) → x -ℤ zero-ℤ ＝ x
  right-zero-law-diff-ℤ x = right-unit-law-add-ℤ x

Differences with the predecessor or successor of an integer

abstract
  left-successor-law-diff-ℤ :
    (x y : ℤ) → (succ-ℤ x) -ℤ y ＝ succ-ℤ (x -ℤ y)
  left-successor-law-diff-ℤ x y = left-successor-law-add-ℤ x (neg-ℤ y)

  right-successor-law-diff-ℤ :
    (x y : ℤ) → x -ℤ (succ-ℤ y) ＝ pred-ℤ (x -ℤ y)
  right-successor-law-diff-ℤ x y =
    ap (x +ℤ_) (neg-succ-ℤ y) ∙ right-predecessor-law-add-ℤ x (neg-ℤ y)

  left-predecessor-law-diff-ℤ :
    (x y : ℤ) → (pred-ℤ x) -ℤ y ＝ pred-ℤ (x -ℤ y)
  left-predecessor-law-diff-ℤ x y = left-predecessor-law-add-ℤ x (neg-ℤ y)

  right-predecessor-law-diff-ℤ :
    (x y : ℤ) → x -ℤ (pred-ℤ y) ＝ succ-ℤ (x -ℤ y)
  right-predecessor-law-diff-ℤ x y =
    ap (x +ℤ_) (neg-pred-ℤ y) ∙ right-successor-law-add-ℤ x (neg-ℤ y)

Triangular identity for addition and difference of integers

abstract
  triangle-diff-ℤ :
    (x y z : ℤ) → (x -ℤ y) +ℤ (y -ℤ z) ＝ x -ℤ z
  triangle-diff-ℤ x y z =
    ( associative-add-ℤ x (neg-ℤ y) (y -ℤ z)) ∙
    ( ap
      ( x +ℤ_)
      ( ( inv (associative-add-ℤ (neg-ℤ y) y (neg-ℤ z))) ∙
        ( ( ap (_+ℤ (neg-ℤ z)) (left-inverse-law-add-ℤ y)) ∙
          ( left-unit-law-add-ℤ (neg-ℤ z)))))

The negative of the difference of two integers x and y is the difference of y and x

abstract
  distributive-neg-diff-ℤ :
    (x y : ℤ) → neg-ℤ (x -ℤ y) ＝ y -ℤ x
  distributive-neg-diff-ℤ x y =
    ( distributive-neg-add-ℤ x (neg-ℤ y)) ∙
    ( ap ((neg-ℤ x) +ℤ_) (neg-neg-ℤ y)) ∙
    ( commutative-add-ℤ (neg-ℤ x) y)

Interchange laws for addition and difference of integers

abstract
  interchange-law-add-diff-ℤ :
    (x y u v : ℤ) → (x -ℤ y) +ℤ (u -ℤ v) ＝ (x +ℤ u) -ℤ (y +ℤ v)
  interchange-law-add-diff-ℤ x y u v =
    ( interchange-law-add-add-ℤ x (neg-ℤ y) u (neg-ℤ v)) ∙
    ( ap ((x +ℤ u) +ℤ_) (inv (distributive-neg-add-ℤ y v)))

  interchange-law-diff-add-ℤ :
    (x y u v : ℤ) → (x +ℤ y) -ℤ (u +ℤ v) ＝ (x -ℤ u) +ℤ (y -ℤ v)
  interchange-law-diff-add-ℤ x y u v = inv (interchange-law-add-diff-ℤ x u y v)

The difference of integers is invariant by translation

abstract
  left-translation-diff-ℤ :
    (x y z : ℤ) → (z +ℤ x) -ℤ (z +ℤ y) ＝ x -ℤ y
  left-translation-diff-ℤ x y z =
    ( interchange-law-diff-add-ℤ z x z y) ∙
    ( ( ap (_+ℤ (x -ℤ y)) (right-inverse-law-add-ℤ z)) ∙
      ( left-unit-law-add-ℤ (x -ℤ y)))

  right-translation-diff-ℤ :
    (x y z : ℤ) → (x +ℤ z) -ℤ (y +ℤ z) ＝ x -ℤ y
  right-translation-diff-ℤ x y z =
    ( ap-diff-ℤ (commutative-add-ℤ x z) (commutative-add-ℤ y z)) ∙
    ( left-translation-diff-ℤ x y z)

The difference of the successors of two integers is their difference

abstract
  diff-succ-ℤ : (x y : ℤ) → (succ-ℤ x) -ℤ (succ-ℤ y) ＝ x -ℤ y
  diff-succ-ℤ x y =
    ( ap ((succ-ℤ x) +ℤ_) (neg-succ-ℤ y)) ∙
    ( left-successor-law-add-ℤ x (pred-ℤ (neg-ℤ y))) ∙
    ( ap succ-ℤ (right-predecessor-law-add-ℤ x (neg-ℤ y))) ∙
    ( is-section-pred-ℤ (x -ℤ y))

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