This checkpoint constructs prime-order fields (k=1), with genuine finite arithmetic tables, cardinality, and characteristic. Inversion is proved only for nonzero elements; the table's zero entry is a zero-to-zero convention. G091 for every prime power p^k, with an irreducible polynomial of degree k, remains open. No extension-field construction or G091 closure is claimed.
Exact theorem in conservative defined notation
∀ p. ∀ a. ∀ b. Prime(p) → FpInv(p,a,b) → FpInv(p,b,a)
Every linked abbreviation expands hygienically to the identical original native formula.
Definition DAG
Actual proof prerequisites
Complete tactic proof in conservative notation
All 21 original proof lines are preserved. Only local proposition formulas are abbreviated; every abbreviation has an exact binder-safe expansion check. The linked exact edition contains the unchanged replay script.
Read the argument
Proof checkpoints
This is a reading aid, not a new proof or a proof-tree certificate. Checkpoint groups are consecutive commands, not inferred branch boundaries. Every step links to the preserved script.
Named ingredients (2)
01Fix variables and assumptionsL1–5
02Separate the logical casesL6–6
Follow the explicit conjunction, disjunction, witness, or contradiction step recorded below.
- L6
split
03Fix variables and assumptionsL7–7
Work with arbitrary variables or the premises of the current implication.
- L7
intro hz
04Use earlier factsL8–14
Instantiate or apply named facts and discharge the corresponding proof obligations.
05Separate the logical casesL15–15
Follow the explicit conjunction, disjunction, witness, or contradiction step recorded below.
- L15
cases hi
06Use earlier factsL16–21
Instantiate or apply named facts and discharge the corresponding proof obligations.
Original defined command ledger · 21 lines
- 0001
intro p - 0002
intro a - 0003
intro b - 0004
intro hp - 0005
intro hi - 0006
split - 0007
intro hz - 0008
specialize prime_field_inverse_output_nonzero (p) - 0009
specialize prime_field_inverse_output_nonzero (a) - 0010
specialize prime_field_inverse_output_nonzero (b) - 0011
apply prime_field_inverse_output_nonzero - 0012
exact hp - 0013
exact hi - 0014
exact hz - 0015
cases hi - 0016
specialize prime_field_multiply_commutative (p) - 0017
specialize prime_field_multiply_commutative (a) - 0018
specialize prime_field_multiply_commutative (b) - 0019
specialize prime_field_multiply_commutative (1) - 0020
apply prime_field_multiply_commutative - 0021
exact hi_right